Revive Access to Indie Artists and other recently lost content

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Started by ed at 7/4/2009 12:40:28. Topic has 2 replies.

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Join Date: 6/14/2009 12:07:44

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7/4/2009 12:40:28

Revive Access to Indie Artists and other recently lost content

I have really liked the Zune Pass and have heavily endorsed it to my friends. However, over the past months I have been frustrated by the loss of many albums that were available in the past. Examples include Stereolab, Cat Power, some Aimee Mann, LCD Soundsystem, New Pornographers, and others. I have seen discussions regarding this and I realize that some of this is due to the (greedy) record companies. In addition to not being available via Zune Pass, we can't use our 10/month credits to purchase these since the are "album only."

This seems to be especially critical as MS introduces a great new Zune device. These missing items in the Zune Pass play into the iTunes has a better selection argument that Apple puts forward. It used to be that my friends could find anything they wanted on the Zune Pass, but a couple have switched back to iTunes and iPods.

Thanks for working to restore this music to my Zune Pass.

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namafish

Join Date: 5/10/2008 13:24:08

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7/5/2009 16:32:05

re: Revive Access to Indie Artists and other recently lost content

I will second this. I'm currently on my 14 day trial and many bands and labels that I like are not available:

Some Examples:
Most of WARP records
The Pixies
Sonic Youth

Zune Pass is great if I have access to music I want.

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zatman616

Join Date: 11/26/2007 16:31:33

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7/17/2009 14:46:56

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I agree, I have been running in to this issue as well with bands like Camera Obscura and the other bands listed in this thread. The Zune Pass is useless to me if I cannot listen to the music I like.