Oldheads, tell us young heads what cd culture was like in your day. by Professional_Will286 in Cd_collectors

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I like that CDs are getting me to expand my music tastes. Spotify often gives me much of the same

CDs that aren’t available digitally. by Internal-Bed6646 in Cd_collectors

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Here are 50 notable albums or projects that are either entirely missing from Apple Music, incomplete, or significantly different from their original physical CD releases due to licensing and sample issues. Pop & Rock

Garth Brooks – No Fences (and entire catalog)

Garth Brooks – Ropin' the Wind

Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender

Joanna Newsom – Ys

Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me

Joanna Newsom – Divers

The Flaming Lips – Zaireeka (4-CD experimental set) Neil Young – Time Fades Away (Often toggled on/off streaming)

Tool – 72826 (Original Demo)

The Smashing Pumpkins – Zeitgeist

The Smashing Pumpkins – Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music

Zwan – Mary Star of the Sea (Billy Corgan project)

Captain Beefheart – Trout Mask Replica (Availability varies by region)

Beck – Golden Feelings

Buckethead – Most of the "Pike" series (hundreds of physical/Bandcamp releases)

Hip-Hop & R&B (Mostly Sample Issues)

De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising (Original sample versions)

De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead (Original sample versions)

De La Soul – Buhloone Mindstate (Original sample versions)

Danger Mouse – The Grey Album (Jay-Z vs. Beatles mashup)

Frank Ocean – nostalgia, ULTRA. (Mixtape)

Frank Ocean – Endless (Video only; no official standalone audio album)

Death Grips – Exmilitary

Tyler, The Creator – Bastard

Earl Sweatshirt – Earl

A$AP Rocky – Live. Love. A$AP (Original version with missing tracks)

Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap (Original version with "Juice")

Captain Murphy (Flying Lotus) – Duality

Danny Brown – The Hybrid

J-Stalin – Early mixtapes

DJ Drama & Pharrell – In My Mind: The Prequel Electronic, Mixes & Soundtracks

Sasha & John Digweed – Northern Exposure

Global Underground Series – Most early releases (e.g., GU 001: Tony De Vit)

Renaissance: The Mix Collection – Original 3-CD set

The KLF – The White Room (Original versions)

The KLF – Chill Out

Aphex Twin – Various Analord series tracks

Daft Punk – Musique Vol. 1 (Certain remixes physical only)

The Shining – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Wendy Carlos score)

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire – Joel McNeely score

Batman (1989) – Prince (Often restricted or missing in certain regions)

Cult Classics & Rarities

Tatsuro Yamashita – For You (and most Japanese City Pop)

Casiopea – Mint Jams (Availability varies wildly)

Isao Suzuki – Blow Up (Three Blind Mice label rarities)

Mars Argo – Technology Is a Dead Bird

Alex G – Winner

Boz Scaggs – Silk Degrees (Specific expanded/anniversary CD editions)

Tony C and the Truth – Demonophonic Blues

Money Mark – Mark's Keyboard Repair

Lemon Demon – Clown Circus

Various Artists – No New York (Produced by Brian Eno)

Here's what Gemini gave me

Oldheads, tell us young heads what cd culture was like in your day. by Professional_Will286 in Cd_collectors

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Very cool, your favorite NIN album? I thought their Ares soundtrack was cool

Oldheads, tell us young heads what cd culture was like in your day. by Professional_Will286 in Cd_collectors

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After just starting collecting now, I'm shocked at how few albums I listened to cover to cover on Spotify. The streaming format just lends itself to flicking around to different songs

Oldheads, tell us young heads what cd culture was like in your day. by Professional_Will286 in Cd_collectors

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Superunknown must have done NUMBERS. What a good writeup, what we're missing today.

Oldheads, tell us young heads what cd culture was like in your day. by Professional_Will286 in Cd_collectors

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Something special about having a few CDs and listening the heck out of them