What are you listening to on Lala, Spotify, last.fm and Deezer?

[BillF]

Eastern Rebellion 2 (last.fm)

This, too, will result in a purchase - via US amazon for £22 new, incl. p&p. (Amazon.uk's best was £111 used!)

[GA Russell]

Lala:

Miles Davis - The Musings of Miles

[BillF]

Bob Florence Limited Edition, Eternal Licks and Grooves (last.fm)

[GA Russell]

Lala:

Gary Burton - Quartet Live!

(Recommended to Pat Metheny fans!)

[GA Russell]

Lala:

Clifford Brown - Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings, disc 3

Dave Brubeck - Time In

Dave Brubeck - Time Changes

Edited May 31, 2009 by GA Russell

[umum_cypher]

Conlon Nancarrow played by Herbert Henck. I'm going to buy this now, the response the participating labels are looking for. But I'm with some of the posts above - this can't be a viable business model in the medium term, either for Spotify or (more to the point) the record companies.

Their advertising sales haven't taken off yet, most being for Spotify itself or charities ... but one advert nearly makes me turn it off - 'Hi', it says, 'at Spotify we believe music should be free'. Why? This is the recent misconception that record companies are trying to battle. Maybe, if labels provide their catalogue but end up strengthening that perception, the can't-beat-em-join-em strategy isn't the right one.

[BillF]

Chick Corea, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Spotify)

[Niko]

Andy Sheppard - Movements in Color

(nothing to do with this, but deezer now has pretty much the same emi collection as lastfm (and spotify i guess...))

[Niko]

Freddie Hubbard - Without a Song

[Niko]

The resurgence of Dexter Gordon (jazzland ojc/deezer)

[Niko]

Teddy Edwards - Back to Avalon

[BillF]

Sonny Stitt, New York Jazz (Spotify)

[BillF]

John Eardley, From Hollywood to New York (deezer)

[captainwrong]

How did I not realize Deezer is accessible in the US? Listening to Together Again by the Benny Goodman Quartet (been on a major BG kick.)

[GA Russell]

Lala (last night):

Sonny Rollins - Reel Life

[GA Russell]

Lala:

Freddie Hubbard - Without a Song

Sun Ra - Nidhamu & Dark Myth Equation Visitation

[Jazzmoose]

Lala:

Checking out a recommendation...

Goldfrapp- Felt Mountain

[Niko]

Deezer

Duke Ellington - The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse

[seeline]

It's very interesting (to me) that Spotify is actually a peer-to-peer service - at least, that's what their Wiki page says.)

I can see where many people over here would shut off the whole idea, no matter how legal it actually is (or can be) due to the seriously wrong impressions of what peer-to-peer technology is about. (For which I partly blame the RIAA, but also the press and broadcast media.)

Most people here assume that p2p = illegal. 'Tain't necessarily so.

(Now testing Spotify via a UK proxy server and hoping that it comes to the US and Canada very soon...)

Edited June 7, 2009 by seeline

[GA Russell]

I went to deezer the first time last night, and couldn't figure out how to get it to play. What do I need to do?

[GA Russell]

Thanks, Niko, for your PM response.

*****

Lala:

Chet Baker - Stairway to the Stars

I had this one in college under the name Comin' On with the Chet Baker Quintet. I have listened to it on Lala before. Apparently if you go a month or so without listening to an album, the Lala computer forgets that you have, and you can listen to it once again for free.

Stan Getz - My Foolish Heart: Live at the Left Bank

[Jazzmoose]

Wow. I was listening to the first release by The Decemberists (Castaways and Cutouts) on Lala tonight. After the first two songs I put the gun, knife, and pills down and turned it off. That has to be the most depressing stuff since Lou Reed's Berlin!

[Niko]

Dexter Gordon - Blue Dex

if anybody wonders about playing the grey titles in deezer, drop me a pm, no need for fumbling with proxy servers here...

[Niko]

Charles Earland - Black Talk

[Niko]

Sun Ra - Night of the Purple Moon