Musicophile Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 What there used to be was places to go and see what new released cds were available and then listen to those releases that just came out. One bookstore chain in particular (Borders) had a great revolving selection of cds so that you could put headphones on and listen to cd after cd. Nearly every time I stopped and looked what was new I ended up buying at least one if not multiple cds, including ones from ECM. That wonderful experience is now gone. This was probably 4-5 years ago. So. Here we are in 2017, 5 years later, and where do I go to listen to recordings to see which I'd like to buy?Name one of the major streaming services.....there you have it. No listen, no buy. Get the picture ECM or risk losing your artists to more forward thinking recording companies. The times are changing and they had better change or they will find themselves an even smaller niche player than they already are. Sad but true. Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
mwb Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 According to this, the entire ECM catalog is going to be released to most (all?) streaming services. https://twitter.com/BruceLevenstein/status/928730762366603269 Oops: Just saw another thread was started to cover this. 94941 1 Creek Evolution 100A / Schiit Gungnir Multibit / Squeezebox Touch with Teddy Pardo PSU / Marantz SA8005 / B&W CM8 Link to comment
Popular Post Charente Posted November 10, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2017 Truly excellent news ... another 'new' album this week on Qobuz ! Musicophile and 94941 2 Main System: NAS or QOBUZ > BlueSound Node 2i > Schiit Gungnir MultiBit > PYST XLR > Schiit Mjolnir 2 or Gilmore Lite MK2 Office System: iMac > Audirvana > Schiit EITR + Audiophonics LPS25 > Metrum FLINT NOS DAC (DAC TWO chips) > Schiit Magni 3+ > Aeon Flow Open Loudspeaker System: NAIM Muso Gen 2 Link to comment
Popular Post o0o0o0o Posted November 13, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2017 As of November 12, 2017, there are many ECM albums on Google Play. mwb and 94941 1 1 Link to comment
94941 Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 Sweeeet! I've been waiting for this for years. I'm listening to the Keith Jarrett Trio playing My Foolish Heart as we speak. I'll be streaming the ECM catalog every day for at least a couple of hours. I'm looking forward to exploring some of their less famous artists whose CD's I never took a chance on. Streaming may not offer ECM the kind of money they want but we don't live in the world of LP's only anymore and haven't for a long time. It'll mean more money for them than they've been getting by pretending that the world hasn't already moved on. And I'll be buying whichever ECM discoveries I like the most. I'm sure I'm not the only one. So I hope it's a financial success for them. Musicophile 1 Link to comment
Popular Post kopelli Posted November 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2017 I second that, it will now be easier to explore their catalogue and buy the ones i like, and they will be many. 94941 and mwb 1 1 Link to comment
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