It was not so long ago that all ECM files in Qobuz were not released for streaming. There’s a reason why I buy the albums I like. ECM and stremaing, that has always been some heckmeck (unnecessary circumstances, fuss)
There’s no consistency though. Some albums have only one track unavailable, some have almost the whole album unavailable.
I suspect there’s “bait and switch” going on. ECM have always been reluctant to allow streaming. It’'s a nudge to buy the CD having got used to it in your library etc.
That’s exactly how it was about half a year ago with Qobuz. One piece as bait … I think that even now you can not rely on it stays that way that is is now.
The problem is that as a jazz lover, you have no choice. The artists are excellent and the recordings are great. And considering how much money I have already invested in any toy, then this investment is at least well spent.
I’d noticed this in my Tidal ECM playlists and it looks like it’s only tracks that are longer than 7:00 minutes that are becoming unavailable. So some albums unaffected, some affected a lot like the OP’s Awase.
I appears I was wrong about this being limited to ECM: a large chunck of my library has become unusable. @Calum_Scott seems to be on to something with the 7:00 mark:
I think I am seeing this a bit more often with MQA albums, but not always. Creation by Keith Jarrett is almost completely unavailable in MQA, but the regular TIDAL FLAC version shows full availability. Awase on the other hand is equally unavailable in MQA and regular FLAC.
I hope this is a fluke, but right now it’s a mess.
I still have my most coveted TIDAL additions available locally, but recently I have let things lapse for a bit. Time to catch up – ‘scuse me while I go music shopping!
Same here, logging out and back in did nothing for me.
Strangely, all tracks of Anouar Brahem’s The Astounding Eyes of Rita are still there, but the longer tracks on his other albums (that I checked) are gone.
Worst for me (of what I’ve found so far), the MQA version of Coltrane’s A Love Supreme is gone.
Listening to it now and all tracks available. Don’t know if this is just a regional Tidal issue affecting some countries or if it’s something that has just not made it to the US yet.