October 2, 2004

iTunes Music Store Questions

Maybe I'm missing something. (Wouldn't be the first time, I hear you say. Yeah yeah, very funny.)

In iTMS, why:

  • can't I bookmark a page? Yes, I know I can copy a URL, but that's not the same as keeping it within the application. Be interesting to see how well the urls in this post work...
  • can't I create a wishlist (or even a playlist of albums I want to buy)
  • doesn't iTunes flag tracks that I already 'own'. I've been looking at the various iMixes - which seems like a killer feature, by the way - but I don't want to randomly buy all the tracks on a given iMix if I already own versions of them. Of course Apple wants me to buy them, but c'mon ... would they like 70% of an iMix sale or nothing at all? Something for the weekend is a nice mix. So is John Peel's Festive Fifty 1980. Not to mention History of Rock - which really shows the gap in what's available on iTMS. Beatles, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, ... thank goodness I already have all those in my collection.
  • isn't there a feature for arbitrary smart RSS feeds - new tracks by an artist, new playlists by a person, etc? I think there's "recently added" RSS feeds. Not enough though!

I've been looking for Natasha Bedingfield's album, but it seems to have gone AWOL. I know it was there a month ago when I bought the single. If iTMS was a little bit more consistent, Apple would have most of my salary by now.

I stumbled across a remix/re-release of War of the Worlds. It sounds surprisingly good. I own the original on vinyl, and I was looking to see how much it would cost to replace it. Answer: £7.11 for "highlights". Damnit Apple, quit with this partial album thing, it's really really stupid.

Currently listening to Immigrant Song from the album "Led Zeppelin Remasters (Disc 1)" by Led Zeppelin

Posted by savs at October 2, 2004 6:20 PM
Comments

Drag a song from itunes into a playlist without buying it and you'll get the 30-second preview only. It's the next best thing to a wish-list. (Or even better, because you can make multiple lists).

Posted by: Sarah at October 5, 2004 10:35 PM