So, most of my listening habits as a child of the 70s who grew up in the 80s is, for better or worse, classic rock and pop.
I’ve found since I started out that more and more, I simply cannot get the albums that I know and love. They are all remastered, or deluxe, or whatever. I just want the album I know and love and bought when it was released. I wouldn’t mind if all Apple did was give me a tweaked version that sounds better for streaming or whatever. But they’re literally offering songs that sound like they’ve been re-sung into ‘new’ versions or contain other music that’s just a little different. It isn’t the album I bought back in the day.
I try to find “alternative versions” on the page for any given album, but usually they don’t exist. For instance, just try to find an original recording of a Phil Collins album. They’re ALL the remasters with the aged faces on the covers. You simply cannot get the original. More and more, I find this is the case.
Does anyone know of a way to designate original recordings, assuming they’re even there to listen to in the first place?
I mean, I like Apple Music for its integration with Siri. I like to simply ask for my music and have it come on. Otherwise, I’ll go to a different solution.
Thankfully, before I packed all my physical media away for good, I ripped all of my CDs to the NAS, so I recently pointed Plex at the folder (I have a lifetime Plex pass, so I get Plexamp) and I’ve found it to be surprisingly capable, and I get exactly what I want to listen to. Only bad part is it’s got more overhead to actually get things playing where I want to hear them (that, and I only ripped in 128 mp3… if I’d known I’d find myself here, I’d have ripped lossless when I did the do).
Part of me thinks I should just leave Apple Music, but I have years of playlists in there, and my wife likes the new Apple Classical. Sigh. I guess I’m just frustrated Apple decided to fix what isn’t broken.