Too many "Album Only" songs

In my view, one of the greatest strengths of iTunes is not having to purchase an entire album to get the particular songs one enjoys. This strength is undermined by the "album only" choices that appear all too frequently.
I've found several album only songs that I would like to purchase and I have not purchased one of the albums. I'm guessing I'm not alone in this behavior. Drop the "album only" idea and you'll certainly make more money from me. Keeping it is only driving me to look elsewhere for the songs.

This is not controlled by Apple. The most frequent reasons for "album only" songs are the copyright holders are different for this song than the rest of the album & do not want the song sold as an individual track. The copyright holder for all of a specific album, for whatever reason, may have required that a specific track or tracks be sold as "album only". Apple has to abide by what the copyright holders want when it comes to distributing content.

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This is not controlled by Apple. The most frequent reasons for "album only" songs are the copyright holders are different for this song than the rest of the album & do not want the song sold as an individual track. The copyright holder for all of a specific album, for whatever reason, may have required that a specific track or tracks be sold as "album only". Apple has to abide by what the copyright holders want when it comes to distributing content.

Trying to re-download a album only song

I just purchased an album but noticed that it only played half of the song and skips to the next. I already deleted the songs and re-downloaded them for free. But three of the songs are album only songs and I cant seem to redownload it for three without paying the whole album again! Is there a way to fix this?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Check that your songs are hidden, and if so, unhide them > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4919 You will be able to download them after unhiding them.
If it doesn't work, contact with iTunes support > http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact

If i buy an album on itunes will i get the album only songs 2?

I want 1 song but i can't buy it because it says album only

If you want to the album only songs then you will need to buy the whole album, those songs can't be bought individually, only as part of the album

"Album Only" songs included?

I don't regularly buy entire albums, so I'm double checking before I purchase an album containing "Album Only" songs. These are included when I buy the entire album on iTunes, right?
Making sure "Album Only" doesn't mean iTunes doesn't have rights to sell them and they're only available on the album in a store.
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'Album only' songs are included. It just means you can't buy them separate.
That usually occurs with songs that have a long play time.
Hope this helps.
M

Album Only songs when using song credits

I received as a gift a 50 song credit to the iTunes store. I would like to be able to buy complete albums with this credit, including the "album only" songs. When I try to buy albums, it says that my song credits do not apply to album purchases, and when I then buy each song from an album individually, I can't buy the rest of the "album only" songs.
Is there a solution to this problem? If I buy 10 individual songs off an album, can I use "complete my album" to get the rest of the "album only" songs? It would not seem to make sense for this to not work. Especially since I have, in effect, spent more on 12 individual songs from an album than I would have on the $10 cost of the entire album on the first place. It seems like I should therefore be entitled to the complete album.

Sorry but no, there's no solution when there are "album only" tracks other than to pay cash. Song credits can indeed only be used for individual tracks; they cannot be applied to album purchases.

Song purchasing issue: Album only songs

Hi, hopefully somebody can shed some light on this problem i'm having. I have a CD of 'Hit The Lights - This is a stick up... don't make it murder' and it doesn't include track 14 'Stick Up' which is on the itunes store. I want to purchase this song but i can't because it is an 'album only' song. Does this mean that if i want this song, i have to by the whole album even though i already have the CD? Because that is kind of annoying!
Much appreciated if anybody can help me, thanks.
Message was edited by: Joe.UK

Yes, you would have to buy the whole album. And despite what the other poster said, it isn't an enticement to past customers. And it isn't something controlled by Apple. These types of decisions are made by the record companies.
They may not want a popular, or extra long song to be sold for only $0.99. They try to entice the buyer to purchase the whole album (if it was a CD, you'd have to buy the whole thing). However, in the case of popular songs, you might see it go on sale by itself once after it is no longer a top song. If it's a long song (something you see in the classical music a lot), it may never be sold except as part of an album only track.

I bought the album... but the album only song won't play!

I bought and downloaded the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 soundtrack but the album only song- I Don't Think Now Is The Best Time still wont play!
HELP!

There may have been an error in the initial download. To correct this you'll need to contact the iTunes Store support team.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/songs/
Just enter the appropriate information in the fields at the bottom of that page.

Too many albums slows down iTunes?

I've never used iTunes to organize my massive music library, but I want to give it a try.
I don't think in terms of songs. I think in terms of albums - ripped CDs. I have over 3,500 physical CDs and FLACs I'm converting to ALAC.
I read some very old forum posts that discussed iTunes bogging down, sometimes hanging or crashing, because someone had "too large" a library. But those comments I read were several years old, obviously discussing older versions of iTunes.
Assuming that lossy compression is completely out of the question, is a person going to notice iTunes 11.1 responding slowly or hanging with that many lossless albums in his library? A drag to use?
Without resorting to multiple libraries, how many ALAC albums is "too many" for iTunes?

I think a LARGE PART of what you're dealing with is format...
I have 41,742 songs (3212 albums) and 673 audiobooks in my iTunes library with album art for ALL of it.
It ONLY lags when adding new tracks, and even that's just for a second or two at most.
BUT...
My collection is MP3 (192kpbs maximum) and M4B (128kbps maximum). EVERYTHING comes to 267Gb.
As FLAC or ALAC, you're looking at a substantially larger library that's going to be slower to update...
Updating a 23mb ALAC track's ID3 tags... takes longer than a 4mb MP3.
Updating artwork for an album of ALAC tracks... takes longer than an album of MP3 tracks.
Renaming an album of ALAC tracks... and so on.
Not being a music professional I don't NEED to have lossless music. I listen to most of my stuff through earbuds while riding. Too much outside noise to really appreciate the nuances of a studio quality rendition of Beethoven's 9th.
If you DO need that quality, the lag is a trade off.

TS1389 Re-Downloading Album Only Songs

I had trouble playing certain songs I downloaded when I downloaded a complete album because iTunes repeatedly said that my computer was not authorized. So, I redownloaded all the tracks that wouldn't play for free but am unable to for the album only tracks. Is there a way to do this?

I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the items that are not redownloading. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the items, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" links next to the items.

What's up with "album-only" songs in the iStore???

Just out of curiosity and general frustration--whats the reason behind some songs only being available in the iTunes store when you buy the whole album? Is it some kind of copyright thing?

I've noticed that a lot of tracks over about 7 minutes show up as 'album only' - other than that I guess it is indeed some sort of copyright/label restriction.
Shame, as in the early days of online music I managed to get the whole of Tubular Bells from a Microsoft-based store for 99p per 'side' - I imagine it's this issue they're trying to address.
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Hi Guys; I have recently downloaded the 32 songs of Puccini: la Boheme (2 CDs). These were originally on a single album named " Puccini: La Bohème (2 CDs)" , but show up on my iTunes Music as 32 albums with one song in each. I checked the album name, it is the same for all of them, how to group all these tunes under the same album?
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The artists have to be all the same. Now I figure the artists are all different right? If so, this is a compilation, simply check the box marked compilation. The actual CD needs to be the same as well, and make certain you have the correct CD 1 and 2 under descriptions.
Oh and check off the box for a gapless recording as well. Opera with gaps is very odd.
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Anyone wonder who picks which songs are available to buy vs. "Album Only"?

A little something i just sent to itunes customer service. I'm really getting tires of being told the one or two songs I actually want are only available by purchasing the entire album.
Hello,
I have a question regarding the selection of songs process used by Apple when setting up Itunes Music store for a new album/product. Could you please explain in detail why it seems that albums are always set up to force paying customers to buy entire albums for a scant few songs that are actually wanted. Generally when a popular artist is featured on a song, or one that seems like it will be very, very popular, Apple stoops to such disdainful measures to make it impossible to buy as a stand-alone song. To me that is just plain greedy because we know what you are doing.
It seems that with some forethought to it's future busines, perhaps Apple could make a truly customer oriented decision and make all songs available at any time. Customers would be happy and you would make up the profits on "Good Will" of giving the customers what they want, rather than leaving them ****** off. They might just start going to Walmart or Target to buy the whole CD instead, if they have no other alternative and leave you in the dust.
Thank you for your attention, and for doing the right thing.
I look forward to your announcement in the near future that all songs will be available.

Ah yes, this one is quite simple, at least the "why" part; the "who" is likely the copyright holder (aka the record company). As for "why", well it's pretty simple, some albums have an obvious smash hit, and the remainder of the album (obviously in the view of the record company) may not be as, well, "exciting" to the consumer. So to prevent their investment in a record from turning into an investment of one song, they will make that one song "album only" so as to increase sales. Pretty dastardly; really violates the spirit of why Napster hit a chord with people to begin with: WE DON'T ALWAYS WANT THE WHOLE ALBUM FOR JUST ONE SONG!
I advocate to anyone who will listen to NOT buy any song/album from an album that contains an "album only" song. If you follow like sheep into that trap, then before you know it the record companies will make more and more of their offerrings "album only" and we'll be right back to where we started with traditional CD sales.
If you are forced to buy the album to get that one song, then don't buy it on iTunes, go buy the actual CD or from some other legal source. If enough people refuse to buy those "album only" albums, then the record companies will give up on that tactic.
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