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As of November 2024 All of my CD albums have been digitized and are available for downloads either
as full album, or as singles. Streaming too. Pretty much everywhere.
My very earliest 3 albums were only on LP records and those record companied
are now defunct. So those LPs have never been officially digitized.
Until lately, your only official options for downloading Joel Mabus recordings have been at Amazon, or Apple iTunes -- visit their sites for access to my recordings. Other sites that offer me on downloads may be pirates. (See "streaming" below)
(Providing a direct link here to Amazon or Apple or Whatever can become so quickly outdated, it's better to search yourself -- it won't take long. Just be sure in any search to type "Joel Mabus" because my last name alone can direct you to some very strange destinations! I would suggest you search your own favorite music service for "Joel Mabus" and see what pops up)
If you have bought my songs from CD Baby in the past, you should now know
that the CD Baby Store has been discontinued, as of the onset of the COVID-19
pandemic. In the past I sent people there -- for downloads in particular.
But the CD sales site is all taken down, and my inventory there has been destroyed.
If you want to search for my recordings and songs, or anything about me, my website
-- this one at JOELMABUS.COM is the only site you need -- the only place true
and complete.
And now, a word about streaming:
I first, a few years ago, released only my very earliest CDs for streaming at the more popular streaming
sites such as Spotify . Nothing of mine from the 21st century was yet legally streamable. But
in late 2023 and early 2024, I authorized streaming on all my CD albums. By November of 2024 all the big streaming services have been delivered my
digitized albums. Including my latest, Lonesome Road.
SO AS OF NOW: Apple Music/iTunes have all my music up and running as streaming OR downloads. As does Amazon and MusicYouTube. And Deezer. and more. Pandora and Spotify now offers my newest stuff, but seems to have excluded several earlier CDs, so they don't have Banjo Monologues, How Like The Holly, and some of my best earlier albums running on their platform. THEY COULD -- they have been sent the music files. But you can only hear some of my albums on Pandora & Spotify -- for now. Complain to them if you like...
You can listen to ALL my recorded music free at YouTube -- if you put up with commercials or pay to skip them. There is no free lunch.
So far, I have had thousands of streamed songs on "the services" and the total income
has come to pennies. Maybe dimes. It would take a million steams or more to match the
income of one real sale. And I really do rely on those sales to stay afloat, especially
since the pandemic of 2020.
AS OF MARCH 2020, I DO NOT RECOMMEND ORDERING MY PHYSICAL CDS FROM ANY RETAILER.
Of course, you can STILL get any of my physical CDs in the mail -- from ME !!!
As of 2020, that is practically your only option. If that changes, I will tell you. Right now, mail order within the USA is cheapest, fastest and safest from me directly. (Outside the USA, best to download) If you want to confirm my status before you order, or have a particular inquiry, just send me an email at:
(I have seen my physical CD's offered for sale at other sites, including Amazon, for $40 or more -- plus shipping! They don't really have copies in stock in most cases. They would take your money, order one from me and jack up the price for you -- and make you wait. So again, just order from me. My dear friends at Elderly Instruments are no longer in the CDs and Books business. They survive today as an instrument-only enterprise. )
page last updated 11/1/2024