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Lactoes

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May 18, 2011
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I've got a larger iTunes library, about 13,000 songs, mostly of Classic Rock and other Top 40 from the 60s and 70s.

I just tried to create an iTunes Radio station from the song "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass, and it said it couldn't do it. But using my own library, Genius was able to come up with a decent list of comparable songs. This has happened before with other artists and songs, but this is just the latest example.

Does this mean, for instance, that Brandy doesn't appear in any iTR playlists? But since Apple does sell the song in the store, it knows comps, so can recommend other songs like it? Wouldn't you think Genius and iTR would operate similarly, or is iTR more human curated?

Does anyone know what's going on with this? Or is there other credible speculation? I'm just curious, not upset with Apple or anything like that. :)
 
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