In addition to the music of my own generation, I had a great catalog of LPs, 45s & even 78s of my parents’ and grandparent’s to listen to as a youth.
And with each format something is lost. Once in a while Record Collector or somewhere lists the lost B sides or the single versions of old songs. The CD era brought in a lot of “best ofs” and “greatest hits” while dropping the ten albums they came from.
Now they’ll say “no longer available” for downloading more and more. And if Amazon is bought someday, a Middle Eastern company will say “no songs by women immodestly dressed.”