# Liner notes for on-line purchased music?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liner-notes-for-on-line-purchased-music/446220>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 21, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liner-notes-for-on-line-purchased-music/446220 "2008-04-21T13:43:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liner-notes-for-on-line-purchased-music/446220/1 "2008-04-21T13:43:35Z")

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Can one get the stuff from the inside/back of the album/CD cover when one has purchased on-line music? I like to know who played what instrument for each track as well as whatever comments the artist may have made about the song, etc.

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liner-notes-for-on-line-purchased-music/446220/2 "2008-04-21T13:53:20Z")

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Great question - I look forward to the more web-music-savvy Dopers posting ideas on this…

I love liner notes and hate the blank sameness of mp3’s on their own - I wish we could grab a write-up about each song when it is downloaded and then access the notes while the song is playing…

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**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liner-notes-for-on-line-purchased-music/446220/3 "2008-04-21T16:49:14Z")

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While not really very helpful, I’ll point out that at least some of the basic info can sometimes be found at [AMG all music guide](http://www.allmusic.com/). Nowhere as good as reading the actual liner notes, but better than nothing. (And I’m hoping someone else has a better source, too.)

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liner-notes-for-on-line-purchased-music/446220/4 "2008-04-21T19:51:09Z")

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Depends on the album- some modern albums downloaded at iTunes have digital liner notes, although most don’t.