so impatient :P. Go back 10-20 years and tracks were being played up to a year in advance of their release, sometimes even more! Danny Rampling had Armin - Blue Fear six months + before it's release on Xtravaganza.
While true, back in the day you couldn't hear the track every other week on a podcast. It meant that when someone played it at a gig, it was an event. Nowadays that's no longer the case. If I hear the track 100 times before I get to purchase it, what's the point