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Created:Mon Feb 17 1986
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258.0. ""Skip" on a CD?" by MENTOR::COTE () Mon Jan 20 1986 08:29

On my CD of Madonna's "Like A Virgin" I hear what sounds exactly like a
stylus jumping a groove every time I listen to cut 7 ("Shoo-Be-Do"). It
occurs 3 min. & 11 sec into the cut.

It occured to me that maybe it was recorded that way, so I started tapping
my fingers in time to the snare drum. Sure enough, at 3:11, I am almost a
half measure out of synch! (I was OK at 3:09.) If I take the snare drum as
beat 4 of the measure, it changes to beat 2...

My disc is clean, no visible damage, player is on sturdy shelve and occurs
even with the speakers off while hearing headphones, eliminating any possi-
bility of acoustic vibration.

Anybody else heard this?                         Edd
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258.1GRAMPS::WCLARKMon Jan 20 1986 08:335
Dare I say it ? Maybe its a defect !

Have you tried another copy ?

Walt
258.2MENTOR::COTEMon Jan 20 1986 08:436
Blaspheme!   :^)

No, I haven't. Just noticed it last night and thought I'd check with other
noters. (Can't stand the thought of tying $30 up in Mad Donna to replace it.)

Edd
258.3SERPNT::SCHULTZMon Jan 20 1986 10:533
	Just checked it.  Sounds fine on mine.  There is an extra beat at 2,
	but the one at 4 is where it's supposed to be.
								-- Geoff
258.43:11 And More...PNEUMA::WILSONThu Sep 04 1986 08:5514
    A belated reply...if there's still interest!
    
    I listened to the track at 3:11; all I hear is a guitar player resuming
    a very plunky, percussive riff that sounds like a snare, while the
    drummer is hitting the snare. They're out of synch a bit, so it
    sounds like a skip.
    
    What bothers me about this disk is track 1: the bass sounds like
    it was over-recorded -- boomy! 
    
    Other opinions on this? By the way this is the only track I have
    complaints about; otherwise I think it's a fine recording: good
    recording of the percussion (and there's a lot of it -- bells,
    synthesized percussion, drums...)