| Title: | Welcome to the CD Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome to COOKIE |
| Moderator: | COOKIE::ROLLOW |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Mar 03 1989 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1517 |
| Total number of notes: | 13349 |
On Saturday, I bought a CD at Lechmere in Nashua. The CD was supposed to be a compilation of overtures played by the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan. The Label on the Disk itself also said HvK etc. When I actally played the CD, however, it turned out to be "Dr Hook's Greatest Hits". Now I'm perplexed: should I return the CD and get a new (hopefully correct) version, or should I hang on to the damn thing as a collector's item. DECISIONS, DECISIONS By the way, it is an Angel/EMI disk (Capitol). I don't recall ever seeing von Karajan and the BPO on anything but DGG. Any comments and or suggestions? Dirk P.S. I kind of like Dr Hook too. P.P.S. I'm afraid that if I take it back to 'LEECHmere', they'll try to charge me extra since I obviously got an unexpected 'bonus'.
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| 1418.1 | stranger than fiction | CGVAX2::HARRIS | Mon Dec 05 1988 13:02 | 14 | |
TAKE IT BACK!!!!
I work at a record store (Rockit) and this has happened a few times.
We justa send the defective disk back to the distributor. I remember
1 disk that was supposed to be the Doors "LA lady" but no one knew
who it was. Another time, disk said it was Mark Isham, but it was
a compilation called Rockin 50's. The strange thing about this
one was that they were 2 entirely DIFFERENT labels!!
You should return it and get a new one, or keep it if you're into
collecting wierd things.
Ann
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| 1418.2 | COOKIE::ROLLOW | The thing dreams are made of. | Mon Dec 05 1988 13:53 | 4 | |
If you like the music keep it and get the other later. There might be speculative value in keeping it just because people will collect the weirdest things and pay lots of money for them, but I wouldn't plan on it. | |||||
| 1418.3 | Beware of a bad batch! | CSSE32::RHINE | Jack Rhine - DTN: 381-2439 | Mon Dec 05 1988 17:11 | 2 |
I had this happen to me once. Don't get a new copy at the same place. When it happened to me, the store had several more but the whole batch was bad. | |||||
| 1418.4 | ASABET::MCLAUGHLIN | Skier au Mont Fort | Tue Dec 06 1988 18:31 | 17 | |
Many record labels, large and small alike, farm out the actual
manufacture of CD's to companies which specialize in the pressing
of compact discs. Ultra labels such as Sony/CBS make their own,
of course. Just as is the case with CD players and VCR's, a few
companies make them all, regardless of the multitude of record
labels. If you closely examine your discs, with attention to the
clear plastic ring in the center, or the area around that
ring, you may find the name of the company that actually pressed
each disc. For example, many of my discs were made by "Digital
Audio Disc Corporation", and the company name is molded into the
clear center ring. Some discs do not indicate manufacturer's
name.
RE: .0 The pressing company must have mixed up the labels and master
tapes of two different clients.
Shawn
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| 1418.5 | PDVAX::P_DAVIS | Peter Davis | Wed Dec 07 1988 07:28 | 3 | |
There have been many cases of this. The first one I remember hearing
about was a disc packaged and labelled as Lawrence Welk, but actually
containing the Sex Pistols. I'm surprised anyone noticed.
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