HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: byron@homer.hsc.ucalgary.ca (Byron Draudson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Pink Floyd - Syd Barrett
Date: 2 Nov 92 17:51:26 GMT
Reply-To: byron@yogi.hsc.ucalgary.ca
Organization: Radiology, Foothills Hospital

In article <17050@borg.cs.unc.edu>, bink@gounod.cs.unc.edu (Arjan Bink) writes:
> 
> So far I only saw the following 3 cd's, but I am sure
> there must be more where those came from.
> 
> -	Opel
> -	Peel Sessions
> -	Barrett

There is a new "Best of" compilation CD out in '92 called Octopus.
It contains lots of good stuff including Astronomy Domine, Gigalo
Aunt and Baby Lemonade.  Apperantly, the CD is in limited production
and as such, some stores are charging an "arm and a leg".  Advise:
shop around if you want this CD.  I've see it going for $35 CDN in
some stores and I got my copy for $19 CDN.

-- byron
________________________________________________________________________
Byron Draudson, Systems Manager               byron@yogi.hsc.ucalgary.ca
Radiology, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada   (403) 670-2442
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: prokopy@en.ecn.purdue.edu (dave)
Subject: REM's _green_ CD (was Re: CDs are timebombs?)
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 01:56:12 GMT

somebody (sorry - lost the original attribution) wrote:
>The fact is that a friend had a CD copy of R.E.M.'s Green which became
>unplayable after about a year.     . . .
>                     . . .the disc sounded like
>a lot of static, with bits of music thrown in.

hey!  i have a copy that does the EXACT same thing!  my girlfriend bought
it at a used CD store, and when we went to play it, it gave us all these
static-y noises.  unfortunately, we couldn't return it, so we're stuck
with it.  (although, fortunately, i had already bought a decent version
for myself.)  however, i DID notice a couple things:  first, the graphics
on the defective disc were slightly off-color compared to the working one.
second, the catalog numbers (i think) were different.  plus, the insert
had a different finish.  (one was a bit glossier).  does anyone know if
there was a defective batch that was pressed, then recalled and replaced?

-- 
( dave prokopy - prokopy@en.ecn.purdue.edu or prokopy@sage.cc.purdue.edu    )
( "pretty duplicitous wicked and evil media ready heartless and they were   )
(  super u.s. citizens super achiever mega ultra power dozing relax defense )
(  defense defense defense yeah yeah yeah" - r.e.m., "ignoreland"           )
From: gt3017a@prism.gatech.EDU (Guy Elden Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: New 808 state album?
Date: 10 Nov 92 17:28:44 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


   I don't know if many of you listen to this group, but does anyone know
anything about a new album from 808 State? I've got Ex:el, and Utd.State.90,
as well as there newest single, Time Bomb, and a couple of other older
singles, but I saw in one of the October issues of the release newsletter from
cs.uwp.edu, that they were supposed to release a new album, titled 'Gorgeous'
I think, in October... So far, I haven't seen it anywhere... There were a
few issues missing, so it could be delayed, but does anyone know the
'official' word?

Thanks...

-- 
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a.k.a. Guy Elden Jr.                 | Dreamers learn to steer by the stars,
                    Neil Peart ------| All of us do time in the gutter,
                    'The Pass'       | Dreamers turn to look at the cars"
From: cspot@cats.ucsc.edu (Christopher Edward Hilker)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: box sets from Bob Marley, Les Paul, Phil Spector, Donovan
Date: 13 Nov 92 02:02:41 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


prokopy@en.ecn.purdue.edu (dave) writes:

>>     It seems to be mostly Ronettes (not surprising, I guess)
>it IS mono, which for me has always meant it's a bit harder to tell if
>the sound quality is that great.  actually, surprisingly (or maybe not
>so, from spector), the tracks were NOT digitally remastered.  a great
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^    
>selection of tunes.  not much in the way or rarities.  some OBSCURE
>stuff, tho'.  frankly, i don't listen to it that much.  good, but not
>spectacular.  decent booklet, tho'.

Really? How did they get them on those little discs, then? I've never
heard of analogue CD's before...

C.

-- 
                       |    They have corrupted themselves,
Chris.Hilker           |    their spot is not the spot of his children:
cspot@cats.ucsc.edu    |    they are a perverse and crooked generation.
From: harden@acsu.buffalo.edu (Alex Harden)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Are CDs silent
Date: 6 Nov 92 17:38:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: acsu.BxB2C6.M7y
Organization: UB

loj@cae.wisc.edu (Lo Jeffrey) writes:
->I'm not sure what you mean by "lower their volume to nil" (volume control
->on the amp or the player, or quiet passages between songs) but I'll try
->to answer your question.  The fact that different CDs yield different
->levels of "silence" hints that the source of the noise is the CD itself
->rather than the player.  The CDs in question probably have noise from
->the master tapes on them.  This noise may be caused by many different
->things like noisy mics and lousy analog circuits.  In addition, the rest
->of your stereo is analog and is therefore also susceptible to noise.

of course, theoretically, if something is recorded and mixed in digital,
the only hiss present upon playback of the cd would be due to the cd
player [or amp] itself.

-- 
alex harden-------------- "some are born to move the world to live their
harden@acsu.buffalo.edu--  fantasies; most of us just dream about the things
v409epk3@ubvms.bitnet----  we'd like to be" - peart "losing it" 1982
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 00:14:45 EST
From: <BXL108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Problems with BMG shipping recently?

the same thing happened to me.  I signed up a friend in May and still hadn't re
ceived my free ones, and my friend hadn't received his.  I kept getting notices
 in the mail from BMG that cd's have recently been returned and that this is a
great inc onvenience to everyone and that it lead to higher prices


Finally  i called them  July and, they apologized and said they
would send me the cd's.  They never came.  I started blaming the post office gu
ys too.
Then in September they finally arrived.  I have no idea what happended.
I finally have gotten fed up with BMG, and have canceled my membership.


                               Barry
From: dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu (Derek Langsford)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: The Best of Talking Heads (not "Sand")
Date: 13 Nov 92 04:58:16 GMT
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences

I have noticed that there are two Talking Heads Compilations in the UK
album chart.  The higher charting one appears to be a single disc
"Best of" rather than the double "Hits + odds and sods that only collectors
might want".  Can someone post a track listing for the single disc "Best of"?
I'm interested in getting this one as I am not a big enough fan to want the
rare or new tracks.   Thanks.

Derek

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From: sammy@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Samuel Larson UCLA Astronomy)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Limited Editions Pissing Me Off!!!!
Date: 13 Nov 92 01:15:38 GMT
Organization: UCLA Dept of Astronomy

Devo's Hardcore Volume 1 is another example.  Rykodisc released the
regular version, and 2 months later out came a "special limited
edition".  Not that I wouldn't have bought them both anyway!

sammy
From: BXL108@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Signing new BMG members
Date: 12 Nov 92 04:49:49 GMT
 <1992Nov11.163253.1@venus.ycc.yale.edu>
Organization: Penn State University

>i dont know about BMG but as far as colubia house is concerned they
>take a long time after your friend has paid the initial S&H to mail
>you your free CD's so i think that there is enough time for them
>to check if the new member is cancelling his membership!
>naren
>chemical engr.
>yale.
>  re>
well with bmg i've gotten my cd's actually before my friend has received
his!!!!!!!!!!


                     Barry
From: VETTERS@vax1.elon.edu (Steve Vetter  )
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: CD Hotline
Date: 12 Nov 1992 23:38:49 GMT
Organization: Elon College
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: vax1.elon.edu
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.22

In <1992Nov12.220722.7875@nosc.mil> mike@jammin.nosc.mil writes:

> 	This was posted to my mailing list, wondered if anyone has any info
> on it ...
> 
> 
> 	Up until the recent past, I was able to call an 800 hotline
> sponsored first by Volkswagen, and then later by AT&T, to find out
> all sorts of information about CD availability etc. When I called
> the number (1-800-CDINFO1) last week, I was apprised that the number
> was unreachable from my area.
> 
> 	Is there any knowledge of this HOTline and the situation
> by which I am no longer able to access it? Is it still available
> in areas other than Southeastern PA? Was it Ever?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jerry (pirrung@NADC.NADC.NAVY.mil)
> ----------

This was, at one point, an actual workin number.  I called it several times.
It is sposored by different areas depending on where you're calling from.
For me it was sponsored by WJFK FM in DC.  They no longer publicize the number.
So it may have go under dur to lack  of intrest (!).  I think that it 
was really cool because I myself got a whole bunch of info from it.  
They were supposed to offer a magazine for free but I don't ever think
that I got it, but I get tons of CD mail that I throw out anyway.

As for S. PA I couldn't tell ya...
steve


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Elon College Computer Consultant      |   an electric guitar,              
The Metropolis of Elon College, NC    |   When I get real big..."              
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From: lsloan@nova.gmi.edu (Alfred P. Sloan)
Subject: Re: Are BMG CD's inferior?
Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:04:25 GMT

PRAETHE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Ethan Evan Prater) writes:

>Are BMG CD's second rate, or factory seconds, or something? It seems to me
>that the sound quality of most BMG CD's is less than that of equivalent
>store-bought CD's. I've compared numerous times. Does this have to do with
>that "Mfd. for BMG Direct Marketing" label?

I believe so.  I only bought tapes from BMG when I was a member, and they
sucked in comparison to those from stores or Columbia House.  See the
discussion titled "BMG gripes."  (Or something like that.)

--
  Lance Sloan                                              lsloan@nova.gmi.edu
  UNIX System Administrator           GMI Engineering and Management Institute
  Assistant Programmer                                    Flint, Michigan, USA
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From: kruger@plains.NoDak.edu (Donovan Kruger)
Subject: Re: Noteworthy vs. Bose Music
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:21:31 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network
Followup-To: kruger@plains.nodak.edu

I haven't done anything with Noteworthy, but as for Bose Music
Express"less", don't waste your time.  Sure they have a big catalog, but
Do they have everything that they have listed?  Answer: NO!.  And what do
they have printed on the first page?  Answer: "Everything Available!".
I just called them with a list of five CD's I have been looking for that
they had listed in their "everything available!" catalog, and they didn't have
any of them.  "I'm sorry sir, that seems to be out of print, too."

Donovan
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From: Hildum@beowulf.cs.umass.edu (David W. Hildum)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Query: Beach Boys `RARITIES' import disc
Date: 9 Nov 92 00:30:57 GMT
Reply-To: Hildum@cs.umass.edu
Organization: Computer and Information Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

I recently saw a reference to a Japanese import (from my USA perspective)
Beach Boys disc titled `Rarities'.  Assuming this is enough information for
somebody, does anybody know anything about this disc, i.e. what it contains?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

        - David W. Hildum (hildum@cs.umass.edu).
From: tsych@sedona.intel.com (Terry Sych)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Record Stores in Minneapolis
Date: 6 Nov 92 16:36:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: denver.TSYCH.92Nov6083613
Organization: Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona

sammy@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Samuel Larson UCLA Astronomy) writes:

 Nntp-Posting-Host: eggneb.astro.ucla.edu
]
] .......  Also, Cheapo Records is worth checking out.  I don't
] remember what street it is on, but on one side of the street they have
] an unbelievable selection of domestic CDs, and on the other side they
] have hordes of used vinyl.  Cheapo may be out of your way since it is
] closer to St. Paul, as I remember.  ...
]
] sammy
]

Last time I was in Minneapolis, I saw a new Cheapo store on Lake St. 
somewhere between I-35W and Lyndale.  Wasn't able to stop in though.

Also, there is Oar Folk on Lyndale and 26th.  I think they are still
around.

--Terry
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From: ae64@ma70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Wiethoff)
Subject: CD shopping in London
Reply-To: ae64@ibm3090.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 09:23:43 GMT

Hello all,

I will visit London during Nov 20-25.  Does anybody know some good record
shops for used and/or cheap and/or rare CD's (promo CD's, ltd. ed.)?
Any infos appreciated.  Please reply by E-mail.

-- 
Andreas Wiethoff
  AE64@ibm3090.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
  AE64@DKAUNI2.BITNET
From: bwillems@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Balam Willemsen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Special Beat on CD
Date: 10 Nov 92 03:13:49 GMT
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA

Hi all! I just saw a CD in a local CD store and would like some more
info. Anyhow it's "Special Beat Live" Receiver Records RRCD 168 (1992).
Is this a boot?

Do they have any other material on CD?
(besides the track on "The Beat Goes On .." compilation)

While I'm at it, does anyone know of a Two Tone related discography?

I'd like to see what I might be missing from all these guys (The
Specials, The Special AKA, The (English) Beat, Madness, The Selecter; as
well as all the offshoots: General Public, Fine Young Cannibals, The
International Beat, The Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, etc...)

I'd especially love to find out what's available in th UK, if anyone's
interested in trans-Atlantic trade.


-- 
Balam A. Willemsen
Graduate Student, Physics Dept., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA 02115

"What kind of world is this where blood flows faster than wine?"
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: gauhm@cs.tamu.edu (Piper at the gates of dawn)
Subject: BMG's 800 number please
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:45:25 GMT

Could somebody mail me BMG's 800 number --> gauhm@cs.tamu.edu


Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: mike@jammin.nosc.mil (mike pawka)
Subject: CD Hotline
Organization: NRaD
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:07:22 GMT

	This was posted to my mailing list, wondered if anyone has any info
on it ...


	Up until the recent past, I was able to call an 800 hotline
sponsored first by Volkswagen, and then later by AT&T, to find out
all sorts of information about CD availability etc. When I called
the number (1-800-CDINFO1) last week, I was apprised that the number
was unreachable from my area.

	Is there any knowledge of this HOTline and the situation
by which I am no longer able to access it? Is it still available
in areas other than Southeastern PA? Was it Ever?

Thanks,
Jerry (pirrung@NADC.NADC.NAVY.mil)
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Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,alt.rock-n-roll.hard
From: cyclone@netcom.com (Bill Sheppard)
Subject: New Meat Loaf CD
Summary: Rock 'n' Roll Hero
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 00:07:35 GMT

I found a new (1992) Meat Loaf import CD at the Compact Disc Warehouse in
Sunnyvale, CA (area code 408) - "Rock 'n' Roll Hero", Pickwick 4121.  The disc
has a mix of songs from "Bad Attitude", "Live", "Blind Before I Stop", and
some miscellaneous Steinman songs.  No song lyrics, but there is a pretty
detailed biography/discography included.  I paid $20.99 (they had several
copies), the tracks are as follows:

	1.  Modern Girl
	2.  Paradise By the Dashboard Light (live)
	3.  Getting Away With Murder
	4.  Surf's Up (from Steinman's Bad For Good)
	5.  You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (live)
	6.  Rock 'n' Roll Hero
	7.  Bat Out of Hell (live)
	8.  Piece of the Action
	9.  Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries
	10. Nowhere Fast (from 'Streets of Fire' soundtrack)
	11. Bad Attitude
	12. Midnight At the Lost and Found (live)

	Total time: 68'53"

Recommended!

Bill
From: martino@wpi.WPI.EDU (Robert Paul Martino Jr)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: ELP Atlantic Years in BMG?
Date: 6 Nov 1992 20:55:51 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu

I would like to know if the new Emerson, Lake and Palmer 2CD set
is carried by BMG and if so what the order number is...thanks!

Rob

-- 
Rob Martino                          |     (clever or particularly funny
martino@wpi.wpi.edu                  |      philosophical quote here)
Worcester, Massachusetts USA         |
From: dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu (Derek Langsford)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: New Zealand (ELO CDs)
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:23:46 GMT
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences


I previously posted awhile back about CDs of ELO's "Face The Music" pressed in
countries other than the USA or Japan but unfortunately received no replies. 
I was particularly interested in the situation in France and Australia.  

Further to my enquiry about Australia, I have found out that it is unavalable 
there except via import. The question is from where?  

I have a Japanese copy which contains the edited version but I suspect that
the import to Australia would come from the USA unless the disc is pressed
in New Zealand.  

Can any New Zealander let me know if there is a New Zealand pressing of this
CD or do you have to import it from the USA too?   

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Derek
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From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Subject: Re: Pink Floyd (Mobile Fidelity)
Reply-To: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Organization: The Bates Motel
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 18:30:35 GMT

bamn@venus.ycc.yale.edu (naren) writes:
>
>i have both the regular and the MFSL versions of Dark side of the
>moon the ultradisc is MUCH better than the regular version and the
>clarity of sound (compared to the old one) is remarkable.

The best non-MFSL "remastered" version from Capitol should have
RE-1 on its rim; this version uses the Nimbus master from which
the Harvest edition was made in the UK.  Capitol will not take
exchanges on any previous issues, though, because they do not
acknowledge any "problems" with the pre-Nimbus editions.

gld
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From: fuzzbox@world.std.com (U.F.Orb)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Limited Editions Pissing Me Off!!!!
Date: 12 Nov 92 04:30:15 GMT
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

What's the deal lately with record companies and their Limited Editions?
Some companies lately have taken to releasing Limited Edition CD versions
of their CDs, but releasing them 3-5 weeks after the original release.
This, in essence makes collectors buy them twice, once when the original
comes out, then the second time when the limited comes out, as the limited
ones are not often promoted beforehand or with as much intensity as the
original.

Some Offenders lately:

Suzanne Vega's 99.9 degrees-  4 weeks after original release
Danzig III-  3 Months(!) after original release

Anybody got more to add to the list? Or some answer as to why companies
are pissing us off like this? (aside from just to make more money)
-- 
Jason Bilsky   fuzzbox@world.std.com 
"Got enough guilt to start my own religion."
From: mike-b@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Michael Bishop)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:37:23 GMT
Subject: Re: Conan soundtrack on CD yet?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd

Both _Conan The Barbarian_ and _Conan The Destroyer_ are now available
on CD on Varese Sarabande label.  The CD version of _Conan The Barbarian_ 
includes an additional 15 minutes of music not included on the LP
version.  This CD is 67:52 in length!

Enjoy!

Michael Bishop
Hewlett-Packard Company
Internet: mike-b@fc.hp.com
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From: beauvais@bbt.com (Dan Beauvais)
Subject: Changing your BMG membership status
Organization: BroadBand Technologies, Inc.,  Research Triangle Park, NC
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 14:18:19 GMT


After completing my membership requirements, I wrote BMG Customer
Service a polite letter requesting a change of my membership status to
where I do not have to return the card to prevent automatic mailings.
I also asked that if they could not do this, to please cancel my
membership.

About two weeks later, BMG sent me a postcard acknowledging that my
status has been changed. They wrote,

	"Instead of discontinuing your membership, I am placing it on
	our positive option plan.  On this special plan, it's necessary
	to return your order card to us only when you want to place an
	order."

They went on with details about how to fill in the order card, and also
offered to cancel if I write back.

I received two more mailings under the normal plan, then started
getting the "positive option" response cards.

My advice - WRITE rather than calling, be polite, and be patient.
(They aren't the most responsive conpany I've dealt with.)  Use the
separate customer service address - don't just write a note on your
response card.

The customer service address, found in every catalog:

	BMG Compact Disc Club
	Customer Correspondence
	PO Box 91414
	Indianapolis, IN 46291-0014


-- 
Dan Beauvais        beauvais@bbt.com    ...!mcnc!bbt!beauvais
BroadBand Technologies, Inc   phone: +1 919/544-6850 ext. 295 
PO Box 13737                  fax:   +1 919/544-5246
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709-3737 USA
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