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From: magnus@nexto.udac.uu.se (Magnus Ring)
Subject: Re: CD's ARE TIMEBOMBS!!!
Organization: UDAC, Uppsala, Sweden
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 07:49:50 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.222034.3539@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>  
jwlr@okeeffe.cc.rochester.edu (James Willer) writes:
> Yes!!!!
> It's TRUE!!!!!
> 
> CD's ARE TIMEBOMBS!!!
> 
> I started to play Pink Floyd's _Dark Side of the Moon_, and suddenly
> I heard some kind of ticking noise!!!
> 
> I quickly ran out of the room, just as the disc EXPLODED (with an
> earth-shattering Ka-Boom!!) !!!!
> 
> I was lucky to have escaped with my life!!
> 
> Beware you could be next!! 
> 
> 			James Willer
> [any opinions above are already registered with the federal government]
> 

I thought everybody know that when you play 'Time' for the hundred time this  
happens. BTW I think you'd better talk with your record-dealer. The explosion
should be more like Ka-chha-BOOOOOM.

/Magnus Ring
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim McKay)
Subject: Re: EJ MSFL vs PGRAM (was Re: Pink Floyd (MSFL))
Keywords: Elton John
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:53:21 GMT

loj@cae.wisc.edu (Lo Jeffrey) writes:

>In article <BxGr1F.3vv@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim McKay) writes:
>>
>>The Sound quality of MSFL's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is *identical* to
>>PolyGram's *and* MCA's.

MCA's was revamped in Novemvber 1989.  Is yours pre or post 1989?


>I'm not sure if I have the same MCA version of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
>as you do but compared to mine, the MFSL version is FANTASTIC!  The sound
>is much smoother and the bass is tighter.  Before dismissing the MFSL
>versions, I would suggest to others to have a listen.

>Jeff Lo
>loj@cae.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.audio
From: fletcher@rtf.bt.co.uk (Catherine Fletcher)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: Are the Pet Shop Boys flames?
Date: 6 Nov 92 13:14:50 GMT
Organization: BT Customer Systems, Brighton, UK

lkan@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Linus Kan) writes:
> Yeah, the subject says it all...are they gay?
> Just out of curiosity. :)

Who cares?
-- 
 Catherine 
 _____________________________________________________________________________

    "Anyone who calls a spade a spade should be compelled to use one"
    Oscar Wilde
 _____________________________________________________________________________
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From: murtaugh@math.orst.edu (Paul Murtaugh)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.audio
Subject: Re: Problems playing two newer releases
Date: 10 Nov 92 00:49:56 GMT
Reply-To: murtaugh@stat.orst.edu
Organization: Oregon State University Stat Department

In article <1992Nov9.204010.20925@news.cs.brandeis.edu> weitzman@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Adam J. Weitzman) writes:
>
>I have a problem with two of the newer CDs I have purchased, but they both
>have the same problem.
>
>I own a Technics SL-XP2 portable CD player, and I've had it for about three
         ^^^^^^^^

Here's your problem, IMHO.  I've owned two Technics CD players and have
been most unimpressed.  The first, the thankfully discontinued SL-PJ11,
had a skipping problem that really never was resolved, even after two (2)
replacements of the optical pick-up assembly.  When the warranty expired
and the skipping continued, I raised holy hell with Matsushita until
they agreed to replace the SL-PJ11 with a 5-disk model, the SL-PC15, for
about $100.  It's a big improvement, but I recently discovered that, about 
30% of the time, it refuses to play a certain disk that has played without 
problems on several friends' players.  I'm just waiting for it to get worse.
Also, the 'random' play algorithm is laughable (it is random with 
replacement!).

It's the most frustrated I've been since I owned a Ford Escort.
From: josh2+@pitt.edu (Joseph H Alarcon)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Repairing scratched CDs?
Date: 6 Nov 92 18:17:53 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

i a test
Organization: University of Central Florida--Computer Services
Date: Tuesday, 10 Nov 1992 18:13:45 EST
From: <BRIANA@UCF1VM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Suround sound encoded discs!

Does anyone know of any cds that are compatible with the dolby surround
encoding.  I would hate to think that surround sound is only for movies!




Brian Applegate
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Quit & rejoin BMG strategy...
From: <BXL108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:03:45 EST
Distribution: na
Organization: Penn State University

where can i get the 8 for 1/2 deal.  I've been looking around and can only
find 8 for 1?

Also i haven't seen the Columbia House deal where you can get the orignial
one with the introductory offer and then only have to buy 5?

I'm considering joining again both clubs, but am searching for the best
deals.

Thanks


Barry
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: stevea@zeus.bony.com (Steve Albin)
Subject: Re: BMG Gripes
Organization: The Bank of New York
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 19:05:50 GMT

In article <1992Nov4.173717.19596@news.cs.brandeis.edu> rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
>In article <lsloan.720895088@nova>, lsloan@nova.gmi.edu (Alfred P. Sloan) writes:
>>
>>I never heard about the "vacation" thing, but I had sent them letters saying
>>not to send stuff to me automatically.  They were ignored, similar to your
>>phone request.  My solution was to just let them send me tapes/CDs, I'd look
>>at them, seal the box back and return it to them.  After a while, this got
>>to be a pain, too.  So I cancelled my membership.  I had fulfilled my
>>obligations anyways.
>
>I can't figure this out!  After seeing that initial post here about 
>requesting that BMG no longer require you to send in the cards, I contacted 
>BMG customer service and they changed my account as requested.  Now when I 
>get a catalog and card, the box that says don't send anything 
>at this time (or 
>something like that) is crossed out by a bunch of Xs.  So I guess it depends 
>on whom you talk to at BMG.  Also, their response to your 
>request could depend 
>on how long you've been a member, how many CDs you've purchased from them, 
>etc.
>
>-Lynn  (rardin@auriga.rose.brandeis.edu)

According to an article in The New York Times on 10/29/92, reporting 
on the BMG club:

"If you are a member in good standing and you've bought $60 to $100 worth of 
recordings over a six-month period, you can ask to be transferred to 
the Positive Option Club.  Positive Option members receive the same
discounts and catalogue mailings as regular club members, but they don't
receive reply cards."


Steve Albin 
stevea@zeus.bony.com
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant)
Subject: Re: Want Opinions on CD Cabinet
Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:52:07 GMT

In article <1dot8hINN5k8@renoir.hal.COM> charly@hal.COM (Charly Rhoades) writes:
>I need to expand my CD storage, and my first thought
>was to get a larger Tree Dimensions rack (the wooden
>rack with horiozntal dowels).
>
[stuff deleted]
	A few months ago, I decided I needed more CD storage space too, and
	I looked around at dozens of racks & CD holders.  I eventually decided
	that they were all junk or too expensive, so I made my own.  It's
	real simple:
	1. I used 1" X 8" red oak - I detest particle board
	2. 2 vertical pieces 84" high
	3. 12 shelves ~42" wide (I can't remember the width, but I
	   made it wide enough for 100 CDs)
	4. the top, middle & bottom shelves are inset (I don't know the
	   carpentry term) into the side pieces, glued and screwed.  The
	   other 9 shelves are loose, sitting on brass 'dowel' supports.
	5. I stabilized the whole thing with a sheet of 1/8" X 7' X 42"
	   oak veneer across the back and inset into the top & side pieces
	6. I sanded it for hours and finished it with clear polyurethane.
It only cost me about $200  ($1000 if you count my labour!) and it is a
beautiful piece of furniture and holds 1200 CDs (currently 800).

I don't like the CD shelves with slots for the CDs because they are a pain
when you want to re-arrange your disks.  Same for those lazy susans.  I keep
mine in alphabetical order, so when I buy a new disc, all I have to do is
shift everything right and move one disc on each shelf to the next shelf
below.  Try doing this when each disk is in its own slot!

The disc flippers (plastic grooves like in the stores) take up too much
table space to be practical.
-- 
John A. Grant						jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
Airborne Geophysics
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
From: dci2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DAVID CHARLES IANNETTA)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Signing new  BMG members
Date: 10 Nov 92 19:51:19 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University


 Hey does anyone out there what happens when you sign up a new member, get
 your free CD's and then what if the new member decides to quit and send his
 back.  Do you have to pay for yours, or are you supposed to return them, or
 can you keep them?

                                            Dave Iannetta
                                            dci2@ns.cc.lehigh.edu

                                            
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: hayward@biblio.ucs.sfu.ca (Michael Hayward)
Subject: Where are Santana releases?
Keywords: Santana
Reply-To: hayward@sfu.ca
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:06:57 GMT

At one time I was quite a devoted fan of the group Santana, and would like  
to obtain CD versions of a few favorite disks. I usually look casually  
whenever I'm in a CD store, but have rarely seen much on CD. I've seen  
"Caravanserai", and their first album, plus "Abraxas". Always just these  
few of the earlier albums, and occasionally "Lotus", and maybe one or two  
of the later albums that I'm not that familiar with. And a random  
selection of what look like unauthorized compilations under various names,  
but hardly any of the once familiar earlier albums.

I guess I have 2 questions:
1) Why is this? Why have I never seen a copy of "Welcome" for example (one  
that I'd particularly like to get)? Have these albums ever seen the  
(laser) light of CD-dom?
2) What's with these various compilation disks, and why do they always  
seem to have the same few cuts on them (albeit in various combinations  
depending on the CD title)? Are they any good?

Well, that may be more than 2, but you get the idea...

..Michael Hayward      (hayward@sfu.ca)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.music.misc
From: caine@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (For Sale By Owner)
Subject: Re: Mother Love Bone CD issue
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 02:50:34 GMT

weitzman@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Adam J. Weitzman) writes:


>The CD issue of the Mother Love Bone release says that it has an extra disc
>with two songs on it. Can someone with a better knowledge of this band than
>I have enlighten me as to what this is? I was under the impression that MLB
>released a full-length album and an EP before they were through. Why does the
>extra disc have only two songs on it? Are the others on the first disc? 
>Wouldn't it have made more sense to split them up according to release since
>there were going to be two discs anyways? 

>Someone please explain this. Thanx.

Most of the confusion here probably arises from the fact that most areas
never got the release from MLB called "Shine".  This was an EP that had
6 or so songs on it.  The original release from MLB was called "Apple".
It had 13 tracks and amounted to something like 55 minutes of music.  Shine
had about 30 minutes of music on it.  So is what happened, Polydor (the
record label) obviously decided that with the popularity of the newer groups
spawned from MLB to release both "Shine" and "Apple" as a single album.
Well, since the CD can hold about 77-80 minutes of music, they put as many
of the tracks as they could onto one CD, and included the rest on a CD3.
They did it this way so that you could have all the MLB stuff in one 
album purchase.  This actually two albums combined on "one" disc.  It was 
done this way to save on money, for them and the consumer.  Of course I
was unfortunate to have bought Apple, and was unable to find Shine before
they took it out of print.

Hope this helps (?)

Caine Schneider


Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 08:08:17 -0500 
From: Shigehiro Kanaya <sk58+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: box sets from Bob Marley, Les Paul, Phil Spector, Donovan

Well, I got the Marley box set, and I think that it is really good.  The
first two disks are pretty much his early stuff.  Don't get it if it's
$67, it's $52 here, and the first week that it was out, I got it for
$39.99.
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
Subject: Re: Information Society
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 17:43:27 GMT

In article <1992Nov05.024038.192332@zeus.calpoly.edu> cambler@zeus.calpoly.edu  
(Christopher J. Ambler, Phish) writes:
> ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B) recently informed us:
> >It certainly was nothing compared to the great graphics
> >on the first disc.  Man, if only everyone would use CD+G
> >that well! :-)
> 
> What does one need for CD+G? I never looked into it.

Each packet of sample data on the disc has a byte of subcode
in it.  There are (if my memory's not failing me) 7350
subcode bytes per second.  There are several uses defined
for these, one of which is CD+G.

To see the graphics, you need to get the subcode off the
disc and into a device that can interpret those codes and
display the graphics.

You can get the subcode out of your CD player if it has a
digital or subcode out.  If it's a subcode out jack, only
the subcode will be present, and you could probably hook
it to a computer and do it yourself.

If it's a full digital out (like on my Magnavox) it sends
>all< the bits on the disk out and it goes way too fast for a
computer's serial port to watch.  (The Magnavox sends
them all in case you want to put an external D/A on it.) 

They sell commmercial CD+G decoders that attach to the
ports on CD players.  They cost big bucks.  The Amiga CDTV
will decode CD+G graphics on screen (and since most of
them were produced on Amigas to begin with, that works out
great).  If you have access to a CDTV, drop in Information
Society, or Total Devo, or any other CD+G disc and watch
the show!

The Turbografix Duo will also display CD+G graphics.

I imagine some other computer/CD devices can do it too,
but I don't know which ones send subcode back to the host. 
They've worked hard to make none of them send sample data. 

ab
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim McKay)
Subject: Re: Pink Floyd (Mobile Fidelity)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 20:38:18 GMT

gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare) writes:

>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.

So there's no way to tell from the long box -- it's only on te physical disk
then?
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mike J. Brown)
Subject: Re: Information Society
Keywords: New logo sticker in CD single
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 07:03:55 GMT

I wrote and maintain the Information Society discography
which is available on the net via anonymous FTP at
cs.uwp.edu in the directory pub/music/discog/i

Check it out and help me fill in anything that's missing, incorrect,
etc.  Thanks!

Mike
-- 
Mike Brown
mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
"The Universe is a spheroid region 705 meters in diameter."
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From: weitzman@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Adam J. Weitzman)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.audio
Subject: Problems playing two newer releases
Date: 9 Nov 92 20:40:10 GMT
Organization: Brandeis University


I have a problem with two of the newer CDs I have purchased, but they both
have the same problem.

I own a Technics SL-XP2 portable CD player, and I've had it for about three
years now. Not a great one, but it does the job. One thing I never liked 
about it was that it made a non-trivial noise whenever it moved between
tracks, or when it was finished playing the disc. I have grown to ignore this
noise. At any rate, two of the recent purchases I have made have been Meat
Beat Manifesto's _Satyricon_ CD and Prince's "My Name Is Prince" CD5. The
former is on Mute/Elektra, the latter on Paisley Park/Warner Bros., both 
under the general WEA umbrella. The problem I have does not manifest itself
if I play either disc from beginning to end. In fact, playing any portion
of either disc is no problem at all. The problem is getting there. 

Sometimes (about 60% of the time) if I skip to one track or another, I will
hear the player skipping to that track, and *then* I will hear another
different noise, a noise I have never heard before, like a crackling sound,
like something is grinding on something else. This will go on for anywhere
between 2 and 20 seconds, after which, it will pause for 1 to 5 seconds doing
nothing, and then it will play the song. Neither the discs nor the laser
lens appear to be damaged by this. I have since tried over 50 other discs,
some new and some old, trying to get them to make this noise, but the player
plays fine on all my other discs but these two. I have not purchased another
WEA CD since these two were released (and this is a very recent occurrence,
since the CD5 that preceded the MBM CD and the CD that preceded the Prince
CD5, work fine. The MBM CD5 and Prince CD (fine) came out in early October, 
the MBM CD and Prince CD5 (not fine) came out in late October). I have
returned each disc and gotten a new one, and they both had the same
problem. Does anyone think they know what is going on here?

Actually, I just realized, I bought Thomas Dolby's _Astronauts_And_Heretics_
CD last week, and it is on Giant/Reprise, another WEA company, and it was
released later than either of the two problem CDs mentioned above, and it plays
fine too. Now I'm *really* clueless... HELP!

-- 
					- Adam J Weitzman
					  weitzman@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu
"All our life is spent in this permanent brainwashed contempt."
	- Meat Beat Manifesto
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Subject: Re: Record Club Of America
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:17:39 GMT

gst@chinet.chi.il.us (George S. Thurman) writes:
>Does anyone remember the Record Club of America out of York, Pennsylvania?
>They were around in the late 60's/early 70's.  What ever happened to them?
*----
Like you said, they were around in the late 60's/early 70's.  Then they
went out of business.

It was a good company in that you could order almost anything on any label,
and they'd generally get it for you at a good discount price.  Conversely,
some of the records I received looked like they had been used, and weren't
plastic shrink-wrapped; they were probably returns.  So I wasn't entirely
satisfied with them.

--
	Mike Berger
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
From: nudnik@camelot.bradley.edu (Steven Parks)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Searching for independent record labels
Date: 5 Nov 92 00:46:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: camelot.nudnik.720924365
Distribution: na
Organization: Bradley University


     I'm looking for addresses of any smaller record companies 
that might have an interest in an undiscovered talent, mixing 
contemporary, classical, and jazz genres into a new musical 
hybrid.  If possible, I would also like names of contacts 
within each organization.
     The artist's name is Rich Maxwell, and more information 
on him and his work is available through me at the address 
below.

Sincerely, 

Steven Parks
--
The secret of life is to look good at a distance.  --  Snoopy
Steven Parks  (309) 677 1271
SnailMail: 1312 W. Main #104 Peoria, IL USA 61606 
E-Mail:  nudnik@camelot.bradley.edu    or    nudnik@buhub.bradley.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: prokopy@en.ecn.purdue.edu (dave)
Subject: Re: box sets from Bob Marley, Les Paul, Phil Spector, Donovan
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 19:07:59 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.044524.11876@emr1.emr.ca> jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant) writes:
>I have seen quite a few new box sets recently.  Has anyone got these and
>what do you think:
>	Phil Spector (Back to Mono)
>	Elvis			(CDN$80 + 15% tax)
(i have these two)

>In particular:
>  1. is the spector stuff really that good, even though it is all mono?
>     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'.

>4. I have one of those double CD packs of 38 elvis top ten hits and I also
>   have the Sun Sessions disc.  Does that pretty much cover what's in the
>   Elvis box set, or is there a lot more?
the box set covers all of his released masters (plus a disc-ful of
UNreleased ones) that were recorded during the fifties (even if some
weren't originally released until later.)  excellent book and pretty
decent sound.  looks like rca is finally in the business of releasing
REAL elvis compilations.  i don't consider myself a real elvis fan by
any stretch of the imagination, but i THOROUGHLY enjoyed this.  (plus,
it was a gift, so ... :)).

-- 
( dave prokopy - prokopy@en.ecn.purdue.edu or prokopy@sage.cc.purdue.edu )
( "silence means security.  silence means approval."                     )
(  - r.e.m., "begin the begin"                                           )
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: yoshizaw@rtsg.mot.com (Takahito Yoshizawa)
Subject: Dixie Dregs' CD, Record list...
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 22:43:00 GMT

i'm posting a message to see if any one out there can help me 
with the list of Dixie Dregs CD or Record, titles, lable names,
year, etc...  

i have the CD of the latest reunion live "bring 'em back all alive"
but don't know anything about their previous ones before they
broke up.

Steve Morse plays truly a awesome guitar, i think. And i want to 
know his earlier works.

thank you for your help. 
-- 
************************************************************ 
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******    yoshizaw@adobe.rtsg.mot.com                    ***
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