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From: lkoh@elman.austin.ibm.com (Lisa Koh;Austin)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.humor
Subject: Re: New Weird Al Album
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:25:45 GMT
Reply-To: ...@cs.utexas.edu:ibmaus!auschs!elman.austin.ibm.com!lkoh
Organization: IBM Austin, TX

Sorry, my bad...i suck at typing

I meant

Hook 'em horns!
^^^^


~\/~

Lisa
From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Two questions about CD quality...
Date: 13 Apr 92 17:06:57 GMT
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <ICEPICK.92Apr12234400@edwards.WPI.EDU> icepick@edwards.WPI.EDU (Icepick) writes:
> 
>      One of my friends recently told me that when you order cd's from
> clubs like Columbia House, you're getting cd's of poor quality.  Is
> this true?  He said that they get the rights to reproduce the music
> and then use second or third generation masters to do so.

This is bullshit.  Except for a few club-unique compilations or specials,
they simply contract to have lots of disks made from the same masters
(re-mastering is $$$, and n-generation doesn't apply to digital masters).
The disks may be manufactured at a differnt facility, but so far there's
no evidence of any real quality difference between different manufacturing
plants.

>      Also, I noticed that one of the cd's that I bought the other day
> looks very strange underneath.  It's almost as if someone dropped some
> oil on it and it spread out unevenly on the cd.  Whatever it is, it is
> inside the plastic coating.  Does this affect the quality of the cd?
> It seems to play right now, but will it be ok a few years from now?

It depends what you mean.  The "music" is on the back of the clear part
of the disk, as dots and spaces with an aluminum coating and a protective
overcoat, and finally the "label" artwork.  If the defect you describes
affects the clarity of the clear plastic or surface finish, then it could
be a problem.  It certanly won't get better, so if you think it looks
distinctly different from your other CD's you might want to try returning
this disk for another one.

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,     uucp:   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing:   domain: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com
Commodore, Engineering Department     phone:  215-431-9349 (only by moonlite)
Xref: sparky rec.music.cd:4014 rec.humor:16426
From: sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.humor
Subject: Re: New Weird Al Album
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:28:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr14.212819.27052
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

mcbride@sawwhet.owlnet.rice.edu (Doug McBride) writes:



>Anyone know what songs he parodies this time?  The only one
>I've heard is the Nirvana takeoff, which was damn funny.

"Off the Deep End" has the aforementioned "Smells Like Nirvana," along
with a parody of the New Kids' "The Right Stuff," called "The White
Stuff" (no, it's not what you think it's about; Al's referring to the
frosting in the middle of an Oreo); "Taco Grande," a parody of Gerardo's
"Rico Suave"; "The Plumbing Song," which parodies both "Don't Forget
My Number" and "Blame It on the Rain" by Milli Vanilli; and, of course,
his obligatory polka number, "Polka Your Eyes Out," which takes from 
everything from EMF to Metallica.

>By the way, I'm not sure my posts are getting through
>nationally, so if ANYONE reads this outside of Houston, drop
>me a line.  Thanks.

You're coming in OK in Illinois.
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: lazlo@triton.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble)
Subject: Re: CD - which side has the recording ?
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 06:50:52 GMT
Organization: Living in a satellite fantasy, waiting for the night to end.

vr@cs.brown.edu (Viswanath Ramachandran) writes:

> I am a newcomer to the CD world.  What I want to know is - which of the
> two sides of the CD has the recording?  The shiny clear side or the side
> with all the printed stuff on it?

It depends on how you look at it.  The music is read from the non-labeled
side (obviously) but the music is stored *physically* much closer to the
*label* side than the blank side, the result being that it's much easier
to completely destroy a disc by scratching the label side than by
scratching the blank side.  So be careful with both.

> Also can magnets etc affect the recording on a CD ? 

No, but it's a bad idea to put your CD player on top of your speakers. :-)

--
Lazlo (lazlo@triton.unm.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: gdare@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Geoffrey J Dare)
Subject: Re: Artist royalties on Record Club sales
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 17:30:49 GMT

If the reduced royalties really bother you, why don't you send
a direct contribution to the artist stating that you are
reimbursing them for lost royalties.  This accomplishes two things:
1) allows you to buy the recording at a reduced price
(promo, used, CD club), thus reducing the amount of your money
going towards retail markup and "the industry".
2) permits you to directly express your tangible support of the artist
while ignoring aforementioned recording industry proper.

Is this more trouble than it's worth?
When aesthetics are tied with ethics and financial concerns,
there's bound to be some sort of complication.
-- 
! "Her warm white belly: in the life I'd lived   Geoff Dare, History of Art !
!   I had seen nothing finer."  -- Pixies   gdare@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu !
!     "Yeah, let's trample the weak and grab all we can!" -- Kelly Bundy    !  
Xref: sparky rec.music.cd:3849 rec.music.misc:13591
From: danielh@sequent.com (Daniel Hobbs)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: RFD: removal of rec.music.cd
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:42:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: sequent.1992Apr6.184234.19922
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.

David Datta wrote:
>
>>I am proposing the removal of rec.music.cd.
>

Kamchatka Charlie wrote:
> How about renaming the group?  I assume the group was created to
handle
>questions concerning CD's;  why not shift it to cover the newer
technologies
>(digilog, recordable CDs, DATs, etc)?  I have a few possible names:
>rec.music.tech
>rec.music.newtech
>rec.music.digital.d
>rec.music.audiophile
>rec.music.format

My comment is:  PLEASE make it as simple as possible.  When categories
multiply, people lose track of what goes where.  alt.emusic used to
carry postings about music, lately only postings about equipment.
Most of the questions I have concern a specific group, the technology,
or particular equipment.  Therefore...

Try this:

rec.music.tech
Postings re:  all music technology:  cd sampling rates, new DAT
recordings, is cd better than vinyl and why, ...

rec.music.equip
Postings re:  playback equipment, I wanna buy this brand/model number
and is it any good?, ...

rec.music.forsale
Postings of music for sale on all types of media: cd, tape, vinyl...

rec.music.<genre or group>
I don't care so much here.  There's so much cross-classification that
we'll probably never agree.


Dan Hobbs
danielh@sequent.com
From: rick@clark.edu (Rick Randall)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Weird Al Yankovic is Chuck E Cheese
Date: 17 Apr 92 15:37:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: clark.1992Apr17.153759.2009
Organization: Clark College, Vancouver, Wa.  USA

Last night a friend of mine said his neice was having a birthday party
at Chuck E. Cheese and asked if I wanted to go.  Since pizza was involved
I couldn't pass up such a deal.  While we were hurridly devouring our
pizza, these large stuffed animals on a stage started moving around and
music started playing.  I didn't pay much attention until all of a sudden
I realized that the voice they had for Chuck E. Cheese was in fact
Weird Al.  I looked over at my friend and he looked back at me and we
both said the same thing, "Weird Al".  So now you have it folks, the
true identity of Chuck E. Cheese.


Rick Randall                     Just another Weird Al fan
rick@clark.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Names on CD
From: Francesco.Ballara@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Francesco Ballara)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 04:47:23 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Victoria Uni. of Wellington, New Zealand.
Keywords: NIRVANA, PARTRIDGE FAMILY, LED ZEPPELIN, U2, SPRINGSTEEN, METALLICA

Does anyone know whether the names of songs and recording artists are
stored in machine readable form on the CD?
This would be useful for some future machine that could use the names
for display or cataloging.
From: icepick@naimark.WPI.EDU (Icepick)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Two questions about CD quality...
Date: 16 Apr 92 20:57:29 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280


:)>      Also, I noticed that one of the cd's that I bought the other day
:)> looks very strange underneath.  It's almost as if someone dropped some
:)> oil on it and it spread out unevenly on the cd.  Whatever it is, it is
:)> inside the plastic coating.  Does this affect the quality of the cd?
:)> It seems to play right now, but will it be ok a few years from now?

:) It depends what you mean.  The "music" is on the back of the clear
:) part of the disk, as dots and spaces with an aluminum coating and a
:) protective overcoat, and finally the "label" artwork.  If the
:) defect you describes affects the clarity of the clear plastic or
:) surface finish, then it could be a problem.  It certanly won't get
:) better, so if you think it looks distinctly different from your
:) other CD's you might want to try returning this disk for another
:) one.

It looked like the defect was on the disk itself, not on the coating.
I had purchased the cd from Strawberry's.  I went back yesterday and
asked if I could exchange it.  After examining it closely, the
salesperson said I could take another off the shelf.  I checked it
before I left the store...it was fine.  

icepick@wpi.wpi.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: michael@racers.b23b.ingr.com (Michael Crawford)
Subject: cd printing question
Reply-To: michael@racers.b23b.ingr.com
Organization: DAZIX, An Intergraph Company
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 17:57:22 GMT

	Myself and a friend both recently bought the new Bryan Adams cd
	titled "Waking Up The Neighbours".  We bought our copies from
	different places but when we opened them the screen printing on
	the top side of the disc was different.  Everything else about the
	disc appears to be the same (ie the photos, upc number, etc).  One
	of the disc is all white with nothing else except the title of the
	disc and of course the A & M Copyright stuff.  The other disc also
	is all white and has the title of the disc across the top and the
	copyright stuff but it also has the titles to all the songs that
	are on the disc.  I was wondering if it is typical for a disc to
	have different cosmetic (for lack of a better word) versions?
	Do you have the same disc?  Which one does your disc look like?
	Since he is Canadian could one of the disc be a Canadian version?
	Why would a record company go to the extra expense of having
	different screens for the same album?  Is the distribution purely
	random?  I know I ask alot of questions but any help would be
	appreciated.

	Please either respond here or preferrably to the email address
	below.

thanks
-- 
Michael L. Crawford
DAZIX an Intergraph Company     phone: (205) 730-8606
email: b23b!racers!michael or mcrawford@b23b.ingr.com
"I was lined up for glory but the tickets sold out in advance"  Rush
From: icepick@edwards.WPI.EDU (Icepick)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Where is Emerson,Lake & Palmer's WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS...
Date: 13 Apr 92 04:30:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: edwards.ICEPICK.92Apr12233058
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280


In the article <1992Apr12.194546.9110@leland.Stanford.EDU> in rec.music.cd,
thschulz@leland.Stanford.EDU (Thomas Schulz) blurts out profusely:
:) Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)

:) For years I am looking for Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "Welcome back
:) my friends,..."-album on CD.

:) Any ideas whether it exists at all? Who has the rights on the
:) album, so that we can write tons of letters to the record company
:) lobbying for a release on CD?
:) Tom.

Yes, it does exist.  My brother bought it at a record show somewhere. 
As far as I know, it was only released in Japan (it has Japanese
writing all over it).  I think it costs something like $50 and
includes two CD's.

icepick@wpi.wpi.edu
From: 586locke@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: *** CD SALE ***
Date: 7 Apr 92 05:19:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: gw.1992Apr7.001959.3722
Organization: Western Michigan University

Pretty Woman|soundtrack|b.o.
Ghostbusters II|soundtrack|b.o.
Animotion|Animotion|b.o.
Paula Abdul|Spellbound|b.o.
Belinda Carlisle|Runaway Horses|b.o.
Jane Child|Don't wanna fall in love mixes|b.o.
Elvis Costello|Mighty Like a Rose|b.o.
D-mob|A Little bit of this, a little bit of that|b.o.
Debbie Gibson|Out of the Blue|b.o.
Prince|Graffiti Bridge Soundtrack|b.o.
Human League|Romantic|b.o.
Iron Maiden|Seventh Son of a Seventh Son|b.o.
The Jesus and Mary Chain|Automatic|b.o.
Tom Petty|Full Moon fever|b.o.
Poco|Legacy|b.o.
The Sugarcubes|Here Today, Tomorrow, next Week|b.o.
Xref: sparky rec.music.cd:3864 rec.music.classical:5603
From: dstrache@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Delano Strachen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.music.classical
Subject: Re: CARMINA BURANA (was Re: Conan Soundtrack- the Real Deal)
Keywords: Carmina Burana is in the soundtrack
Date: 7 Apr 92 01:26:36 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.cd
Distribution: usa
Organization: NYU Stern School of Business

Question can you recommend other classical pieces that have the same
feel as Carmina Burana.
Or something like Berlioz Sympnonie Fantastique.

thanx 

del
From: teo33398@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Doctor Zero)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: requesting CD player advice
Date: 9 Apr 92 09:55:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr9.095523.17192
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

judym@col.hp.com (Judy Miller) writes:

>static on a CD ... up till then I've only heard that annoying popping sound).

>Judy

	Hiya...I'm new to this group (and to CD players)...

	What is that annoying popping sound???  I just got my CD player and
thought it was a problem with my speakers.  But hinking about it now, it
only happens when I play CDs.  Is this a common problem, and what causes it???
Is there any way to prevent it???

					Thankya...
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From: sam@ocf.berkeley.edu (Samuel Chen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Desert Moon, Dennis Deyoung ???
Date: 12 Apr 92 23:08:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: agate.saftcINNsv6
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: monsoon.berkeley.edu


	Please help me !!! I am still looking for the song Desert Moon.
	One person on the net tell me it's sang by Dennis Deyoung but
	when I try to look it up, the same song appear until 4 artist
	but none of them shows Dennis Deyoung. I am wondering if anyone
	can help me by giving me the title to the album, whether it is  
	available on CD or tape, where to get a copy of it or any 
	information about it. I really want to find one.  Thanks for any
	response.

	The lyrics goes like this:
	Is this the train to desert moon
	Was all she said.
	But I knew I heard the stranger's voice before.
	I try to look into her eyes, but she moved away.
	She was standing in the rain, trying hard to speak my name,
	They say first love never run dry.
From: rpandey@CS.ORST.EDU (Rajeev Pandey)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: CD Stores in Vancouver (Summary)
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:26:35 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Oregon State University


 Some time ago I asked for net.recommendations on CD stores in Vancouver, B.C.
 Canada, since I was going up there for Spring Break. The following people 
 responded: 

    wonge@sfu.ca (Professor X)
    stevenh@tekig1.pen.tek.com (Steven C Herring)
    jstout@bcsaic.UUCP (Jeffrey Stout)
      
 (Thanks, folks!!!)

  And the recommendations were as follows:

     1) A&B sound          Seymour strip downtown between Pender and Dunsmuir
     2) A&A sound          Seymour strip downtown between Pender and Dunsmuir
     3) Music World        ?
     4) Discus             ?
     5) Sam's              Seymour strip downtown between Pender and Dunsmuir
     6) Track              Seymour strip downtown between Pender and Dunsmuir
     7) Collector's RPM    Seymour strip downtown between Pender and Dunsmuir
     8) Oddyssey           Seymour strip downtown between Pender and Dunsmuir
     9) Mellisa's	   on Robson	
    10) Black Swan	   on 4th Ave.	
    11) Highlife	   on Commercial	
    12) Neptoon's	   on Fraser	

In Bellingham, WA (on the way to Vancouver, for some of us :-)

     1) The Video Depot    Railroad Ave. and Bellis Fair Mall (2 locations)

 I hit the Downtown area, and met with great success. The best shop seemed to
 be A & B Sound, but your mileage may vary. I just think that any shop that is
 willing to go into their backrooms to get me the CD single of Kate Bush must
 be nice. :-)

 People may wish to comment on their favorite shops, or correct my post for any
 factual errors.

 Wouldn't it be neat if we could compile a list of the best stores in certain
 areas for all the net.consumers? i.e.

 Bay Area: CD Wherehouse, Sunnyvale (used and new) 

 Portland: Music Millenium, Burnside Street

 Seattle: Silver Platters (?)

 *note: the above are just suggestions based on personal experience...... 


-- 
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Dearborn Hall 303                 |    Internet: rpandey@cs.orst.edu 
Oregon State University           |    UUCP: hp-pcd!orstcs!rpandey
Corvallis, OR  97331-3202  U.S.A. |    Phone:(503) 737-3273 Fax: (503) 737-3014
From: sam@ocf.berkeley.edu (Samuel Chen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Seeking for
Date: 10 Apr 1992 04:19:56 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: monsoon.berkeley.edu

 I am looking for the artist of a song call "Desert Moon"
 I think the first name of the artist is Dennis.  The song 
 was popular in the mid 80's I think. Do anyone know the
 title of the album. Is it available in CD?
From: rc3h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ross Ward Comer)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Missing Tracks
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:25:17 GMT
Organization: Senior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I have an Enya Watermark CD that is missing the 12th track "Storms of
Africa II".  It isn't on the label and doesn't play.  Yet I have found
this track on the cassette version and on the newer CDs.

Is this CD worth anything (collectors?)?  Is there anyone I can contact
to get the CD replaced with the complete one?

The CD was manufactured by Warner Bros Records for David Geffen Company.

Thanks!
ross
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: cubsfan@camelot.bradley.edu (Michael Silverman)
Subject: Re: Repost: RARE CDs FOR SALE!!! (over 800 CDs)!!!
Keywords: NIRVANA, PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN, U2, SPRINGSTEEN, METALLICA
Organization: Bradley University
Date:  8 Apr 92 01:48:01 GMT

I think there is nothing wrong with the individual selling the
bootleg CDs over the net. In fact, he should be condoned for his
sale. He is performing a public service, as in many places bootleg
CDs are very hard to come by. For many readers, the bootleg list is
a Godsend, enabling these people to purchase bootlegs they may
otherwise have no chance to.

The "for profi" part I have a little trouble with, but I have seen
the prices, and they are reasonable, the same as store prices, and
even less in some cases. 

There's nothing wrong with this guy's sale, and for that matter, nothing
wrong with bootlegs in general.
From: macdevil@netlink.cts.com (Leonard Cayetano)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: RARE CDs FOR SALE (WARNING: 900+ lines)
Date: 7 Apr 92 05:50:28 GMT
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

When I emailed interest to one of 900 CDs listed, I got a
response from the author of the message which included
how to go about purchasing the CD.  Maybe the response
Dan Barrett received from Norway was from some practical
joker, but I really give a better explanation than that.
All I can say is that I got the info I needed.

--                    
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Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Names on CD
From: Allen French <ICSAFF@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Date: Thursday, 9 Apr 1992 10:43:32 MST
Organization: Arizona State University

Is there header information at the beginning of CDs that uniquely
identify them? My Kenwood CD changer stores the names you give to
your CDs and magazines, and thereafter it somehow is able to recall
the names after it loads the disks.

After buying some replacements for CDs stolen, I notice that it
recognizes some of the replacements, but not others. Perhaps it
just tries to match a checksum it creates by hashing the beginning
data, so even the slightest change at the beginning would create
a mismatch?

Allen
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: wherndon@smiley.mitre.org (William Herndon)
Subject: Re: THE WALL
Keywords: ALBUM
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 11:40:32 GMT

In article <1992Apr17.024448.7390@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> blochc@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (charles bloch) writes:
>In article <4586@unccvax.uncc.edu> ee00shc@unccvax.uncc.edu (SHAILESH CHINCHALKAR) writes:
>>* If I was given a choice of having  ONE AND ONLY album(CD/Cassette) in my
>>  collection then undoubtedly I would have chosen THE WALL.
>
>I have only one word to say to that: no way.  Be more specific.  If
>you had only ONE CD which would it be, disc 1 or disc 2 from THE WALL.
        	        	       	       	       	       	       	       
    Well, if I had to choose between disc one and disc two, I'd choose
    one because it has "Goodbye Blue Skies" on it.  However, if I was
    to choose one CD, I would have to choose _The Best of the Art of
    Noise_.  For some reason, I never tire of hearing that disc.

                                                               - Max

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From: larry@csccat.cs.com (Larry Spence)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: F. Frith's _Speechless_ reissue delayed (again)
Summary: Real Soon Now, uh huh
Date: 16 Apr 92 20:35:17 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Computer Support Corporation,  Dallas,Texas

The folks at East Side Digital are going to miss the April 21 reissue 
date for Fred Frith's _Speechless_ CD.  I spoke with an ESD-person 
today who said "I can't give you a release date, but I can say 'early 
May'."  Given that it was supposed to come out Feb 26, I'll believe it 
when I see it. 

-- 
Larry Spence
larry@csccat.cs.com
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