My first causality...

[Hardbopjazz]

My copy of Pete La Roca Basra has become the first CD of mine to stop playing. When I hold it up to a light, there must be a few hundred tiny holes. I can't recall when I bought it. I believe it had to be the mid 1990's. Has anyone ever had a CD dies yet?

Second, has this be issued since the first re-issued?

Edited August 20, 2005 by Hardbopjazz

[Man with the Golden Arm]

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"My fist causality..."

here i thought this was about putting up yer dukes with that spell checker you hired or some emergency room visit after a porno snafoo.

[DukeCity]

I thought the "fist casualty" was going in a very different direction...

I've never had a CD crap out like that.

--Glenn

[Jazzmoose]

Don't blame the fist; that's not the cause...

[wesbed]

Here's a link to my post (and some other discussion) about my first casualty with an Ella Fitzgerald CD.

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...ndpost&p=128794

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Be aware that the first pressings of several of the titles of the Connoisseur CDs from this set of six had a lot of quality problems. I bought two copies of "Basra" before I got one that wouldn't skip. Many people had similar problems with Morgan's "Lee Way". I can't remember all the titles, but my memory is that all of them had problems to some extent. Remember, this batch was also the first one to sell out and it was mostly because of people returning their first pressings. I talked to Michael Cuscuna about it at the time and he was bummed that Blue Note "counted" that first pressing because (I am pretty sure) the beancounters only allow two pressings for Conns (hence the "Limited Edition" tag).

You probably have an early-issue "Basra". Those holes were probably always there. Try putting it into your PC and see if Exact Audio Copy can extract the audio files. Burn a CD-R if it can and consider yourself lucky. I had a copy that skipped in two CD players and played in two others. I gave it away when I got the JRVG. The person I gave it to said it played fine.

Kevin

[Hardbopjazz]

I've tried in my PC and it crashed. It locked up the screen and I had to power it off and on just to get the disc out of the drive.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Some people have had luck using metallic ink on the label side to get a damaged CD to play enough to rip a new one. If you are looking to experiment, try a silver Sharpie, although that might not be reflective enough. I think some people have had luck with metallic fingernail poilsh. Be warned to allow it to dry fully... you wouldn't want that spraying all over the inside of your machine.

NOTE: Only apply the ink to the label side. That's where the metal is, not on the playback side.

Kevin

[Brad]

This is a new one on me; I've never had that happen. Is this possibly due to age or just repeated use?

[Chuck Nessa]

  Brad said:

This is a new one on me; I've never had that happen.  Is this possibly due to age or just repeated use?

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Probably neither. The holes have always been there. The difference is probably the age of the player and the "scum" on the lens. There has to be some sort of rupture or chemical reaction (from the label side) to damage the metal particles. This (in all cases I'm familiar with) causes a brownish discolor of the metal layer.

[catesta]

  Man with the Golden Arm said:

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"My fist causality..."

here i thought this was about putting up yer dukes with that spell checker you hired or some emergency room visit after a porno snafoo.

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