OJC question

[skeith]

I have not purchased an OJC cd in a while, but did so yesterday to replace a damaged "The Kicker" by Joe Henderson.

I was surprised after opening the jewel box to see the disc.... rather than the usual dark yellow printed on a mirror-like background... I was surprised to see a rather cheap looking gaudy bright yellow printed on a white background....looking much like a cdr. To be clear... I am talking about the disc, not the booklet.

I bought this in the store at J&R.... but it looked fake.... is that what OJCs look like now?

Edited February 27, 2013 by skeith

[jeffcrom]

Yes, unfortunately. The last few Concord-formerly-Fantasy CDs I bought had that kind of label, and one (a Sonny Terry OBC) was actually a CDr.

Edited February 27, 2013 by jeffcrom

[Quincy]

Hmm....I have The Kicker as part of the box set and it has its own special look. Here's a link to how the individual The Kicker used to look.

http://jazzalbumcove...-1967-1990.html

Edited February 27, 2013 by Quincy

[skeith]

thanks guys... wow that is really unfortunate... the look is very cheap.

[romualdo]

Last year I bought a Benny Bailey Candid CD (Import CDs) - unfortunately it was a CDr & the slick was a cheap repro (photocopy?)

I emailed Candid but never got a reply

I've purchased a few more Candids since then & they have been the real deal

[mikeweil]

I recieved one of those bright yellow CDs two weeks ago, but it doesn't look like a CDR to me. Probably just a different printing process. The problem is less the yellow but the white replacing the silver part of the CD label - that's what makes it looks cheaper.

Edited February 28, 2013 by mikeweil