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- From: reggel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Hans-Juergen Reggel)
- Subject: Re: Two-sided CD's *DO* exist! (was Re: Life after CDs)
- References: <1992Jul27.182147.1332@portal.vpharm.com> <1992Jul29.155335.10473@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Originator: reggel@hphalle7c.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
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- Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 10:37:59 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.103759.17209@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
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- >>Yes, Polygram recently issued a promo-only CD single that features music
- >>on both sides (one side features a track from A Man Called (E); the second
- >>side features a track from Shakespeare's Sister). The minimal information
- >>printed on the CD is confined to the blank space around the spindal hole.
- >>I'm not sure how they manufactured it.
- >
- >I had one of these. It appeared to be two conventional CDs
- >glued together. I was curious about both artists, but I never got
- >to hear the disc; my CD player made the most awful mechanical noises
- >when it tried to spin the disc up, probably due to the excess mass
- >or thickness. (My machine's a Magnavox front-loader, nothing special.)
- >So I guess this has to be counted as a promotional failure on
- >Polygram's part. :-)
-
- I got this CD, too. But I managed to solve the problem of playing it:
- After closing the tray (got a DENON DCD 1520) i hold it closed and press
- the OPEN/CLOSE button twice in short success. The CD is 'shaked' so that
- it falls upon the post.
- You could also try a LD player, which is made for thicker and heavier Discs.
- But after all, the songs are not very listenable but the gimmick is real good.
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- Hans-Juergen
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