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- From: barth@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (barth.richards)
- Subject: Re: CD Legends
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:17:35 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.211735.25194@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec25.122232.21686@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Dec26.201931.21261@netcom.com>
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- In article <1992Dec26.201931.21261@netcom.com> jamesh@netcom.com (James
- Hightower) writes:
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- >thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:
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- >>I bought a couple of CD's the other day, and noticed some strange things
- >>about them.
- >
- >>One, Nirvana's "Nevermind," has about ten minutes of silence on track 12
- >>in between two songs -- the second song comes as a bit of a surprise if
- >>one has left the CD player running.
- >
- >Mine doesn't, but I've heard this before. Did you buy it used? Perhaps
- >it was only the first pressing that hed this feature.
- >
- >>Anyone have any interesting CD stories not involving green markers, or
- >>know someone who does?
- >
- >I understand that the Boston "Third stage" gives a countdown on your
- >cd players display during the intro.
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- The first pressing of the Skinny Puppy CD LAST RIGHTS was hosed.
- Subsequent corrected pressings had (and I think still have) a large sticker
- on the outer wrap that says "QUALITY CONTROLLED."
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