Friday, October 11, 2024

Remains of the Day (10/11)





















What the tech? I was forced to buy my first CD in ages because it's a re-issue of a 1985 album that I have been after forever -- Big Sound Authority's "An Inward Revolution" (two discs, 22 bonus tracks) -- but the label, Cherry Red Records, doesn't offer a digital or streaming version. (And I couldn't find an illegal one.) As annoying as this was, I figured I'd just rip it on my old laptop that has a CD drive and then move on with my life. No such luck. 


After trying THREE different drives, I'm starting to think the disc is defective. Someone suggested that it might be "copyright protected" -- which would be odd for a present-day CD -- but even trying to use software that works around that, it can't be ripped. Does anyone have any guess what might be the issue? (I could spring for an external CD drive, but I'm worried it won't work there, either.) I've written to Cherry Red but probably won't hear from them until next week -- and I'd love to finally be able to play this over the weekend. I've waited nearly 40 years. 

UPDATE:


I was pointed to this, which seems like a plausible explanation. The thing that still doesn't make sense is I'm not trying to play it on an old CD player, like this person says. I'm using it in a CD drive from 2019 (and others that aren't much older).

UPDATE 2:


Whatever it is, the seller never even responded to my query -- they just refunded my money, no questions asked. Must be a known issue. Someone kindly suggested I try to insert the disc and then drag the files into a folder. This worked, except they're in the .cda format, which I don't think is actually music. 

UPDATE 3: So no-go on the .cds files. But a friend somehow found a digital copy and sent it to me! Who says complaining on the internet is a waste of time? Thanks, Jimmy!

3 comments:

Jaradon said...

Happy Birthday to Matt Bomer who has gotten hotter with age

Billdp said...

There's at least 10 songs on Youtube.

Kenneth M. Walsh said...

@Billdp: Yeah, but not the 22 bonus track that I bought the collection for.