HW/OFF: Ozrics' Dovetail CDs

[Craig Shipley]

Keith,

Bronzing of CD's is actually the aluminum substrate of the CD oxidizing. The
reflectivity of the CD is affected by the bronzing (think of a silver
mirror=nice, accurate reflection. Now, cover that mirror with a sheet of
dark, transparent material that eats away at the silvering; it'll be OK for
a while, before things get too bad, but in time, with the silvering being
affected, the reflectivity ain't what it used to be). PDO seems to be the
prime culprit for releasing CD's that fall prey to this problem, but seem to
be pretty responsive about replacing defective CD's (all of my OT CD's are
not affected by bronzing; don't know whether I was lucky and got a good
batch or if it is because I treat all of my CD's like treasures...). Don't
know the procedure for replacement, however, someone else will have to help
you out...

The reason why all of the old Dovetail CD's are coming out on Mad Snapper is
that Dovetail is no more. And, while it existed, it is alleged that it
screwed the OT's over to the point where they did not make a dime from the
sales of their CD's. I do not remember all of the details of the problems
with Dovetail, but Mad Snapper is going to release all of the OT back
catalog over the next few months, with bonus tracks AND at mid-range prices
(hopefully as US domestics, too! That should put 'em out for less than
US$10.00!!). Sure would be nice if they went back and remastered the old
cassette-only releases as well.... Richard at Cranium Music was the first to
let the OT list know about the pending releases, maybe he should repeat that
post here....

Get the other release by Ship Of Fools as well. That one be OUT THERE
SOMEWHERE; nice NASA samples, along with Wizard Of Oz. Sadly, SoF is no
more, but the band did spin off into Nine Invisibles, which has a release
PUREHEADSPACE out on Delirium. Listened to it for the first time last
weekend while painting the ceiling, not bad, not bad at all, but a little
more dance-oriented than the SoF material
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-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Henderson <henderson.120 at OSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: Saturday, March 14, 1998 1:02 AM
Subject: HW/OFF: Ozrics' Dovetail CDs


>Hey there folks...
>
>Well, as predicted, the list seems to be livening up again with the
imminent
>release of BOC's HF.  (BTW, did anyone happen to see that the newest issue
>of Goldmine contained a review of the new reissued AoF?  Written by a guy
>named Steve Roeser.  I hope that the good review was based on true opinion
>and not blatant nepotism.)  :)
>
>Anyway, I'm interested in another topic.  Over on r.m.p., people have been
>mentioning how bad the quality is of their Ozrics' CDs on Dovetail.  Those
>comments hit home with me as I've got only one CD in my entire collection
>that's completely unplayable. You guessed it...Pungent Effulgent.  Before
my
>'good' CD player blew up on me (I think during an electrical storm/power
>surge), I could play it on that one, but it has never been readable on my
>older one.
>
>So there's definitely something to it.  On r.m.p., they've also been
>referring to part of the problem as 'bronzing,' which I guess alludes to
the
>coloration of the CD surface, esp. since both the unplayable PE and also
>both discs of my Afterswish are very 'bronze' in color (the latter two play
>just fine, at least for now).  So my question...what is happening with
these
>discs and why?  Will all bronzed CD's eventually become untrackable??  And
>does the color really mean anything?? Aren't CD-R's that color to start
with?
>
>The manufacturer appears to be PDO, who I guess is now developing a
>reputation for putting out some lower quality discs.  But then, someone
>mentioned that they would replace these bronzed/defective CDs at no charge.
>Anyone know how you'd go about this??
>
>Keith H. (FAA)
>
>P.S.  All my other OT discs seem o.k., even the other Dovetail ones, and of
>course, the IRS & Snapper issues are all ok.
>
>P.P.S.  I also heard that Snapper is going to be doing up some more of the
>back catalog...not sure exactly why.  Perhaps for bulk distribution to the
>US of some of the rarer ones over here?
>
>ObCD:  Ship of Fools - Close your eyes-Forget the World  (this is *really*
cool)
>
>P.P.P.S.  Just got the Tubilah Dog disc.  It's pretty decent...but not at
>all what I expected.  Lots of various types of tunes, some psychedelic,
some
>not.  Neither of the two tracks from TAT are on it, nor is the music that
>similar.  Still don't know who the band really was at that time (it was
>recorded in 1995), but the guests are listed!  I think Steve Mills was the
>groups' main member...perhaps it was just him and the named guests.
>Apparently, Jerry Richards had nothing to do with it.  Anybody know more??
>