HW RE: site for collectors CDr dodgy ness ?

[Paul Mather]

On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 04:56:40PM -0000, David Dobbie wrote:

=> thats a scary world of crackles, scratches and drop outs. How do you
=> know if a record has never been palyed and that doesn't allways mean
=> its perfect I got Live Chronicles 2xLP on GWR / Profile still in
=> unopened shrink wrap its way crackly

I'm puzzled: if it's still in the unopened shrink wrap (i.e., never
been played), then how do you know it's crackly?  Wouldn't that
require actually playing it to ascertain? ;-)

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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