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i also like the fact that these reissues don’t devalue the old collectibles, by bundling all previously released music on one bonus disc. there’s still stuff left that can only be found on a rare cd or vinyl single.
or another example, with the adore vinyl, the original pressing won’t become obsolete.
(apologies. i have trouble expressing myself today. i didn’t sleep very much. don’t mention it.)
thanks for your report, collectspumpkins.
while it is probably true that they need decent sales on these first reissues, in order to get more room for the next reissues, i don’t think it’s a message they should be sending out. to mention it during one of those sprc meetups is fine by me. it means they’re being open and honest about the project. but i hope they don’t go around later asking people to buy these \"or else…\", because that wouldn’t feel right to me.
i think those numbers (1:1, 2:2, 2:5, 1:1:4) can vary very quickly. in one \"pressing\", multiple combinations can exist. a different number doesn’t necessarily mean a new pressing.
i believe they indicate what father/mother/son was used for the particular cd. (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Di … troforming)
obviously this isn’t an official, international code. it’s just something used by that pressing plant, for internal use.but that’s just my interpretation of those numbers. if someone knows more about this, feel free to correct or comment.
i think so.
i bought my copy of this about five years ago, and it was new.
it would be a bit strange indeed if a record store was still selling new gish cds that were pressed in ’91.the frail and bedazzled demo is chill as fuck. sounds awesome.
but it sort of cuts out at 2:20. i guess this is intentional?[/quote:2yldiw3l]
i don’t think that’s normal.who has the cheapest international postage for the gish and SD CD’s?[/quote:3md18prg]
i think you’ll be able to buy them wherever you live, without having to pay international postage.I did some googling and apparently Nimbus also had a factory in VA, US.
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showp … stcount=17First, here is the history of Welsh company (later to expand to Charlottesville, Virginia) Nimbus from the site referenced by Mike Ga:
\"Classical record label Nimbus Records moved to the Wyastone Leys Estate and started LP production for their own recordings in 1977. They quickly gained a reputation for making high quality vinyl pressings, and started to offer a custom pressing service soon afterwards. When the CD format was launched, Nimbus built the first CD factory in the UK, again on the Wyastone Leys Estate, and during the next years this business expanded rapidly until Nimbus Manufacturing had additional CD plants in Cwmbran and in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. During this time Nimbus also won the Queen’s Award for Technological Achievement.\"[/quote:xblknkwz]
the website now has a different \"\":
Nimbus Disc & Print Services offers CD and DVD disc duplication and short run digital printing.
It was established in response to the rising number of slow-selling titles on our own classical and jazz labels that had to be deleted due to high stockholding costs.
Headquartered on the English Welsh border just three miles from Monmouth and seven miles to Ross-on-Wye, Nimbus has always combined interests in music and manufacturing. In 1977 we established a high quality LP pressing facility; in 1983 we launched the UKâs first CD plant and in the mid 1990s we became technology partners with Toshiba and Time Warner for DVD as well as Eastman Kodak for CD-R. Combining our technical experience with our market knowledge we created a short run production facility which manufactures high quality, low cost CDs and DVDs and a wide range of print and packaging materials.
In 2002 we made our short run production facilities available to 3rd party customers and are now one of the largest short run facilities in the world. We are the exclusive manufacturer and distributor for a range of partner labels incldukng Hallé, Saydisc, Lyrita, Retrospective, and provide custom pressing services to more than 300 record labels, software companies and artists.
The industry magazine Digital2Disc recently published an Industry Spotlight on Nimbus about Short run production.
For more information on our musical and technical history please request a free copy of our book Technology Serving the Arts.[/quote:xblknkwz]
there is one 1991 US copy in the spfreaks.com collection, but it was pressed in the UK. that doesn’t seem to make too much sense to me. any chance that one was pressed in the US anyway? maybe Nimbus had a US pressing plant too? or what is the reason to assume it was pressed in the UK?
http://www.spfreaks.com/default.aspx?pa … S&item=133 UK 1991 copy (HUTCD 10)
http://www.spfreaks.com/default.aspx?pa … &item=2065 US 1991 copy – pressed in UK? (CAROL 1465)
http://www.spfreaks.com/default.aspx?pa … &item=3354 US 1994 copy
http://www.spfreaks.com/default.aspx?pa … S&item=267 another US 1994 copy, but without IFPI codesthe australian copy also seems to have an IFPI code, so the release date here is probably off too.
http://www.spfreaks.com/default.aspx?pa … LS&item=81http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/sid … -guide.pdf
yep, it was introduced in 1994.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internatio … nti-piracy
In 1994, in an effort to combat piracy, the IFPI and the compact disc manufacturing industry introduced Source Identification (SID) codes, which are markings on CD parts that identify the manufacturers, equipment, and master discs that were used to create each disc.
SID codes are formatted as the letters \"IFPI\" followed by 4 or 5 hexadecimal digits. A SID-marked disc typically bears at least two codes, each imprinted on different physical components. A number prefaced with \"L\" is a \"mastering code,\" a serial number taken from a pool assigned by Philips to the manufacturer. It identifies the Laser Beam Recorder (LBR) signal processor or mold that produced a particular stamper or a glass master disc from which molds are produced. Non-\"L\" numbers are \"mold codes\", the first 2 or 3 digits of which are assigned by Philips to the operator of the manufacturing or mastering plant, which might not be the same plant that manufactured the stamper or glass master; and the remaining digits are a serial number assigned by that plant to its molds.[15][/quote:13gipf1e]
yeah, the sp.com webstore is really lovely like that. (you had to be crazy, or a millionaire to order the teargarden eps from there.)
yeah, i was also interested in that siva cd. but it went for £212. a little bit above my treshold of pain. i think it’s a fair price though. i believe i’ve seen it go for $400 a couple of years ago.
link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/180733886680
actually, no, that’s not the lighting. there clearly is some black in there.
i’m going to check my copy of wwmm later. it’s possible i didn’t pay attention to this.
i saw an astral planes on ebay yesterday and it looked like it was marbled with black. but it could have been the picture/lighting.
i believe all the other copies i’ve seen are completely red.
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