[Dixielandjazz] Recording the music

[Harry Callaghan]

Mine is not to reason why, but not long after I started collecting CDs, a
friend told me that if you were having a problem with one playing, rub the
surface with toothpaste, of course, making sure all residue has been removed
before you put it in your player.

A guy I worked with some years back was walking to work one day and found a
Dean Martin CD lying on the sidwalk,  The playing surface looked like it had
been up and down the streets of  war-torn Baghdad.

Since he was into heavy metal music, he offered it to me.

About 5 or 6 out of the 12 cuts on it would stick.  Gave it the toothpaste
treatment and while it still looks atrocious, plays like new

And, "Look Ma, no cavities".

Go figger


On 6/19/10, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There are neither scratches nor dirt on either of the two CDs that went
> dead.
> I have once sctratched a CD, and it wouldn't play in my car player
> ever since, but it still plays on my home one.  And one that arrived
> scratched - in that one, some numbers would not play.  When i
> complained, the vendor sent me another copy.
> Cheers
>
> On 19 June 2010 23:45,  <W1AB at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 6/19/2010 4:30:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > marekboym at gmail.com writes:
> >
> >> I  certainly wouldn't worry about longevity with a CD....not at
> our  age!
> >
> >> Jim
> >
> > I have two CDs, one burnt by a friend, and one  that I got as a present
> > from the leader of the band recorded thereon that  stopped playing
> > after a few years.
> >
> > So even at our  age....
> >
> >
> >    CDs can be easily damaged by scratches and debris  getting on them.
> > Properly and carefully cared for, they last a long  time.
> >
> >    To be sure I don't damage my CD  originals, I make copies to play in
> my
> > car.  That is, I started doing that  after I got a scratch on an
> > irreplaceable CD when using it in the  car.  Fortunately, the scratch
> damaged only one
> > track.
> >
> >                                                                Al B
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