[78-L] Beer coasters

[Royal Pemberton]

Every CD I've ever seen that both sported a stuck-on paper label and that
refused to play had one thing in common:  they'd all acquired a very slight
dish warp.  Convex on the data side, concave on the labeled side.  If a very
slight warp I've seen discs that played one or two tracks passably at the
start if they were still in the focussing range of the laser and tracking
mechanism.  The worst ones are as described earlier....some reveal the TOC,
the worst not even that.

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com> wrote:

> Nope. The ones made on blue-back CDs play just fine, it's the "normal"
> CDs that won't. It's possible that Dave Burnham has the right of it.
> Those that won't play have full on paper labels. Still doesn't explain
> why they won't play or copy at all no matter what player - computer
> DVD/CD players or stand alone CD decks - or duplication software I use.
> Mal
>
> *******
>
> On 8/3/2011 5:15 AM, bradc944 at comcast.net wrote:
> > The only CDs I have had deteriorate are the blue-back ones from about
> 2002-2003. Unfortunately there are some old radio airchecks on them that are
> nearly irreplacable.  Would the Beer CDs be on those by any chance?
> Conversely, I have a bunch of paper-labelled burned discs from 200 that are
> still playable. Backed up of course!
> >
> > BC
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: DAVID BURNHAM<burnhamd at rogers.com>
> > To: 78-L at 78online.com
> > Sent: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:06:00 -0000 (UTC)
> > Subject: [78-L] Beer coasters
> >
> > I've heard of turning out beer coasters, but this is the first time I've
> been
> > aware of CDs that fulfilled the prediction of their name..
> >
> > dl
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > The only commercial CDs which have deteriorated to the point of
> unplayability in my experience are the RCA issue of the complete Caruso with
> the batwing labels.
> >
> > Of my own burned CDs, I've had a number on which I affixed a paper label
> which no longer play, but any with no labels play fine.
> >
> > db
> >
>
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