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Hey, everyone...
Just opened my sealed copy of DCC's Gold Disc "Willy & The Poor Boys." List price from Red Trumpet (thanks, Rick!). When I opened it, I noticed that the Lift-Lock mechanism was clear plastic, not the black plastic that I have seen on every other gold CD from DCC and MOFI that I own. Does anyone else have experience with this? I think the clear plastic "lift" mechanism looks awfully cool - much more pleasing to the eye than the flat black ones....
Am I anal about all of this....? Oh, undoubtedly but that's half the fun!
Best,
Ben
Kevin Sypolt
02-16-2002, 09:42 AM
Hi Ben,
I just checked out my Willy and the Poorboys, and it too has a clear "lift-lock" case. I like those too! Heart Dreamboat Annie also regularly came with the clear case. They seemed to be more popular on the earlier DCC titles... Hope this puts your mind at ease.
Thanks,
Kevin
Ben,
My CCR and Heart and Bob Seger as well.;)
Wow - cool!
My copies of Heart and Seger have the black ones...I know that they (the black kind) are readily available in the "aftermarket" as it were, but I'm wondering if the "clear" ones are....
Ah, pondering the profound questions of life as I watch Olympic athletes toil with a St. Paulie Girl in my hand...tough.
Best,
Ben
Tony Caldwell
02-16-2002, 12:36 PM
The only clear one that I ever got was in "CCR- Willie..." and it was broken when I opened the disc, so I was a little pissed.
The only real complaint that I have ever had about DCC Gold CDs is that *sometimes* the insert that sits in the tray (that creates the "spine") was printed crooked. My Tull Original Masters is really bad. You can't even see about 50% of the printing.
For 30 bucks a disc, I always thought that the QC should have been tighter on such a cheap (but important) part of the package. After all, if it is sitting on a shelf, all you see is the spine!
Just had to get that off my chest...:mad:
Tony
Claviusb
02-16-2002, 02:20 PM
Originally posted by Tony Caldwell
The only clear one that I ever got was in "CCR- Willie..." and it was broken when I opened the disc, so I was a little pissed.
The only real complaint that I have ever had about DCC Gold CDs is that *sometimes* the insert that sits in the tray (that creates the "spine") was printed crooked. My Tull Original Masters is really bad. You can't even see about 50% of the printing.
For 30 bucks a disc, I always thought that the QC should have been tighter on such a cheap (but important) part of the package. After all, if it is sitting on a shelf, all you see is the spine!
Just had to get that off my chest...:mad:
Tony
You hit on my biggest complaint too! The text on the spine was rarely centered right and usually the top part was trimmed off by the paper cutter. I always figured the DCC art department allowed for image bleed, but then they centered the text forgetting about the bleed. Though I just looked, A Night at the Opera (one of the last discs, I think) looks good-- but on Elton John's Greatest Hits and Eagles Greatest the text is definately not centered and the top of the DCC logo is gone (looking at the DCC logo is the fastest way to tell how off-center the cut was).
I recently aquired the Everly Brothers DCC Gold CD - it came sealed but the case was a clear plastic standard jewel case. Every other DCC Gold CD I own came with the lift-lock case.
My brother had the same experience, but we both got the disc from the same ebay seller. Has anyone else had the same experience with this disc?
Of course it is possible that the seller was responsible for the missing lif-lock case, but......
Malc S.,
It's a pretty well known fact that there were many, especially the post 1997 releases, that had regular jewel cases as opposed to the lift-lock jewel cases.
I've had some right out of my local retailers come sealed in the regular cases actually approx. 1/2 doz. different albums.
Steve Hoffman
02-16-2002, 05:08 PM
Don't stress about the lift-lock vs. non lift-lock cases. Life is too short.
We got so many complaints about broken lift-locks that we gradually phased them out.
Like I said earlier, Steve...it's an obsession!
You see, when you're a sick little audiophile like me it's the little things that hold the most fun!
Back to my padded cell now,
Ben
Steve,
While we're on the subject, was the inclusion of lift-lock cases with the DCC Gold discs motivated by the fact that you don't have to bend the disc to get it out of the case - or was it just because they're cool :cool:?
Steve Hoffman
02-16-2002, 05:42 PM
Both reasons. We thought they were cool, and seemed to do the least damage to the discs.
R. Cat Conrad
02-16-2002, 08:58 PM
... does this: We got so many complaints about broken lift-locks that we gradually phased them out ...mean that the standard jewel box with the DCC Metallica "Master of Puppets" I snapped up from a used CD bin today was it's original case? :D
Robert Cat Conrad
Steve Hoffman
02-16-2002, 09:30 PM
Yes indeed! :)
Richard Feirstein
02-17-2002, 02:49 AM
Columbia advanced this technology with the limited edition Love & Theft package. The two disks just seem to fall out and demand insertion into your player or you die. The two disks fight for your attention. Great for car use and is apparently intended to replace the hand held cell phone as the next major driver distraction.:rolleyes:
petzi
02-17-2002, 07:01 AM
My DCC CD "Beach Boys - Endless Summer" has the clear lift-lock case, too. But I donīt care, I care about the music and the sound. And that is outstanding on this CD.
Steve, thanks for this release, you bring me so much joy. Thanks to everybody else involved, too.
Back on topic, it appears to me that most people just donīt know how to get the CD out of the lift-lock case or back into it. Whenever I hand a lift-locked CD to somebody, it leads to a desaster. People need special instruction how to open the case and how to take the CD out. Itīs not self-explanatory. In particular, they donīt understand that they have to open the "door" all the way until the lift-lock comes up.
And yes, too many of these cases go broke, or they donīt work right, sometimes before they are sold. The cases are not well engineered; the important mechanical parts are just too small and fragile.
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