C.D. Help

ok. so i ordered Modest Mouse's new album from amazon. when i recieved it, i tried to play it on my stereo and... no go. when i put it in my computer (because my stereo's been known to "dislike" certain c.d.s and not play them) it read as if there was no c.d. fine. i got a defective c.d. i returned it, recieved a new copy today, and the same fucking thing happened. the other c.d.s from the same amazon order played fine. it's just this one.

my question: why? could i have gotten a *second* defective c.d.? is there some coding on this particular c.d. that would make it incompatable with my stereo or computer? the stereo itself is a Fisher with a five-disc changer, about 10 years old; but i had the c.d. player in it replaced three or four years ago, so it's not that old. the laptop is under two years old, so i know it's not the problem.

any thoughts? should i send the c.d. back and get a third one? should i say "fuck it", and send it back and get a different c.d.?

[Edited on Jul 23, 2004 by HyenaHell]

i've never heard of any cd coding.

Wish I could help, but two cds with the same problem is unusual. Maybe there was a defect with the batch that was printed?

I had this happen, but with a cassette. I wanted U2's Joshua Tree. What I got was some shitty Barber Shop Quartet (twice), I kid you not. I had to return it two times before I finally heard Bono's voice.

So maybe third times a charm.

this can happen if a cd has digital information on it. early on in the days of cd's, there was a jean-michel jarre cd that did this to a lot of ppl i knew. try going to the artists website and there may be a disclaimer or something warning of either a bad batch or possible digital info.

Try again, but not in the way that you're thinking of. I work in the magnificent world of CD/DVD retail and there are batches every once in a while that go through with defects, and they usually end up in the same store or warehouse. So, don't send it back to Amazon because odds may be in the favor of another defect coming back to you. But, you can bring it into your local record store and tell them you got it as a gift, and that it doesn't work. They should let you exchange it with no problem.

It's very possible that you are a victim of the new copy-protected CDs.

Several of them (the Velvet Revolver album being the only one that comes to mind) actaully have disclaimers stating that it may not play on all players.

Which is why I've been very careful and haven't bought a single disc that's been copy-protected.

Given this, it might be wise to download the CD off iTunes or Napster or another service (I think all the major music download stores have this CD available).

When I tried to copy this CD (I need one for the car so some scumbag won't nick the original...) it said there were no audio tracks on the CD to copy.

It works fine on my PC, on my hi-fi and in my car's CD changer but it's invisible to Easy CD Creator 6. I had to copy it to the hard disc, then transfer those files to a CD-R and burn them in audio format. Clearly a superb copy protection system...