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The oldest CD I have in my collection was pressed in 1983; I actually have two copies, and both of them still play flawlessly. I have hundreds of discs, and not a single one has ever been faulty or stopped playing. Even the Frida FYC CDR I have from 2002 still plays fine, although running it through an error checker in my CD drive reveals a multitude of read errors.
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I had a defective copy of that ALSO!
A composer sent me cds(cdr?) of his unreleased music and the discs went bad. When he sent replacements i had them downloaded just in case. last listen they play fine.
Brm
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Ray, I had a Carl Stalling CD fail too in the same way you describe. Volume 2 I think. IIRC the disc ripped just fine.
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As others have reported, I have CDs going back to circa 1983/84. None of the earliest ones have gone bad -- the only problems I have encountered were with several Hyperion classical releases which bronzed and became unplayable. I also have a few Unicorn releases, including Herrmann's "Wuthering Heights," which bronzed but are still playable. I've made digital and backup copies of the Unicorns.
Several labels, including DG Classical and Varese in their early days, included sponge cushions inside their CD boxes or jewel cases to protect the CDs. DG's were square -- and Varese's were small round donuts that fit over the spindle. I discovered a few years ago that the sponge material in almost all of these releases had chemically affixed/bonded with the CDs like they were stuck on with glue -- and it was very difficult to pull off the sponge cushions which often left marks on the label side. I didn't know what to do about possible damage to the actual data on the discs -- but so far, fingers crossed, they all play without glitches. There were so many CDs involved in this that I haven't made many backups as of yet. I've always stored my CDs in moderate temperatures away from sunlight, so I imagine the sponges had some built in chemical reaction issue over time.
It is also possible to destroy CDs with rough-housing. I had a copy of FSM's out-of-print "The Comencheros" which I had taken to a friend's house so he could hear the rare vocal selections. I somehow managed to drop the disc which rolled to a staircase and bounced down to the bottom of the stairs. When I retrieved it, there were cracks and the silver data storage material had dislodged leaving clear spaces that you could see through. Luckily, the score was later released by Kritzerland which was a big "whew!"
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Ray, I take it you tried ripping the CD in Exact Audio Copy?
I'd recommend trying EAC. If we both had issues there's a decent chance all copies have the defect.
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