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I've just been upgrading the quality of some of my oldest digital rips, and it occurred to me that I'd better do the titles I bought on CDR, because in theory they have a shorter shelf life than pressed CDs.
So far I've re-ripped the two Charles Gerhardt RCA albums I got on CDR, and they still play perfectly after 11 years on the shelf (stored vertically and protected from light).
Testing the new rips was a pleasure because it doubled as an excuse to play these things again. Steiner and Waxman, baby.
So I'd say the fiece opposition to retail CDRs was misplaced. They gave you the same digital information as a pressed CD, and you had plenty of time to archive the music at your preferred quality level. And it made it practical to keep some music in the labels' catalogs longer.
Apart from used stores on eBay and so on, I suppose this is no longer an issue. Made on Demand music must be a thing of the past now. But we still have to manage our old collections.
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