Van Morrison "Moondance" Target CD

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Van Morrison "Moondance" Target CD

Postby MK » Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:29 pm

How does this compare to the regular CD? Is it the same?
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Postby Ess Ay Cee Dee » Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:11 pm

If you're a Pedro's member, it was just uploaded on there a week or so ago. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, so I don't know how it compares to my regular 1987 pressing.
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Postby MK » Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:53 pm

Is it safe to go back? That dude with the blog is writing random shit to anyone who cares, but it's hard to say if the RIAA et al are taking him seriously, especially when his e-mails insult them with cheap jokes.
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Postby lukpac » Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:28 pm

This is pure, baseless speculation, but my gut tells me the "target" CDs are identical to the the original domestic CDs. Evidence be damned!
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Postby Crummy Old Label Avatar » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:43 pm

What's this about a "blog guy" and Pedro's? I hadn't heard about this at all.

As for Target CDs, don't you know that they are infused with magic pixie dust from wee Japanese faeries? Targets have more goosh per bit than comparable discs. Unless goosh is a bad thing.... If that's the case, then I mean to say that they have LESS goosh per bit. :roll:
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Postby MK » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:55 pm

On the other board, the current Moondance CD is supposedly cold and hard due to bad EQ, according to Hoffman. I was hoping the target CD may be a flat transfer. This would mirror the situation with Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, where the target CD was a flat transfer and the current CD has the Ken Perry EQ.
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Postby MK » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:56 pm

The blog guy? Check this out: (http://friedenwatch.blogspot.com/)
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Postby Xenu » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:41 am

I stopped back in to grab the Dylan "A Fool Such as I" disc.

By the way, does anybody else love the weird comments you generally see on Pedro's? They're mostly of the "WOW! I LOST THIS ALBUM IN A FIRE SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO BUT NOW I HAVE IT BACK" variety, like everyone's building a potential alibi.
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Postby MK » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:20 am

Hmmm, let's say the RIAA does investigate and tracks EVERY song you downloaded from Pedro's. Assuming they haul your ass into court, if you go out and BUY those CD's and appear in court with them, could that save your ass?

I don't think the RIAA has ever been that detailed in prosecuting downloaders, I'm just curious.
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Postby Ess Ay Cee Dee » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:47 am

Xenu wrote:I stopped back in to grab the Dylan "A Fool Such as I" disc.

By the way, does anybody else love the weird comments you generally see on Pedro's? They're mostly of the "WOW! I LOST THIS ALBUM IN A FIRE SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO BUT NOW I HAVE IT BACK" variety, like everyone's building a potential alibi.


I also enjoy the occasional, "Wow! This will make a nice replacement for the 8-track I bought in 1975!" Like merely owning said album in some physical format makes the downloading a little less illegal.
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Postby Xenu » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:37 pm

MK wrote:Hmmm, let's say the RIAA does investigate and tracks EVERY song you downloaded from Pedro's. Assuming they haul your ass into court, if you go out and BUY those CD's and appear in court with them, could that save your ass?

I don't think the RIAA has ever been that detailed in prosecuting downloaders, I'm just curious.


Probably not, but I wonder whether a creative lawyer could negotiate that as a settlement!;)

I've always wondered whether Pedro's is safer than it looks. My reasoning: while we might see "lossless downloads" as being worse than MP3 trading, the RIAA most assuredly makes no such distinction. As such, something like Pedro's--an invite-only community where "popular" releases number as many as 200 downloads--is far less of a threat to commercial prosperity than Oink's or ED2K.
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