PETER GABRIEL Tested CD Album PASSION "Digital Audio Disc Corp" World Music 1989

Description: Hi, Welcome to my eBay listings! Offered here is a vintage CD as pictured. In the disc's center hub, it's marked "Made in USA", "Digital Audio Disc Corp.", and has the "D" logo. It's a Sony-made 'DADC' CD. I played this CD all the way through on my Sony CFD-S05 (see picture posted) and it played great with no playback issues. Forgive any glare and reflections in my photos. See Seller Notes for details. I use cardboard + bubble packaging for safety in shipping. Being vintage collectibles, CDs such as this are more desirable than brand new CDs sold by FYE and other retailers. On the average, I'd expect to pay around $19 each ($13.39, plus $4.39 shipping, plus tax) online for today's new CDs. In a way, that's a benchmark, but to the true collector, it's like apples and oranges. Note that while used CDs commonly have cracked cases, people can usually find a replacement for just 99 cents at a thrift shop. In normal grading, "Standard Jewel Cases are not graded as they are replaceable" but in 'eBay grading' (see picture posted), it's the opposite. For buyers, identifying certain types of CDs online can be a challenge, so I vet each CD to describe markings it bears. My digital camera isn't that great, so while I'm not posting pictures of tiny markings, you can trust me that your item will be as described. I've posted pictures of the front, back, and inside of the exact item you'll receive. Many sellers are either using stock photos or (unbeknownst to buyers) other peoples' photos from the net. These same types of sellers also choose a version (the right one or not) of a CD title from the 'eBay Product Catalog' (that's accurate or not) to auto-fill item details. If not knowing what you're buying isn't for you, consider buying from me. I see a variety of CDs from estate cleanouts. Scratches on CDs don't 'sound', as in the thumps, crackles and pops going on with vinyl records. But, visually, on the non-clear part of the non-label side, CDs range from: (A) having an uncountable quantity of scratches (they weren't stored in their cases) to (B) having a number of scratches (they weren't religiously put back in their holders) to (C) having a couple fun days where some scratches occurred (well kept otherwise) to (D) having few if any notable scratches (they were exceptionally well kept). Besides needing cleaning per fingerprints, etc., I'd say the CD offered here is closest to (D). Digital Audio Disc Corp. (DADC) is part of Sony, but they made CDs for other record labels, too. When a CD's center hub shows: 'Made in USA, Digital Audio Disc Corp., "D" logo', it's an early CD from circa 1984-1992. These are known to be very high quality discs. Since they're either the earliest American made CDs or at least follow the tradition of the very earliest examples that came to market, I see them as having their own category as a collectible CD. As far as I can tell, there's the original American DADC plant in Terre Haute, Indiana (they no longer make CDs) and then there were 2 other (now defunct) plants: one in Carrollton, Georgia and one in Pitman, NJ where I live. From what I've seen, our Pitman plant's early CDs weren't marked "Digital Audio Disc Corp.", rather "CMU P" (it used to be the CBS / Columbia plant). From what I've read, Carrollton didn't start making CDs until 1995, which is after the timeframe for discs marked "Digital Audio Disc Corp.". Collectors of early CDs seek out DADC pressings, so as a seller I note when a CD I'm selling is one of them. With 'early CDs', which I personally define as being from circa 1982-1996, most of the time there's some clue on the item that indicates that it's early. Some of these clues are the absence of an "IFPI" code, the presence of a SPARS code such as "AAD" or "ADD", or the presence of "Digital Audio Disc Corp." all spelled out. I tend to organize or categorize CDs accordingly. This is one of the ways I'm vetting CDs for potential buyers who are specifically seeking certain types of items. The following is an outline I found in a forum that gives us an idea of what to look for on older Sony-made CDs. It's not perfect & please note that the "+" in "1986-7+" is likely plus 5 years (until around 1992) in terms of discs being fully marked "Made in USA", "Digital Audio Disc Corp.", and w/ the "D" logo. 1985-early 1987: CDs look exactly like the Japan made CBS / Sony discs, except they have the "Made in USA Digital Audio Disc Corp. and the 'D' logo" in the plastic hub. No barcode in the matrix. the matrix looks like a fine dot matrix printed it, like the CBS / Sony discs. 1986-7+: New lines were added that dropped the "Made in USA Digital Audio Disc Corp.", but kept the "D" logo. The original lines were continuing to run, so both types of discs were made at the same time. 1987: The current barcode matrix, sometimes with 'DADC' or "Made in USA DADC" in the matrix was started. Some discs had the markings or just the 'D' logo in the hub. 1987: Sony started up DADC Austria to press for CBS Europe and other labels. The discs looked exactly like the DADC USA discs with the barcode matrix and no markings in the plastic hub. The matrix said "DADC Austria" in small letters like the US version. 1989: Sony converted an old Columbia LP plant to make CDs in Pitman, NJ USA to make more CDs for CBS (now fully owned by Sony), but the discs looked very similar to WEA Mfg discs, except they had "CMU" in the plastic hub. This plant is known (UPDATE: the plant is now closed) as Sony DADC SDM (Sony Disc Mfg). These different looking discs continued into the 90s, when Sony replaced the lines with the same ones DADC uses, so the discs are now identical to DADC's other plants. I posted photos of (vintage) CD instructions that I found on the net. CD cases can be tricky to open, discs stubborn to remove from the tray, and cleaning discs dry / wet usually needs doing too. In eBay's grading / condition-type system (see picture posted), sellers must choose one descriptor like "Brand new" or "Acceptable". There's no specific mention of what discs themselves look like. Used CDs have marks like scratches that are usually just cosmetic and removeable. Cleaning CDs can cause scratches. People who want scratches removed can have a disc resurfaced at their expense on a machine like the Elm Eco Pro 2. Some eBay sellers sell this service and so do some game shops and libraries. I don't like to clean CDs and cause more scratches and I choose not to resurface. I feel these should be left for the collector to do as they see fit. Playing devices vary. It's happened to me that a CD played perfectly in my Dell PC but then it played with glitches in my Sony. I've come to realize my Sony is 'sensitive' for some unknown reason (weak laser?), so that's the device I use to test CDs before listing them on eBay. Just like with cleaning CDs, devices need cleaning too. I posted a picture of a CD lens cleaning disc. People can use those, or clean a device's lens with isopropyl on a Q Tip (see picture posted). If people don't do these things, CDs can play with glitches like skipping. Part of eBay's grading system per "Very good" and "Good" (not to be confused with grades of the same name in the normal grading system) condition-types is: "The CD/DVD doesn't skip". I always make sure CDs don't do that in my Sony, but it's unknown to me how any CD will play on someone else's device. An IsoBuster surface scan can be done on discs to check and see if they're error-free (see picture posted). I've found through experience that CDs can still need cleaning anyway or they may not play right. They're operational (able to be used) and not unreadable but won't play correctly unless following CD instructions and cleaning them. I sell all used CDs as being in eBay's "Acceptable" condition, even if they'd be in VG, VG+, or NM condition in the non-eBay grading system (where there's no mention of how a CD in those grades actually plays). I do it this way to be sure I'm complying on eBay. ~Chris in Pitman, NJ, USA

Price: 14.95 USD

Location: Pitman, New Jersey

End Time: 2024-11-19T01:25:56.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD