👍 Been binging on Paul Desmond. Sometimes, I much prefer Paul over Dave Brubeck. Is that bad of me to say?

For stickers on my vinyl sleeves I use lighter fluid. Let it soak for 3 minutes and then try to peel it of gently 

Any hints on how to remove label stickers without impairing the "rest" of the CD-R?  (A question because of my problems described in my earlier post about labels that have come detached along the outer and inner circumference(s) - but not nearly enough to allow them to be peeled off yet apparently enough to upset playability of the CDs) Not that I have high hopes because the data layer may have become damaged anyway, but a try is a try ...

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The science of the CD playback system says that this cannot be true. The 1's and 0's are converted to an analog signal. That's it. If the 1's and 0's are messed up beyond the ability of the error correction, you don't get different analog, you get no analog or noise (ticks, pops).