HOT JAZZ on BLUE NOTE

[Durium]

I bought this 4CD box some weeks ago in a junk shop in a town 150 km from here and I was very happy with it, because it contains a lot of 1940s Blue Note recordings that will be never (?) re-issued in the RVG-series I guess. It contains a 4CD box with 72 tracks played by Sidney Bechet, Art Hodes, Sidney de Paris and Edmond Hall.

But ... when I came home and I tried to play the first CD the "needle" jump and scratched the surface, as if it was a grey-played 78rpm recording. I watched the surface of the CD and learned that it was damaged as if someone had used a scourer to "clean" the surface. So were trhe other three CDs. The 4CD are unplayable and I bought a pig in a poke (in Holland we call this a "cat in the bag").

I'm looking for someone who wants to help me. If you have this 4CD set and you want to share the recordings with me I could make this damaged set "complete" again. Please contact me off-list to learn what I can offer you.

koerthchkz@zeelandnet.nl

Thanks ........

Edited December 8, 2005 by Durium

[scottb]

If the surface is damaged you could try a disc scratch remover or the budget version which is to polish it with toothpaste. I have restored several unplayable discs with this technique.

Edited December 8, 2005 by scottb

[Durium]

If the surface is damaged you could try a disc scratch remover or the budget version which is to polish it with toothpaste. I have restored several unplayable discs with this technique.

Thank you, Scottb. i'll give it a try.

[Durium]

If the surface is damaged you could try a disc scratch remover or the budget version which is to polish it with toothpaste. I have restored several unplayable discs with this technique.

Thank you, Scottb. i'll give it a try.

I smells better .............

....... but the "needle still jumps like a rabbit".

Thanks for your suggestions.

[Spontooneous]

I've rescued some discs with a product called Novus #2 Plastic Polish. (There are three grades, #3 is too coarse, #1 is too fine.) Takes a lot of rubbing, but it works.

[Hardbopjazz]

Try to burn a copy of the disc. This happened to me and I was able to save a CD.