NEIL YOUNG Vintage CD Album AFTER THE GOLD RUSH Tested 1970 Classic Rock NO IFPI for Sale

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NEIL YOUNG Vintage CD Album AFTER THE GOLD RUSH Tested 1970 Classic Rock NO IFPI For Sale

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NEIL YOUNG Vintage CD Album AFTER THE GOLD RUSH Tested 1970 Classic Rock NO IFPI:
$12.95

Hi, Welcome to my items! Offered here is a vintage CD as pictured. I played this CD all the way through on my Sony CFD-S05 (see picture posted) and there were no playback issues. To me, it\'s audiophile quality. Forgive any glare and reflections in my photos. See Seller Notes for details. I use cardboard + bubble packaging for safety in shipping.
This is a CD made in 1994 or earlier, before discs were marked \"IFPI\". With the exception of some indie releases, CDs with no IFPI marking are not made anymore and haven\'t been made for a few decades now. Being collectibles today means that non-IFPI CDs can be 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 \' grading\' (see picture posted), it\'s the opposite.
For buyers, identifying non-IFPI CDs online is challenging. The area on the disc where a marking would be is small, often involves tilting the CD at different angles, and hard to photograph. I don\'t do it, but many sellers just use \'stock\' or other sellers\' photos anyway. It happens all the time where an listing states that a CD is from say 1987, but it was in fact made years later. Buyers often don\'t know what the specific CD looks like, when it was made, or what to expect when it arrives. If that\'s not for you, I\'m personally vetting each CD, so consider buying from me. I don\'t try to date CDs, rather just tell people if CDs are or aren\'t marked \"IFPI\". This way, if there were non-IFPI and then IFPI versions made, buyers can know if they\'re getting an earlier pressing or not.
CDs from \"The First Dozen Years\" (1982-1994) are treasures from a bygone time. This was the SPARS code era, but not all CDs from the period were marked as such (AAD, ADD, DDD, etc.). I don\'t know the exact year this CD was made or what specific pressing it is, but it\'s from 1994 or earlier, not remastered, and it\'s pre Loudness Wars era (1996 and onward). The first CD made in the U.S.A. was manufactured in 1984, so American made non-IFPI CDs are from 1984-1994.
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 extremely well kept). Besides needing cleaning, I\'d say the CD offered here is closest to (D).
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 \'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 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 . 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 \'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 \'s \"Acceptable\" condition, even if they\'d be in VG, VG+, or NM condition in the non- 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 . ~Chris in NJ, USA

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NEIL YOUNG Vintage CD Album AFTER THE GOLD RUSH Tested 1970 Classic Rock NO IFPI For Sale

NEIL YOUNG Vintage CD Album AFTER THE GOLD RUSH Tested 1970 Classic Rock NO IFPI: $12.95

NEIL YOUNG Vintage CD Album AFTER THE GOLD RUSH Tested 1970 Classic Rock NO IFPI:
$12.95