Hi, I noticed in some of the earlier posts that there was a mention of the PDO rot problem. I don't know if I've been fortunate, or merely don't really notice the deterioration much, but my copies of JAMSCD3, 4, 5, 6, SPACE CD1, KLFCD 010 and 004 are all reasonable to the eye and still play fine. As far as I'm aware, these are the only KLF discs that were manufactured by PDO and affected by the problem, but I may be wrong. Admittedly, there is a slight browning in both "Shag Times" and "WTILS", which I gather is one of the symptoms, but this has not got worse in about four years with either of them. I just store my CDs normally, in the boxes, and they have been carted from home to home for over a decade now. Have I just been lucky, or is the PDO problem limited in its scope? Or again, do I have the death of my CDs still to look forward to? John Not Scots, just Scott-ish PS - If anyone else has any rare Happy Mondays or Julian Cope CDs from the same era ("Wrote For Luck" original CD single, "Droolian", "Skellington", etc.) and is suffering from PDO rot, could you please contact me? I'd like to know if these CDs (which are all PDO btw) are affected too. You can e-mail me off-list if you prefer.
Here's my experience with my collection JAMSCD3 JAMSCD4 JAMSCD5 x 2 JAMSCD6 The CD4 and one of the CD5's has bronzing on the label side. This is worse on the CD4; a few pinholes are now visible when holding the CD up to the light. None of the others have any problems. All of the CD's play fine. CD4 and CD5 have the legend "made in U.K. by PDO", and the others don't. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Milne" <Highlandland@btopenworld.com> To: <klf@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:53 AM Subject: [KLF] PDO discs Hi, I noticed in some of the earlier posts that there was a mention of the PDO rot problem. I don't know if I've been fortunate, or merely don't really notice the deterioration much, but my copies of JAMSCD3, 4, 5, 6, SPACE CD1, KLFCD 010 and 004 are all reasonable to the eye and still play fine. As far as I'm aware, these are the only KLF discs that were manufactured by PDO and affected by the problem, but I may be wrong. Admittedly, there is a slight browning in both "Shag Times" and "WTILS", which I gather is one of the symptoms, but this has not got worse in about four years with either of them. I just store my CDs normally, in the boxes, and they have been carted from home to home for over a decade now. Have I just been lucky, or is the PDO problem limited in its scope? Or again, do I have the death of my CDs still to look forward to? John
I don't have any problem too. These CDs are in good condition, but carefully I have separate the inlay from the case since I know the problem! Steph
Have I just been lucky, or is the PDO problem limited in its scope? Or again, do I have the death of my CDs still to look forward to?
John
John Milne wrote:
PS - If anyone else has any rare Happy Mondays or Julian Cope CDs from the same era ("Wrote For Luck" original CD single, "Droolian", "Skellington", etc.) and is suffering from PDO rot, could you please contact me? I'd like to know if these CDs (which are all PDO btw) are affected too. You can e-mail me off-list if you prefer.
*Anything* produced by PDO UK ("MADE IN THE UK BY PDO") in the early '90's is possibly subject to bronzing. Some will, some won't. (Of course, there seems to be a direct relationship between the rarity of the CD and the liklihood of bronzing.) ;( I have a Julian Cope: Skellington that is definitely bronzing. I also have numerous CDs from The Beautiful Sounth, The Wonder Stuff, Marc Almond, etc, as well as numerous compilation CDs on PDO UK discs. Many, but not all of them, are showing signs of bronzing. A few years ago, I had PDO repleace a bunch of the affected CDs; has anyone been able to do that recently? I have a few more CDs that have started to go bad, and I've acquired more in the meantime... Chris
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