Seeger Sessions CD Playback Problems

Yesterday, I finally bought my copy of Bruce Springsteen's latest album, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions.

With great anticipation I put it into the mini-stereo system I have in the kitchen to give it a spin. Just seconds into the first track the laser reading the disc data began skipping all over the place. I tried the second song. The same thing happened.

"What the hell!" thought I. What was going on? I decided my mini-stereo system, which is a few years old now, wasn't up to the job of playing the new CD.

So I put the disc into my large Sony stereo system which sits in my computer room. This sytem is also getting old, but I've never had problems playing anything on it.

Until now.

Once again, I had problems with the disc. This time the laser didn't skip around, but the quality of the sound was atrocious. It was full of crackles and distortion.

By this time, I was beginning to regret my purchase. In deperation I put the disc into the CD player on my computer. At last! The disc finally began to play without any problems. I'm listening to the album as I type this. But my enjoyment of the music has been coloured by the problems I've had with the disc.

Does this mean that I can only listen to the album while I'm sitting at the computer? Surely, everyone who has purchased a copy of Springsteen's new album is not having the same problems I am. Is this a case of 'buyer beware'? Can someone at SonyBMG shed some light on this issue?

I'll have to come back in a day or two and write a review of the album when I'm in a better frame of mind. And if I have any new information about my playback problems I will let you know.

On This Day in...

1971: Bob Dylan appears at George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden. Oh, and the No.1 on the charts is James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend." 1968: At Abbey Road, the Beatles record "Hey Jude." 1964: Martha & the Vandellas release "Dancing in the Street."

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Quote of The Day...

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. ~ Steve Jobs (1955 - )

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