CLOVEN HOOF - Dominator CD Reissue

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:06 pm

Man, that sounds worse than their DVD 'work'

Outcast · Post by **Outcast** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:34 pm

Divine Victim wrote:I have the CD. Yes, it is a CDR (with one of those glossy white labels on the non-data side). The booklet is a single folded sheet with no lyrics or liner notes. I've seen much worse, but it's clearly a missed opportunity.

It's not a missed opportunity, it's just a shame, because they certainly still can press a regular CD, they certainly aren't from Uzbekhistan where it would be perhaps an issue.

It should be boycotted. How much they priced the "CD"?

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:03 am

Divine Victim wrote:...Much worse than that though, the mastering seems to be FUCKED! There are horrible moments of crackly distortion - I'm not highly versed in the sound of the original album as I don't have it, but I'm guessing this wasn't a problem originally?...

Oh, wow! This adds a whole new twists for us... Thanks for sharing this info!

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:19 pm

Judging from the progress here, Sultan's Ransom will be on a re-writable disc with the music recorded with a cheap handheld recorder held in front of a worn copy of the original vinyl played on a deck with a rubbish needle.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:37 pm

haha...and all these in a subway station.

LaGouille · Post by **LaGouille** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:35 pm

Black Axe wrote:Judging from the progress here, Sultan's Ransom will be on a re-writable disc with the music recorded with a cheap handheld recorder held in front of a worn copy of the original vinyl played on a deck with a rubbish needle.

and at the wrong speed

Divine Victim · Post by **Divine Victim** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 12:53 pm

stormspell wrote:
Divine Victim wrote:...Much worse than that though, the mastering seems to be FUCKED! There are horrible moments of crackly distortion - I'm not highly versed in the sound of the original album as I don't have it, but I'm guessing this wasn't a problem originally?...
Oh, wow! This adds a whole new twists for us... Thanks for sharing this info!

I'd like to get this corroborated by someone else who has it, to check I didn't just get a dud. I've tried it on two different players/speakers though and it's not good at all.

jnfernal · Post by **jnfernal** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:24 am

I will keep my bootleg CDs...at least they are silver pressed, with a pretty decent quality sound and honest artwork....

Divine Victim · Post by **Divine Victim** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:14 pm

I had an email from Lee Payne today saying that there was a major mix-up and that silver-disc, 4-page press copies have been sent to fans by mistake, and that there is an 8-page proper version for the fans! So on the face of it, all's well (can't speak for the mastering though!).

quietus · Post by **quietus** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:36 pm

jnfernal wrote:I will keep my bootleg CDs...at least they are silver pressed, with a pretty decent quality sound and honest artwork....

Yes, when you are bootlegging a bands work, it is very important the artwork be honest.

FRANKL · Post by **FRANKL** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:50 pm

I bought the limited edition with the patch and also received the cdr version. I contacted Cloven Hoof and was told to return the cdr for the silver pressed 8 page booklet correct version.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:58 am

I'm glad this situation has been solved and it is going to be silver pressed release with full booklet.

Given the circumstances, I don't think another small cd pressing is really needed at the moment, so we'll be retracting our licensing offer and supporting the band's release instead.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:02 am

Let me know how the proper version looks when you guys receive it.

vansinne · Post by **vansinne** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:22 pm

And more importantly, how it sounds.

heavymetalmaniac · Post by **heavymetalmaniac** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:57 am

I also got that faulty CD-R version plus the inlay was inserted wrong and therefor does look like if I got an old used CD. I wrote to Kay - the one who usually sends all the Cloven Hoof related mails - to get a replacement. Hopefully it will work.

At the Swordbrothers festival Andi Preisig had some Cloven Hoof CD's but I did not check if they are CD-R's or not... .

HMM.

Edit: I got an error message after writing to them again. I seem to be on a spam list/ folder, however, my e-mail came back unanswered.

I can't imagine they did a special lot of the Dominator CD including a different booklet and a different CD (R). All in all a very strange thing.