Non-urgent CD questions (READ OP!)

[The Knell]

are those any good?

Endless Tears Emotion 1994
Blind Fury Out of Reach 1985/1994 or 2006 have yet to get an answer

As albums or as CD editions ?

No I meant if they are OK to get for cheap...Blind Fury is the digipak reissue 2006 so Id rather get the vinyl instead

Also how is Fight (US) - Fight For Words 1993

[Heathen]

does this CD look like the original to you?

http://cgi.ebay.pl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 2759.l1259

Please enlarge the photo and take a look at the matrix.

[Helstar]

AFAIK there is no known bootleg of Survive on IRS ? I have the UOF print so I can't help a lot anyway

[Heathen]

There surely is a boot:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NUCLEAR-ASSAULT-Sur ... 2a0715e9b2

I just want to make sure that this is what its matrix looks like

[perishinflames]

Yes of course there is, I thought the IRS was the most widely spread Survive boot. I don't remember my old copy looking quite like that, but the picture is pretty bad so its hard to tell. But the old bootlegs had the yellow disc label completely covering the matrix area, so unless there are newer boots then that one's probably legit. Matrix should contain "manufactured by Sanyo"

Though there is something strange about that copy, I'd pass on it

[Helstar]

Oh you're right, I didn't check the 'bootleg.txt' list before ^^

If you want I have a double of Survive cd UOF print, we can trade it (depends on what you have

[perishinflames]

Thx for the offer, but I sold my CD for $75 and replaced it with the LP for $5, so I'm content with that

[Helstar]

I was talking to pan_Heathen (mostly)

[Heathen]

Yes of course there is, I thought the IRS was the most widely spread Survive boot. I don't remember my old copy looking quite like that, but the picture is pretty bad so its hard to tell. But the old bootlegs had the yellow disc label completely covering the matrix area, so unless there are newer boots then that one's probably legit. Matrix should contain "manufactured by Sanyo"

Though there is something strange about that copy, I'd pass on it

I have the very same "boot" and it contains "Manufactured By sanyo" (the text is the same as on the original) but the font is different than in the original I know and there is also a stripe on the matrix (like, say, in the UOF CDs). So A am wondering is this an original with a different matrix (no chance, I think) or this is a boot (99% sure).

[Heathen]

I was talking to pan_Heathen (mostly)

Unfortunately I never go beyond 35 EUR even for my top wants, so I cant buy expensive CDs from people who know what they are worth

The downside is that sometimes, when I try to buy 40€ CD for 8€ I get a boot.

[Heathen]

Thats the third I.R.S. Survive version, the well known bootleg:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NUCLEAR-ASSAULT-Sur ... 3cad22f402

So either there are two bootlegs, or two originals with a different font on the matrix.

[sovdat]

From Rom's collection page:

NUCLEAR ASSAULT - Survive
I.R.S. Metal licensed from Combat - 1988 [IRDS-42195] US pressing - CD made in Japan (manufactured by Sanyo)

Perhaps there was a later press where CD was manufactured in USA, as with Combat CDs, and therefore you have 2 different versions?

The picture from that auctions isn't the best, but the matrix area looks kinda like this one on another Nuclear Assault CD:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NUCLEAR-ASSAULT-Out ... 56345af8aa

... but what do you need 35€ for?

[Heathen]

here you can see the suspicious CD and its matrix closely:



To me it looks bootleg like...

And here is a good shot of a big part of the matrix I know is original:

[Helstar]

The presumed bootleg has a mirrored matrix ?

In the other you can read "manufactured" in the upper left of the pic, and it's not mirrored.

[Heathen]

Yes, thats another difference