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Amazon should be contacted regarding this title. I am certainly not going to buy it if is indeed a fake listing. Is it common for these kinds of listings to go up on Amazon? Doesn't Amazon confirm the accuracy of such listings?
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Post by zeus August 29, 2008 (12 of 19)
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threerandot said:
Is it common for these kinds of listings to go up on Amazon? Doesn't Amazon confirm the accuracy of such listings?
Yes to the first, and not just Amazon. No to the second as the description is provided by the label/distributor, quite a few of which have figured out that by ticking all the boxes they'll get more exposure for their disc. There are PLENTY of bogus listings on Amazon and elsewhere, so please DO NOT post them here. If a title isn't listed on this site it's generally for a reason. Sometimes I haven't got around to it, sometimes I'm waiting on more details to make the listing worthwhile, sometimes I'm waiting on confirmation that it is a SA-CD ... but more likely the listing is bogus. If you stick to the titles listed here and follow the links provided, you'll be pretty sure of receiving what you expect.
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Post by tiggers August 29, 2008 (13 of 19)
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Post by zeus August 29, 2008 (14 of 19)
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tiggers said:
Which reminds me... (seems a good spot as any)
Zeus, I could not find any info supporting that the import album by +44 "When Your Heart Stops Beating " was released as an SACD, as seen in this example Amazon link.
I spent some time researching this but drew a blank. It's not obviously bogus like most other listings. The only thing is for someone to order a copy and let me know! Maybe somebody already has this?
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zeus said:
Yes to the first, and not just Amazon. No to the second as the description is provided by the label/distributor, quite a few of which have figured out that by ticking all the boxes they'll get more exposure for their disc. There are PLENTY of bogus listings on Amazon and elsewhere, so please DO NOT post them here. If a title isn't listed on this site it's generally for a reason. Sometimes I haven't got around to it, sometimes I'm waiting on more details to make the listing worthwhile, sometimes I'm waiting on confirmation that it is a SA-CD ... but more likely the listing is bogus. If you stick to the titles listed here and follow the links provided, you'll be pretty sure of receiving what you expect.
Thanks Zeus. I had no idea that Amazon could be so sloppy, but I do remember that some people here at SA-CD.net have ordered discs from Amazon and gotten RBCD's instead of SA-CDs. I will look at listings with a little more scrutiny from now on. I also want to say thanks for all the wonderful work you do here at SA-CD.net. Keep up the great work!
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Post by zeus August 29, 2008 (16 of 19)
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threerandot said:
... but I do remember that some people here at SA-CD.net have ordered discs from Amazon and gotten RBCD's instead of SA-CDs.
This was for the Rolling Stones titles that used the same barcode for both SA-CD and CD. The links have since been updated to only point to the Japanese pressings which weren't subject to barcode recycling. If you follow ANY of the links from here, you should end up with a SA-CD. The logic will also dynamically link to the cheapest version when multiple versions are available from a given vendor (which is often the case with local and import pressings on offer).
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Edvin said:
[BOX SET] [SINGLE] [DUALDISC] [ENHANCED] [HYBRID SACD] [RINGLE] [SOUNDTRACK]
Look at the price. Do you really think this is real? What is a Ringle? What does Soundtrack has to do with it? Enhanced? A box set with one disc that is both a Dualdisc and a SACD.
Ah, that sounds too much like that Nine Inch Nails album 'The Slip' advertised on Amazon recently as "[BOX SET] [SINGLE] [DUALDISC] [ENHANCED] [HYBRID SACD] [RINGLE] [SOUNDTRACK]" (discussed in this thread /showthread/29807/) which in the end turned out to be vinyl.
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Post by Claude August 30, 2008 (18 of 19)
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Forgive my greenness, but might someone please explain what, if anything, distinguishes the Japanese SACD releases of the Rolling Stones' catalogue from the earlier ABKCO issues?
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