From dancr@MICROSOFT.com Sun Sep 7 00:39:38 1997 Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu (mx4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.5]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id AAA10502 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 00:39:37 -0700 Received: from mail3.microsoft.com (mail3.microsoft.com [131.107.3.23]) by mx4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with ESMTP id AAA05031 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 00:39:36 -0700 Received: by mail3.microsoft.com with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1459.27) id ; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 00:40:05 -0700 Message-ID: <12DC14B0590AD111AF9300805F6889172FBD6B@LCH-02-MSG.dns.microsoft.com> From: Dan Crawford To: "'failure@u.washington.edu'" Subject: failure / live cd mistake Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 00:39:34 -0700 X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1459.27) actually, i heard someoe else mention that this happened to them, and it was the same live instead of failure scenario. i know MY copy of failure is a misprint - there is absolutely no silkscreened art on the cd - i had to mark the inner circle of it to show which side is the upside when it goes into the cd player - kind of a cool funny novelty...and most labels subcontract their pressing out to another company - it's cheaper to subcontract someone else to do it (especially someone with facilities that do nothing but press cds) than it is to maintain those facilities yourself. that's how you get another label's artist in the picture. case in point: microsoft doesn't press their own cds anymore - they just recently switched all cd manufacturing duties to an outsourcer. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy [SMTP:jerm@fullnet.net] > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 1997 1:15 PM > To: FML [failure mailing list] > Subject: Re: Fw: [Hum] Failure {1} > > the cd is just live's throwing copper with a picture similar > > > to the cover on the cd. it doesn't look like there is any gold > under the > > > paint on the cd(the real throwing copper is gold). does anybody > know how > > > this could happen? they aren't even on the same label. i'm gonna > return > > > it, but they don't have any more failure cds around here! > > > Yeah- a label can end pressing a song on another > labels disc. And Star Trek is a documentary, pigs fly, Elvis > is alive and working for the CIA, and I like you. > -jerm > > "I have the perfect cure for a sore throat. Cut it. > > > -Alfred Hitchcock > > The Spacer Homepage > http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/9677 > Oklahoma Music Chat > http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/6416 .