TIPS ON BUYING OLDIES CD`S

HOW NOT TO GET BURNED

DID YOU EVER BUY AN OLDIES CD AND PLAY IT ONLY TO FIND OUT IT`S NOT THE ORIGINALS? YOU`VE ALREADY OPENED THE PACKAGE, SO YOU CAN`T RETURN IT... SINCE I CAN`T STAND REDONE SONGS, I SELL THE IT TO THE USED CD STORE AND KISS ABOUT 75% OF WHAT I JUST PAID FOR IT GOODBYE...WELL , THAT HAPPENED TO ME SO MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS THAT I LEARNED THE HARD WAY HOW NOT TO GET BURNED...

HERE`S A FEW THINGS TO WATCH FOR...

• ALWAYS READ BOTH FRONT AND BACK COVER OF THE CD, INCLUDING THE SMALL PRINT...
• IF IT`S PRINTED ON THE COVER, ``ORIGINAL RECORDINGS BY ORIGINAL ARTISTS``. IT`S OK...
• WATCH OUT FOR ``ORIGINAL ARTISTS`` THAT HAVE RERECORDED THEIR SONGS, THERE ARE A GREAT MANY OF THESE OUT THERE...
• IF YOU SEE AN ASTERISK *, CHECK OUT WHAT IT REPRESENTS. QUITE OFTEN A CD WILL HAVE A MIXTURE OF ORIGINALS AND REDONE MATERIAL. THIS MAY INDICATE THE REDO`S...
• CHECK OUT THE COPYRIGHT YEARS ON THE BACK COVER. IF SEVERAL YEARS ARE LISTED IT`S A GOOD SIGN. IF ONLY ONE YEAR IS LISTED, BEWARE...UNLESS OF COURSE IT`S HITS FROM A SPECIFIC YEAR, `` HITS OF 1955`` FOR EXAMPLE...
• IF THE PRODUCTION CREDITS ARE LISTED, LOOK FOR MULTIPLE PRODUCERS...
• IF THE CD LISTS SEVERAL OTHER RECORDING LABELS THAT THEY HAVE LICENSED THE SONGS FROM, IT`S A GOOD SIGN...
• IF YOU KNOW THAT THE ARTISTS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ORIGINALLY RECORDED ON THE LABEL THAT YOU ARE HOLDING IN YOUR HAND, THEN IT`S PROBABLY OK...
• MAJOR LABELS USUALLY ONLY RELEASE THE ORIGINAL RECORDINGS...

HERE`S SOME LABELS THAT HAVEN`T BURNED ME

• COLUMBIA
• ATLANTIC
• TIME-LIFE
• K-TEL
• RHINO
• MERCURY
• RCA

  I CAN`T GUARANTEE YOU A 100% SUCCESS RATE , BUT I HOPE THESE TIPS HELP TO SAVE YOU SOME HEADACHES AND MONEY...

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