With this post, I turn my attention to the classic 1976 double-album from Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life. Specifically, I would like to take a look at the original Japanese CD pressing on Tamla for the U.S. market (catalog number TCD06115TD-2). In my experience, this is the rarest of the original CD [...]

This is the final installment of the “Reprocessed Stereo” Elvis Presley CD series, which began in December 2009. Below are links to the first three installments. Part 1: Elvis’ Golden Records Part 2: Elvis Presley Part 3: Elvis In this final entry dedicated to the rare “Reprocessed Stereo” Elvis Presley CDs, we look at the compilation, [...]

Back in November of 2008, I reported a rare Japan-for-U.S. pressing of Ozzy Osbourne’s 1983 album, Bark at the Moon (for more information, click here).  Looking back at that entry, I knew to be looking for the Japanese pressing of Bark at the Moon because the inserts stated “Disc manufactured in Japan by CBS/Sony, Tokyo, [...]

Part 2 in this series of “Reprocessed Stereo” Elvis Presley entries covered Elvis Presley. This post was entered below on February 21, 2010. In the third post in this series, the highlighted album is Elvis Presley’s second album, Elvis.  The first version of this album on CD was released by RCA under catalog number PCD1-1382.  As with [...]

As we turn to spring, I turn my attention to a rare CD recently acquired after much searching.  It’s a CD I never was able to find in a used CD shop despite considerable effort, but eBay saved the day, in a manner of speaking.  It is the West German Polygram pressing of The Motels [...]

Part 1 in this series of “Reprocessed Stereo” Elvis Presley entries covered Elvis’ Golden Records. This post was entered below on December 26, 2009. In this second installment studying the “fake stereo” Elvis Presley CDs, we look at The King’s self-titled debut album, which includes such hits as “Blue Suede Shoes” and “I Got a Woman”.  Elvis [...]

For the first post of 2010, we turn our attention to a classic rock staple from 1976 from Eagles — Hotel California.  Obviously nothing needs to be said about the album, so I will just get to our featured CD.  The disc in the spotlight is a Japan-for-U.S. pressing from the Daio Kosan pressing plant [...]

As would be expected, the majority of albums produced in the 1950s were recorded in mono, as stereo was in its infancy.  By the time the compact disc hit the market in the early 1980s, however, stereo recording and playback was the norm.  As a result, it was considered fashionable in certain instances to take [...]