Intrada Soundtrack Forum

For those who remember Roger's joke about BENJI being the next Special CD.
It so happens that the official Benji site has CDs for sale...

http://www.benji.com/BenjiMarket/BuySoundtracks.htm

I just e-mailed the site to confirm that these discs are official and not just CDRs, and this is what transpired:

DM:
Hello Nancy,
I had a quick question about the soundtrack CDs you have available on your website, which is:
Are the CDs you have for sale official pressings or CDR transfers? I happen to have an LP of the original Benji film score and would like the CD edition, however I'm not interested in buying a CDR copy as I could transfer it myself. If the CDs on your site are genuine official remastered pressings (not CDR), then I would be overjoyed.... and would purchase it.

Cheers

NANCY:
Not sure what you mean.
The CDs are mastered from the original tape masters of the film soundtrack.

DM:
Hello,
Oh, I mean the CDs you are selling, the CDs themselves.
Are they greenish or gold looking CDRs which are cheap and look homemade OR are they professionally produced silver discs pressed by a professional company or record label?

The digital audio transfer from the mastertapes is one thing, but the medium on which the CDs are pressed is important.

Cheers

NANCY:
Professional

So, yay its on CD!
Anybody interested go visit now.

Anyone with some cash and connections can make illegally pressed CDs. Just because they are pressed doesn't mean they got the rights, and doesn't mean it's a GOOD transfer.

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If memory serves, Joe Camp's original BENJI movies were independently produced, so they may very well retain the rights to the music. But of course this is the internet, so buyer beware.

I may have said yay it's on CD, but in analyzing her response to my question(s).
She seems very defensive.
I also should have asked about the license, too, but in America licensed product is usually professionally produced.

Unlike, say, CDs available directly from Alan Howarth.
He may have an official license, but presses everything on cheapo CDRs.

I say carefully investigate, etc.
As there are also listings for the BENJI CDs on Amazon & Half.com