I bought this CD when it was first announced. Man, did it sound TERRIFIC! I played it many times when I first got it, then put it in my Herrmann section. I played it on occasion for the next few years. Then, one day back in 2018, I listened to it again.... something was wrong. About halfway throught the CD, there was a pulsating scratchy noise. I couldn't figure out what it was, so I took it out of the left side of my player, and put it in the RIGHT side of the player... same thing. I then tried it in my computer CD player... same thing. I put it back on the shelf. Last year I tried playing it again, but by that time the pulsating scratchy noise had infected the ENTIRE CD. All together, I have tried playing it on 7 different players, and it's always the same, so the problem is with the CD. The CD looks ABSOLUTELY PERFECT... no blemishes, no pinholes, no dirt or dust on the surface, no signs of "bronzing" at all. I e-mailed Doug about it, and he nicely said that I was basically shit out of luck(MY words, NOT HIS!) I'm assuming that MY copy is the ONLY ONE IN EXISTENCE that has had this happen to it... or AM I? I have well over a THOUSAND CDs, and THIS is the ONLY ONE that has developed this problem. Since I never received any responses to my Willow thread, I suspect the same here, but figured I would "put it out there" and see if any of you have this release and had the same problem arise.
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