From around 1988 to 1993, the PDO plant in the UK produced compact discs that that were improperly lacquered. This caused a reaction between the aluminum in the disc and the sulpher in the booklet that caused a condition called "bronzing." Over a period of time, sufficiently bronzed discs will become unplayable. I stress that this condition only occurs with discs produced at this specific plant during this specific time frame. Most of the affected discs are from the Hyperion label but there were discs from numerous other companies that were also effected. For a complete list of effected discs by label and catalog number click here and here. (Big thanks to members Saoshya & Carbozie for providing the links.) I have one disc from Decca "L'Oiseau Lyre" and numerous Hyperion discs that are on the list. I will be ripping and sharing these discs here at MIMIC and I will post these discs regardless if I or anyone else has already posted them here. This is too important a project to worry about duplicate postings. I will label all my new posts with "Bronze Series" at the end of the description in parenthesis: (Bronze Series.) The first in this series will be Vivaldi's Stabat mater - Nisi Dominus on the L'Oiseau Lyre. The following discs in the series will all be from Hyperion in sequential order. For further reading on bronzed discs, go here and here.
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