Re: (idm) AE CD top

From Alan R. Lucas
Sent Sat, Aug 22nd 1998, 14:56

correct me if i'm wrong, but
the little rings that you're seeing
are the individual tracks on the
album. no art, no mystery. i'm
really surprised this has gone on
this long.

alan!

On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Edward Pond wrote:

> Regarding the supposed pattern on the Ae LP5 CD, I can see an oily
> pattern but this effect is seen on ALL CDs I have on the label side
> where it is clear. I've just looked at Disjecta's Looking for Snags
> CD and the pattern is there too when you angle the CD correctly to
> a light source.
> 
> previous message:
> >> i haven't seen the cd, but most cd graphics are screenprinted, a
> >> process where moire patterns can be a problem and are more or less
> >> evident depending on the design being printed.
> >
> >
> >no there is definetly something 'printed'(but not screen printed) on it
> >... it sorta looks like an oily watermark or something ... it would be
> >interesting to look at two of them and see if they are the same or if it
> >was just some random process they did to each CD
> >
> >m.
>