July 16, 2005
Dual Discs
I got the new Son Volt album today on Dual Disc today and have so far been unimpressed. For one, I don’t care too much about watching the DVD content, I just want to put the songs onto my iPod. I don’t like the idea of buying albums from iTunes because I never actually own the physical good of the CD. The biggest problem I have with the Dual Disc format is that it breaks the standard CD format, which means the Dual Disc doesn’t work in all CD players, like my G5 iMac. From the reading I have done on the web, it looks like the Dual Disc is a bit thicker than a standard CD, and the iMac doesn’t know how to handle it.
To get the audio to my iPod I had to import the CD to my Dad’s computer and then zip up the wp-content and use YouSendIt to get it to my computer.
I have only listened to the first few songs so far and it sounds pretty good. In unrelated research, while reading about the new album, I saw that Dave Bryson, of the Counting Crows, plays drum on this album.
UPDATE: Don’t quote me on this being the same Dave Bryson as in the Counting Crows. I should have done more research, but I watched the other side of the DVD and this Dave doesn’t look too much like the one from CC.
Categories: Music
Libby on 18 Jul 2005 at 8:14 am #
You should send a little note to Apple, so they can work on that problem. I feel the same way about buying from iTunes. It isn’t any cheaper than buying the CD and you get much less, including the hassle of making a backup CD.