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HOWDY Y'ALL...this isn't actually all that interesting but a japanese cd place i had ordered from previously sent me this today

UICY-90880
Sonic Youth/Screaming Fields of Sonic Love[SHM-CD] [Limited Release] CDA
2381 yen US$24/100.53 Release Date:2008/05/28
Description:SHM-CD reissue. The high quality SHM-CD (Super High Material CD)
format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special
polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music
Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display
manufacturing, SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the
disc, allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head.
SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. This release is also part of the 200-album SHM-CD Series Campaign from Universal Music
Japan.

yeah like i said not too interesting (to me at least) but thought someone else might care
keep on rockin' in the free world

Reminds me of the GOO Gold disc. What was the deal with that?

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Originally Posted by skipvacuum

HOWDY Y'ALL...this isn't actually all that interesting but a japanese cd place i had ordered from previously sent me this today...

yeah like i said not too interesting (to me at least) but thought someone else might care
keep on rockin' in the free world

It's interesting in that this is the first time I'm hearing of the 200-album SHM-CD Series Campaign from Universal Music Japan.

I found that the 2-disc Shine A Light soundtrack for the new Rolling Stones performance doc by Scorsese is part of the 200-album SHM series being released.
http://www.iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,866575,page=4
http://novogate.com/board/968/241330-2.html