@78rpm-maniac
Hi,no i quite agree,it does sound daft,that's why i'm curious to know,but i have seen cases of European made fake-Japanese CD's,i.e,they never make it to Japan,and they turn up at UK record fairs in the UK etc.,that's why i'm interested to see the scans.
You're right about the early days of CD's of course,when Japanese/German made CD's were made for the US/European/world markets,but this is different,the fact that Discogs has them as "Partially Unofficial" still intrigues,and the fact it has the Italian S.I.A.E.rights agency on the Disc says to me that something dodgy is going on somewhere;),as i say,it would be nice to see a separate entry with scans if you could,then we could debate as to whether it's Italian or Japanese;)
To my knowledge, in the early days of CD-Manufacturing, both countries Germany and Japan were the first nations able to produce CDs, for their markets and for other countries like the USA.
I think the other way around: an Italian made CD for the Japanese market. Sounds crazy.
Hi Greg, ok i´m also a little bit confused in the case of my obscure Japan-Italian ABBA-CD-Album. Normally you will find the JASRAC Inscription as Copyright Society for "real japanese" Albums.
@78rpm-maniac
Hi,is yours this one on Discogs?,as it's a different label (BS)(Buena Suerte Industrias Musicales Inc) and different Cat.No./has barcode, it will need to be deleted here and a new entry created.
Discogs has a few of these and has them marked as "Partially Unofficial",and they are all under "Japan",it would be handy if you could create an entry with accompanying scans if poss to help identify.
It's unclear from the Discogs entry where this the Disc was made,Italy perhaps?,although they say in the notes that somewhere there is "Made in Japan/Manufactured in Japan",possibly on the artwork?
So,was it/are they an Italian release with Disc made in Italy,a type of Italian semi boot made for the Japanese market,and the artwork was printed in Japan?
(i.e,an Italian fake-Japanese release)
or something else?
Curious;)
Hi my copy has a different Label and different Cat.-nr.
BS-009 Catalogue and the Italian Copyright-Society imprint SIAE.
Matrix: BS 009 PHC 01 @@.
Maybe an Japanese-Pressing for the Italian market. Export-Issue ??