CD Xtra/Emhanced CD/CD+

[Hell Mike]

I had close to forgotten about these gems of old when I stumbled upon a gem while listening to None Shall Defy. I was planning to write funny stuff but instead I'll just explain and upload:

Way back when, CDs sometimes had CD-ROM extras besides the regular audio tracks. I know some Iron Maiden reissues had them, and this here Infernal Mäjesty CD and many more that I can't think of atm. Anyways, in this thread I encourage everyone to SPREAD THE DIS(PL)EASE and enjoy the enclosed digital multimedia file. (Unpack and run the executable file, no deathvirus added by me)

https://www.yousendit.com/download/eURBT2pPYSttUUUwTVE9PQ

EDIT: eNNNNhanced of course

 

[Krilons Resa]

Hey, I remember that! It all started when I was in high school.

 

[Hell Mike]

Awoke in the second half of the 90s and died with the new millennium I would assume?

When I started this one up I realized I have done so before but that was many moons past and this is still goden.

 

[dorian gray]

I was reading the liner notes of the Rush album Different Stages the other day and noticed it was an "enhanced" CD (never bothered to notice that over the past 14 years) that required Win 95 lol

 

[dorian gray]

Hmm...kinda related but in the opposite direction: I tried playing the second disc from the limited edition of Watershed in my car the other day and cursed several times before realizing it's a DVD.

 

[Krilons Resa]

This Vista bullshit probably couldnt handle it then. Not that my speaker drivers would work correctly to view it anyhow (due to Vista).

 

[dorian gray]

last comment: it's amusing that I'm so accustomed to convenience that even after I realized it was a DVD, I was miffed for a few seconds that the fucking CD player just didn't go ahead and play it anyway

 

[lurch70]

used to be a big Laserdisc collector. it was the first video medium that could have multiple audio channels for director commentary, etc.
was listening to them religiously.

once dvd hit and it became a standard, haven't listened to one in 15 years.

 

[Krilons Resa]

i remember them breaking out them BIG freaking discs out in high school too! Those fuckers were HUGE!

Like loading a flying saucer or giant frisbee into a console to watch a program.

 

[dorian gray]

HAHA!!! Yeah, I remember laughing at those in high school.

 

[einride]

laserdisc is a really fascinating medium from a technical standpoint

never seen a player or a disc in real life though

 

[einride]

also, anyone remember when "mixed mode" cd's couldn't be handled by cd-rom players/weren't invented so the data track was track 1 and if you played it in a cd it was totally quiet and the music started on track 2, and there were warnings that "playing track 1 on an audio cd player could damage your system"

that shit was stupid