Razormaid Records
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Razormaid was started in 1984 by Joseph Watt and Art Maharg in San Francisco, California as a music service for working club DJs. Their objective was to offer something other than just the regular versions that everyone had in their record bins. They created their own special versions of songs by editing and sometimes remixing the hottest club tunes being played (or about to be played) around the world. Their re-edited tracks set them apart from every other DJ service at the time and the music that they chose was some of the most cutting edge stuff available. |
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The only thing missing from this collection is the addition of the hard drive to the catalog. Of course he's used various drive over the years, but it would be good to see how may people actually have it, and how many want it. LMFAO! -
Tired of spending your hard earned $$$ on overpriced LP's CD's and bad colored CDR's? Save you pennies and purchase the entire RM library. You get everything ever put out in s brand new HD with all the album artwork and burn your own discs. :D
I've had mine for about 8 years with no issues, plus he gives you a lifetime warranty. I've yet to cash in on it, but it's good to know its out there. Did I mention that he'll even call you, (If you want) and go over the set up process with you. Let me just warn you, he is a talker and very down to earth! LOL
No I'm not getting paid for this, I've been a ionate fan since I discover RM and was obsessing on getting everything ever made. I even have "THE BOOK" PEACE! -
I bought 3 Razormaid! cd-r's,(..one is colored, the other two normal)
from ebay a few months ago.
I wanted these really badly and bid on and won(?) them.
Other people bought about 7 or 8 other ones from this seller.
All of these discs are bad - they look hazed, have surface damage and
have scratchy, crunchy sounds during play, they get even unfathomably worse
the further you play into the discs.
I cannot believe that someone would sell these to other people and act like 'that's okay'.
Also, I cannot believe that I fell for this again after being one of those individuals,
(..there must have been scads of them), that were 'burned' by Joseph Watt
when he started to sell (mainly) colored disc cd-r's to customers back around 2000, or so.
Back then, I bought 8 or 9 Class X various discs and a couple of custom series discs - all went completely unplayable within a few months.
I do not agree that cd-r's generally 'go bad'.The only time that I have had this happen was when a burner said "cd was created unsuccessfully', (..and with a legit copy bronze colored cd disc of by "Kuffs"soundtrack by Harold Faltermeyer - it seemed that some of the finish on it flaked off, affecting the first track).
Joseph Watt/Razormaid! did some great remixes during the 80's(an understatement) and as far as his cd's go -
the ones that were manufactured in an actual plant are (usually), more than fine, but with his cd-r period - these cheap, badly authored cd-r's were just plain crap and a total rip-off.
Buyer beware(..my advice would be: 'don't buy')! -
I just bought two CD-Rs from eBay. One ripped to Apple Lossless with no errors but the other was very problematic. The last three tracks had bad sectors: nine with 13, ten with 137 and eleven with 1014. I had to let eleven run overnight and it took 3:50:00.
I'm in OS X 10.11.6 and using XLD with all the secure ripping settings turned on. None of the ripped tracks have any audible errors. Amazing. Perhaps EAC could do the job in Windows but I don't have time to experiment. -
The note regarding CD-R deterioration is not confined to Razormaid. This is a symptom of ALL CD-Rs and is an inevitable end result. All CD-Rs will deteriorate over time. Average lifespan for any CD-R is approx. 5 years. -
On the positive side great to see Razormaid back on Facebook with Digital s of new and former product available thru their original website. And the sound quality is great on the new mixes as expected! On the negative side it seems there is an elephant in the room in the form of all those beautifully packaged color cdrs sold in the 2000's. Many of us spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars of all those great releases and now many are deteriorating and becoming unplayable! Reminds me of the bad cdr from REMIX! Central in their later days. Maybe Razormaid should offer a one to one trade - a bad cdr for the same as digital . -
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Razormaid announced they were starting up again. Google Razormaid and follow the link to their Facebook . They are offering their entire cata digital format. There haven't been updates since the beginning of the year, and the titles on the current issue on their website seem old-ish to me, but I'm pretty much out of it these days.
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My first Razormaid! purchase was vinyl issue Z-13 upon its release and was hooked ever since. Used to call them on the phone for HOURS during their crazy yearly sales. Ha ha ha ha. Good times. I was able to increase my collection over the following years and was able to purchase their first cd releases as they came out but began to notice a change in music and production. When they stopped releasing their "die-cut" series of Razormaid! and began with the whole Cycle/Sector stuff, I lost interest and ended my subscription. Besides, I really didn't care for the direction their music was going.
A guy I knew said he had spoken with Joseph Watt about 10 years ago on the phone and Joseph told him they were using a program called Diamond Cut to sonically "restore" the earlier releases but to be honest, I find this software to be doing more damage than it is good. The upper and lower frequencies are a little better but the mid-range sounds squashed and almost nonexistent. If you can find the original Razormaid! cds, grab them. Why? Because the first Razormaid! cds were factory pressed and not cdr, so their shelf-life is longer. Also, they were pressed long before the use of Diamond Cut and sound 10 times better than the issues being released on cdr. Just my two cents is all. -
Damn...just found another Razormaid CD (issue M-16) which is starting to deteriorate. Just the first and last tracks now have a distinct "crackle" to them, exactly like the Class-X issues previously mentioned. Interesting that both this issue and Class-X 21 were made on purple discs. Wondering if that has something to do with it.
