Thanks for weighing in, Steve. I remember when the Gotic album came out and that happened; I bought it after hearing it was a CD-R, but they should have been up front about it. I wasn't aware of anything like that with Oceanarium though.
Yes, and this is something I do have a problem with. It's happened to me a few times. Not only do they sell them with cheaply made packaging/labels (the Yes Remixes one was laughable), they aren't even made from a high quality audio source. It's ridiculous.
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