Hello all,
ACK ACK ACK HECK HECK HECK ARGH ARGH ARGH! I accidentally bought a bootleg-- dangit Aotearoa ;-<--->. The album was 'Mario and Zelda Big Band Live CD'--
http://www.vgmdb.net/db/albums.php?id=410. The bootleg has the catalog number 'KO-99119.' Googling this catalog number brought up two sites which nearly confirm 100% that it is indeed a Taiwanese bootleg...:
http://www.discogs.com/release/517287
http://www.cmdstore.com/4713235111194.html
After vowing never to bow bootlegs again I was tricked. The Ebay seller, 'cinvosfois,' had no prior selling history. He was selling discs only with a starting bid of US$0.99, and I was not aware that this album was widespread enough to be bootlegged (although I do know about the 3 Zelda Ocarina of time CDs commonly bootlegged by Ever Anime). I decided to be nice and to trust him. I have sent him a message regarding this item, and have told him that if he continues to sell bootlegs I will report him to Ebay.
My intention in buying the disc only was to be able to rip FLAC files from it onto my computer, as I plan on buying the full genuine album at the end of May of 2008 next month, and I want to keep it sealed when I get it.
I feel so stupid, so if one of the admins (like Secret Squirrel, Teioh, etc.) could put this into the database as a bootleg that would be great... it would help people to avoid making the same mistake as I did. From now on I am not buying any VGM albums unless if I Know for sure that it has a genuine catalog number. I don't even want to use this stupid worthless 'coaster disc' to rip FLAC files from.
If anyone wants scans of the disc and/or any info on how it plays just reply to my post or PM me or email me, as I'd be ahppy to privde them.