who says that promos are never CDRs? There are lot of them, produced by the composer itself or his agency. some agencies just don't care about artwork. you ask for the score you may get it on a CDR with black&white artwork (if you are lucky).

I personally bought some promo CDs from Neal Acree (a very friendly composer) and they were all CDRs but with nice artworks.

and "promotional use only" are just 3 words who anyone can print. many b**ts contain this words on their artwork but this doesn't make them a bit legitimate.

well about this DVD-rip and stuff.. it's a matter of experience. If you know lot about promos and unreleased scores and isolated DVD scores then you learn fast about bad DVD-rips, even with sfx, and how to recognize them. But then again you can never be sure. ;)

so, why buying expensive CDRs from some guys you don't know what and how they do it when you can get it from emule or other sources.

save your money till a legit release is out.

1701, May 28, 2008; 8:06 PM

1. People are way TOO harsh regarding CD-R's. There is NOTHING wrong with them.

2. Promo releases can either be put out by the composer or by the studio to promote the film's music....hence the term "promo release". Because they're often made quickly and for promotional purposes, they're NOT always going to be pressed discs.

kriegerg69, May 29, 2008; 12:12 AM

Some of Movie Boulevards promos are actual bootlegs and or copies. They keep them in stock and sell them.

TheSaint.786, May 29, 2008; 12:20 PM

in response to:
1. People are way TOO harsh regarding CD-R's. There is NOTHING wrong with them.

-- Sorry, but it is common knowledge that CD-R discs do not last as long as factory pressed discs. If you buy a promo CD-R, I would suggest making a copy right away.

There are various promos being made with different goals. Some have nice artwork and find a legit distributor, others only bear a tracklist and were intended mainly for industry people.

In the past there have been many threads here regarding this issue - try to search for them.

PS: I vividly remember visiting 'movie boulevard' when on vacation in the UK. Them seemed like a legit shop to me (at that time) and I even bought a LaserDisc there (just so you know it was a long time ago).

rinse_dream, May 29, 2008; 5:20 PM

They are a legit shop and they used sell Laserdiscs a lot when they were in fashio. To be fair they sell a hell of a lot of legit stuff but they also sell bootlegs and or copies. They claim to be very good friends of John Barry and the told me a story as to why JB was dropped from the James Bond franchise.

TheSaint.786, May 29, 2008; 6:44 PM