Karen4ever
Well-Known Member
For some unfathomable reason, Horizon--my favorite Carpenters studio album--has been cloned uncountable times. This CD has to be the most cloned CD since the dawn of the CD format, bar none.
By cloning I do not mean ma & pa type bootleg operations. The cloned Horizon CDs are commercially packaged and distributed (with covers different from the original) and with unique UPC codes. I have more than a dozen of these clones in my collection. All have professional (not great) level of sound quality.
So, the obvious question is why? What is it about Horizon that makes cloning it over and over profitable for the cloners? I've been researching into this for years but never been able to find a satisfactory answer. In the meantime, whenever I come across a Horizon clone, I would feel the uncontrollable urge to add it to my collection.
By cloning I do not mean ma & pa type bootleg operations. The cloned Horizon CDs are commercially packaged and distributed (with covers different from the original) and with unique UPC codes. I have more than a dozen of these clones in my collection. All have professional (not great) level of sound quality.
So, the obvious question is why? What is it about Horizon that makes cloning it over and over profitable for the cloners? I've been researching into this for years but never been able to find a satisfactory answer. In the meantime, whenever I come across a Horizon clone, I would feel the uncontrollable urge to add it to my collection.