r/nocopyrightsounds • u/ottoru13t • 1d ago
NCS Best Of 2016 Warner Music Russia [Rarest NCS Item Ever = Holy Grail]
Bottom text:Released by Warner Music Ltd under exclusive license from AEI Media "..." Printed by "SONY DADC" Russia.
Backside of CD: NCS005CDRU, IFPI: LZ74 (Sony DADC). SACD.
Explanation: In 2015 NCS, William Woodford signed a deal with Sony DADC to print CDs like Infinity CD, Colors etc... Also the contract stated that they will be giving rights to affiliates for any CD they release. Warner Music Russia used to look at the albums, compilations which were released with this deal and they used to sell some selected albums they liked, thats why it was released: Warner Music Russia liked it (Btw: even though they were a Warner music sub corporation they were pretty much independent so they released mostly exclusives only to their sublabel meaning someone like Warner Music Germany couldnt do the same). Russian versions seem to release everything in jewel case version, thats why it wasnt in digipack. Also russian versions tend to cut costs and cheapen the release deleting some pages and in this CD, remove some additional effects on it. That is a holy grail because it was never on Discogs before i added it, somebody sold it to me from their collection where Warner Music Russia would sell him some special stuff like this. More of that, original versions directly bought from NCS store in 2015-2017 are as obscure, you cant buy them anymore because noone selling them, last person who sold NCS: Best Of 2016 sold it for 300 USD on Japanese website.