The last time I had a CD go missing, it turned up in the CD drawer of my computer. I had forgotten that I’d played it through the computer, not the stereo system.
That’s too bad, because the only sure way to find it is to buy a replacement. Once you do that, it’ll turn up.
What’s the first thing you listened to after you listened to the missing CD? Did you listen to it in a CD player or a DVD player? Could the missing CD be in a DVD case somehow?
I’ve double-stacked CD’s before, and spent quite a while once thinking I’d lost one. Then I found it in another CD case, underneath the other CD; I guess I’d switched them in the player, goofed and put the wrong CD in the case, then stacked the other one in on top of it without looking. So - what did you listen to after your missing CD?
I had a 5 disk changer that in the process of going bad developed the habit of occasionally picking up a CD, and delivering it to a mysterious internal space. I’d put a CD in the tray, close it up, and the display would deny that there was a disk in the machine. Opening up the tray confirmed this: NO DISK. Hitting the thing, and repeatedly opening/closing the tray would usually cause the CD to reappear. I junked the machine when that stopped working, and retrieved the final disk by removing the changer’s case.
Huh…I had the exact same thing happen to me today. I opened up a the case on a dual CD, and only one was in there.
Well, except it was in a box filled with junk, which was stored in my basement, and the last time I saw this CD it was in the bottom of the spare tire compartment of my wife’s car, and that was like three years ago.
Ok, maybe not the exact same thing. Still, I’d like that other disc back.
I’ve occasionally double-stacked discs in a CD player… at least once, it managed to play the one on the bottom. Have you checked to make sure there’s no more than one disc in any tray?
Hmmm. Sounds like you’re in for some jewel-case bingo. And I second that it’s conceivably possible that two CDs might be cohabiting in one case. (If you’re lucky, they’ll hatch a brood of little Sandisk flash cards… )
That truly sucks! It’s an awesome CD. Probably my favourite of the Cowboy Bebop soundtracks.
FWIW, I had a similar thing happen to me with a limited edition Duke Ellington double-CD release. I practically tore my place apart looking for it. I’m talking moved furniture, tossed aside couch cushions, and even partial disassembly of my stereo cabinet. I eventually gave up looking and I occasionally would consider purchasing a used copy off GEMM but I never got around to it. One day, about a year later I was moving my CD rack and, low and behold, the missing disc slid out from in-between other jewel cases…from a place I swore I checked a dozen times before.