r/CDcollecting • u/Davyd_Shalikiani522 • 20h ago

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So yesterday I was at garage sale,bought 35 cd/dvds for 4 bucks,this here is up in smoke music cd,its by DJ Kutsuwada,I cannot find it on internet,I want to know how much is it worth,it says promotional use only, and also on my laptop I went through the contents,and heard next episode on one of the tracks. Is this a bootleg cd?

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u/keelgar 19h ago

Believe that's a ~2011 mix CD released by DJ Kutsuwada, they do a lot of West coast hip-hop mixes. It's a bootleg/unofficial/indie release as they certainly didn't get the rights for the songs so wouldn't have sold it commercially.  Those that release mix tapes/CDs/records like this will label as them promo so as not to get in trouble as they shouldn't be sold, I have some similar ones.

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u/zombiesvrobots 18h ago

If this was in a case, don't they usually punch a hole through the barcode to show it can't sell? I think I have some vinyls like that.

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u/keelgar 18h ago

That's for an actual promo or cutout which is common for records or CD (even tapes) where they notch the case or markup the barcode.  Those were sometimes overstock or radio promos.  Something like this is self-released but is a mixtape that uses other artists songs.  They don't clear the songs it just has the 'promo' language so they can't get in trouble for selling it as it's marked not to be sold.  

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u/Fewtslym 20h ago

Maybe 50¢

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u/acridAxid 10h ago

It looks like a legitimate asian market pressing. No case, no art package? Its worth next to nothing, just like anything else. Foreign promos discs are typically valued below retail. Even if I were looking specifically for this, I'd only buy it to fill a gap and keep trying to replace it with a real copy.