Hi Mary, I agree with Jim, it's either scratches or your player in your case. Nevertheless, ever since CDs became available, I always heard they would eventually wear out. At the time people said the life expectancy was 10 years. So far I've had 1 CD wear out: it's a bootleg I played 1-2 times before and which won't play anymore. I've tried playing it on 3 different players to no avail. It's just dead. I've also compared an official CD which is about 15 years old with a new pressing and the new one is much better. The new pressing has NOT been remastered, and it's NOT a HDCD either, so they should be the same but they're not. So, perhaps we should all start making copies of our CDs?
Laurent
