Out of the Shadows - HALLMARK

[Terry B]

I recently found a copy of this CD from 2013 in a market for a couple of quid. When I got home I noticed that the guitars pictured on the insert appeared to be left handed! Strange I thought - until I realised that they had in fact printed the photo the wrong way round - a look in the mirror confirms this as all their facial features are suddenly correct! Was this Hallmark version issued like this intentionally do you think for picture composition purposes, or did the compiler just not anything about the subject!

[kipper]

hallmark was a budget lp and some were good some not but generally not that great in my opinion, cant say if this was deliberate or not, but in line with there budget stuff.
peter

[howarddobson]

The budget labels are good for getting the albums out there cheaply but it's a shame when they can't use he same artwork

[drakula63]

I wouldn't go near them again.

I once bought their CD release of 'Me and My Shadows' and to say that it was absolutely appalling would be to pay it a compliment. Apart from the fact that it sounded dreadful, it had clearly been copied from a vinyl LP - not only that, but a SCRATCHED vinyl LP!!! Oh how I laughed. It ended up in the bin.

I shall never be tempted to 'save money' by buying a Hallmark CD again.

[Fenderman]

I had a Beach Boys collection on Hallmark and the sound quality was awful, all the tracks were in mock stereo which i cannot stand. I gave it away to a neighbour.

[John Boyd]

Hello all,
Surface noise ex vinyl seems to be a hallmark of Hallmark CD releases.
I bought an Acker Bilk CD on Hallmark and it was ruined by excessive noise.
There are some Ventures CDs on the same label - does anyone know if they
suffer from the same affliction?
Cheers,
JB