dBpoweramp misses Track 1 on early West German pressing of Hotel California

[matthewo_brien]

Hi everyone,

I've come across what appears to be a reproducible issue with dBpoweramp CD Ripper and wondered if anyone has seen this before.

Disc

Artist: Eagles
Album: Hotel California
Catalogue: Asylum 253 051
Manufactured in West Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf

This is an early West German pressing.

Problem
The CD contains 9 tracks, but dBpoweramp consistently detects only 8.
The first track shown is numbered Track 2 and plays "New Kid in Town", labelled as 'Hotel California'; with every subsequent track shifted by one.
The final track, "The Last Resort", is not shown at all.
The behaviour is completely repeatable (yes I've restarted, and checked all updates are installed!)

What I've tested

• ✅ Windows Explorer shows all 9 CDA tracks.
• ✅ Windows Media Player plays all 9 tracks correctly.
• ✅ Exact Audio Copy (EAC) detects all 9 tracks correctly.
• ✅ EAC can rip Track 1 ("Hotel California") without issue.
• ❌ dBpoweramp only detects 8 tracks.

This suggests the drive and disc are fine, and the issue appears to be specific to how dBpoweramp is interpreting the disc's table of contents.

Drive
Slimtype eBAU108 (firmware PL01)

The same drive has successfully ripped hundreds (157 to be precise) of other CDs with dBpoweramp, including many early pressings, so I don't believe this is a hardware issue.

Other observations
The disc itself is in excellent condition.

AccurateRip works normally on other discs, and I've successfully ripped many original pressings (including early West German and US discs) with this setup.

Question
Has anyone seen dBpoweramp fail to detect Track 1 on an early pressing like this?

If this looks like a bug, I'm happy to provide:

• screenshots from both dBpoweramp and EAC
• AccurateRip Disc ID
• matrix / hub codes
• TOC information
• EAC log

I'd be interested to know whether anyone else with this pressing can reproduce the behaviour.

Thanks,

Matthew

[Spoon-]

Set ripping method to 'Defective by design' then refresh that disc. Set back afterwards.