The logical explanation is that you have actually ripped that CD in that bitrate. Another one is that you have an illegal CD purchased without knowing it.
If you still own the CD, rip it again and then look at the file information in Windows Explorer of Mac finder to see what the reported file size or bitrate of the file is.
Or maybe audio scan is not always that reliable…
Thanks for the reply.
The CD was distributed by an actual record label in Japan.
CD was ripped in EAC so it was a perfect rip without errors or issues.
I think this phenomenon may have been reported in the past in this forums,
Some EAC CD rips have tracks that scan as MP3 128kbps, probably some pink noise or white noise could be throwing the audio scan off, producing a false positive scan result?
If the CD was not ripped to the proper 16/44.14kHz PCM format… Then it is most likely the provenance of the source file used in the master-file that the CD(s) was produced from… How do you know if the CD is not a bootleg?
Yeah that is what I’m thinking. The actual master file was a mp3 source file, this is probably something that was common in the late 1990s, other tracks in the CD appear to have proper lossless source master-files.
The label is Studio Ghibli Records
Manufacturer is Tokuma Japan Communications Co., Ltd.
So this is quite and official print.
It does not appear to be a bootleg unless everything was copied 100 percent down to the image printed on the cd label. Not to mention the cd case is a bit worn which indicates that it could be from the 1990s.
Is it an Interactive CD? These were produced in that period that were played by CD-ROM drives attached to your computer… Otherwise there is really no way to trace the provenance of the master… It is, what it is.
What is your source for that statement? I know people who have been working in the recording industry and pressing industry for decades and I never heard them discuss this.