Don't think I haven't considered it! But first I'm trying the much simpler trick of getting in touch with someone I happen to know has the same CD, and seeing if his copy is undamaged :-)

The downside of the analogue approach is that it would be horrendously slow. It's what we'll have to do when we start on digitizing the vinyl though.

Yes, that doesn't sound like fun... Though "horrendously" seems a bit strong; I'm currently ripping CDs at an average rate of 2 to 2.5 times normal audio playing speed, so a factor of two off that doesn't seem that much worse.

(Bah. And it turns out the guy I thought had the same CD in fact doesn't. Time for a more creative approach, I fear.)