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crapfromthepast wrote:
The oldest CD I have with "Earth Angel" is Original Sound's Oldies But Goodies Vol. 1 (1987). This track has a lot of added noise reduction. Avoid.
Aside from the Original Sound CD, I found four separate analog transfer for the song. Three run at about the same speed as the Original Sound CD, and the fourth is much faster:
- Rhino's Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits 1955 (1988). The same analog transfer is used on:
- Time-Life's 2-CD Love Me Tender (1991)
- Time-Life's Rock 'N' Roll Era Vol. 8 1954-1955 (1988). The same analog transfer is used on:
- Heartland's 2-CD Slow Dancing (1991)
- Time-Life's Rhythm And Blues Vol. 17 1955 (1992). The same analog transfer is used on:
- Time-Life's Heart Of Rock 'N' Roll Vol. 21 Slow Dancing Classics (1997)
- Time-Life's 2-CD Classic R&B Collection Vol. 1 1955-1959 (2000)
- Rhino's multi-disc R&B Box 30 Years Of Rhythm And Blues (1994) - runs 1.3% faster than the earlier Rhino disc (and the others). The same analog transfer is used on:
- Rhino's multi-disc promo Black History In Music Sampler (PRCD 7278, 1998)
- Time-Life's 2-CD Glory Days Of Rock 'N Roll Vol. 1 Doo-Wop (1999)
- Rhino's Millennium New Doo Wop Party (2000)
- Time-Life's Classic R&B Collection Vol. 6 Heroes And Legends (2001)
- Varese Sarabande's Totally Oldies Vol. 3 Then (2002)
Aside from the speed difference, all of the above sound about the same. All have decent dynamic range, reasonable EQ, and no evidence of added noise reduction.
If I had to pick one, I'd go with Rhino's Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits 1955 (1988). |
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The sad part is that none of these on CD are the correct 45 version Ron. Based on research this non-hit version basically became the de facto version on later 45's in the 50's, LP's in the 60's and every CD with it. Such a shame as the 45 version with the reverb even on the 78 sounds awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhXRDSO6wzk
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