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bitman MusicFan
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Posted: 15 August 2012 at 10:45am | IP Logged
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Real Gone Music has the mono singles coming out October 2.
Tracks:
Disc One
1. Lonely Teenager
2. Little Miss Blue
3. Havin’ Fun
4. Northeast End of the Corner
5. Kissin’ Game
6. Heaven Help Me
7. Somebody Nobody Wants
8. Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight
9. Runaround Sue
10. Runaway Girl
11. The Majestic
12. The Wanderer
13. (I Was) Born to Cry
14. Lovers Who Wander
15. Little Diane
16. Lost for Sure
17. Love Came to Me
18. Little Girl
Disc Two
1. Sandy
2. Faith
3. Come Go with Me
4. King Without a Queen
5. Lonely World
6. Tag Along
7. After the Dance
8. Then I’ll Be Tired of You
9. Shout
10. I Got the Blues
11. Abraham, Martin and John
12. Daddy Rollin’ (in Your Arms)
13. Purple Haze
14. The Dolphins
15. From Both Sides Now
16. Sun Fun Song
17. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
18. He Looks a Lot Like Me
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Brian W. MusicFan
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Posted: 15 August 2012 at 12:14pm | IP Logged
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Great news! I was just wishing for such a thing the other day. Thanks for posting.
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Paul Haney MusicFan
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Posted: 15 August 2012 at 2:49pm | IP Logged
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Yep, my buddy Ed Osborne is doing his usual terrific liner notes for this one. Should be a nice collection!
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Todd Ireland MusicFan
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Posted: 15 August 2012 at 7:08pm | IP Logged
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Great news indeed! I believe this would mark the CD debut of "Little Diane" and "Sandy" in their original hit mono mixes!
A number of Dion and the Belmonts mono mixes have previously only appeared on the long out-of-print Greatest Hits CD on Columbia 31942. I've always thought the sound quality on that disc has room for improvement, so I can definitely say I'm looking forward to hearing this upcoming 2-CD set.
And I'm also really liking the CD releases I've seen (and heard) so far from this new Real Gone Music label!
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Santi Paradoa MusicFan
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Posted: 01 October 2012 at 5:57pm | IP Logged
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When any of the board members get a chance to listen to this new
release in the next few weeks I would like to know what your thoughts
are on the overall sound. Thanks in advance.
__________________ Santi Paradoa
Miami, Florida
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Paul C MusicFan
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Posted: 15 October 2012 at 9:45am | IP Logged
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Santi Paradoa wrote:
When any of the board members get a chance to listen to this new
release in the next few weeks I would like to know what your thoughts
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IMHO the overall sound is superb. Some songs have a bit of distortion in places, but this was present on the original 45s. I also find Dion's recollections about the recording of many of his hits very interesting.
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aaronk Admin Group
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Posted: 15 October 2012 at 1:47pm | IP Logged
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Did they get the correct mono mixes? Since we recently discovered Real
Gone goofed up majorly on the BJ Thomas collection, I was hesitant to buy
this one.
__________________ Aaron Kannowski
Uptown Sound
91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop
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jono MusicFan
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Posted: 15 October 2012 at 6:45pm | IP Logged
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I like the sound on this cd, too. It is a bit loud, but it sounds like the 45's
(without the surface noise, of course!).
I think they got the correct mixes, as far as I know. I don't have much
Dion on 45, so i guess I can't be 100% certain. I think the matter of
getting the correct mixes depends a lot on the engineers and
producers. I think that since Ed Osborne is involved with this one (he is
not listed in the credits of the B.J. Thomas collection, if I recall
correctly), I have a better feeling about it being correct. Mr. Osborne
also worked on some of the Collector's Choice singles sets and did an
excellent job on those in regards to the correct mixes, I think. He must
do his homework and actually compare the tapes with the 45's. I wish
other producers would do this.
Jon O.
Edited by jono on 15 October 2012 at 6:48pm
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Santi Paradoa MusicFan
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Posted: 15 October 2012 at 8:36pm | IP Logged
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I agree with Jon on the correct 45 mixes were used for this set, plus
yes the entire set is loud (IMO). Apparently the mono mixes had that
"punch" as well back then.
__________________ Santi Paradoa
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Paul Haney MusicFan
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Posted: 16 October 2012 at 2:37pm | IP Logged
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I've known Ed Osborne for a long time. He's a stickler for using the correct single versions.
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aaronk Admin Group
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Posted: 21 October 2012 at 1:55am | IP Logged
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Agreed--the sound quality is excellent. I can say with certainty that
"Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer" are the correct mono mixes.
__________________ Aaron Kannowski
Uptown Sound
91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop
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Todd Ireland MusicFan
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Posted: 30 November 2012 at 12:08am | IP Logged
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I'd like to point out that the Top 40 hit "Sandy" appears on Dion's The Complete Laurie Singles set, though the database currently doesn't show this (an accidental omission I'm sure). The track runs 2:18 and marks the first time the song has been issued in mono on a U.S. CD release.
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