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Posted: 10 December 2013 at 8:43pm \| IP Logged

I just spent the last two months or so doing A/B comparisons with every CD version I own of every song that peaked on the Hot 100 in 1982, plus lossless versions from libraries that others have assembled. I was able to assemble a pretty solid library of songs, with (in my opinion) the best-sounding versions of everything. I'll share some of my results, in case you want to hunt down some of the compilations that I used.

From the solid 1982 library, for each song, I identified compilations having comparable sound quality to my preferred version. In this case, "comparable" means a digital clone with a level change, a digital clone with an EQ change, or a version that used the same analog transfer. Adding compression/limiting or noise reduction automatically disqualifies a track from being "comparable".

Then, I rounded up all the comparable versions, and identified all compilations that include 3 or more top 40 hits from 1982 that have sound quality comparable to my preferred version. These are versions that I'd be happy to use in my own library.

Then, I ranked them by number of comparable tracks, in descending order.

What I got is a pretty solid listing of some really good-sounding compilations. Some are remarkably inexpensive, a few are pricey. I couldn't test every disc ever made, of course, but I think I tested most or all of the common compilations that you'll ever be able to find.

Bottom line: if you own any of the discs I list below, you can be assured that the song I list from that disc sounds as good as any copy that I could find on CD.

Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992; 10 tracks, but 9 if you don't want the glitch in "Up Where We Belong")

HARDEN MY HEART - Quarterflash [45 length]
ROSANNA - Toto [45 version]
EYE IN THE SKY - Alan Parsons Project [45 version]
GLORIA - Laura Branigan [promo 45 version]
WHO CAN IT BE NOW? - Men At Work
OPEN ARMS - Journey
DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS - Rick Springfield
MANEATER - Daryl Hall And John Oates
CENTERFOLD - J. Geils Band
UP WHERE WE BELONG - Joe Cocker And Jennifer Warnes [glitch at 0:14 on the word "who" that's fixed on a later Time-Life disc based on this mastering, which cuts out exactly 198 samples from the Billboard version]

Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 5 1982 (1994, 9 tracks, but 8 if you don't want the glitch in "Up Where We Belong")

WHO CAN IT BE NOW? - Men At Work [differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992)]
ROSANNA - Toto [45 version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992)]
UP WHERE WE BELONG - Joe Cocker And Jennifer Warnes [differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992), and has same glitch; this is not the disc that corrects it]
GLORIA - Laura Branigan [promo 45 version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992)]
867-5309/JENNY - Tommy Tutone [differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994)]
TAINTED LOVE - Soft Cell [commercial 45 mix; differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 4 (1994)]
I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) - A Flock Of Seagulls [45 version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994)]
KEEP THE FIRE BURNIN' - REO Speedwagon [differently EQ'd digital clone of Guitar Rock Vol. 13 The Early '80s (1994)]
EYE IN THE SKY - Alan Parsons Project [45 version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992)]

Rhino's 7-CD Like Omigod (2002, 9 tracks)

GENIUS OF LOVE - Tom Tom Club [45 version]
TAKE OFF - Bob And Doug McKenzie [45 version]
GLORIA - Laura Branigan [LP and long 45 version]
VALLEY GIRL - Frank Zappa And Moon [45 version; uses same analog transfer as Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994)]
LOVE PLUS ONE - Haircut 100 [45 version; uses same analog transfer as Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994)]
STEPPIN' OUT - Joe Jackson [45 version]
YOU SHOULD HEAR HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT YOU - Melissa Manchester [45 length]
KEY LARGO - Bertie Higgins [45 length and speed]
PAC-MAN FEVER - Buckner And Garcia

Rhino's Billboard Hot R&B Hits 1982 (1996, 7 tracks)

THE OTHER WOMAN - Ray Parker Jr. [differently EQ'd digital clone of Arista's Greatest Hits (1993)]
CIRCLES - Atlantic Starr [45 version]
EARLY IN THE MORNING - Gap Band [45 version but taken from vinyl]
MAMA USED TO SAY - Junior
LOVE COME DOWN - Evelyn Champagne King [45 version]
JUMP TO IT - Aretha Franklin [45 version; seems to use same analog transfer as Arista's Greatest Hits 1980-1994 (1994) but about 6 dB louder]
I CAN'T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO) - Daryl Hall And John Oates [3:39 LP mix 45 version]

Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994, 6 tracks)

KIDS IN AMERICA - Kim Wilde
LOVE PLUS ONE - Haircut 100 [45 version]
867-5309/JENNY - Tommy Tutone
VACATION - Go-Go's
VALLEY GIRL - Frank And Moon Zappa [45 version]
I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) - A Flock Of Seagulls [45 version]

Madacy's Rock On 1982 (1996, 6 tracks)

MICKEY - Toni Basil [45 version; digitally exactly 1 dB louder than EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 2 (1993)]
ONLY THE LONELY - Motels [uses same analog transfer as EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 2 (1993)]
JUKE BOX HERO - Foreigner [LP version; digitally exactly 0.4 dB quieter than Atlantic's The Very Best And Beyond (1992)]
SIXTY-FIVE LOVE AFFAIR - Paul Davis [45 length]
THE OTHER WOMAN - Ray Parker Jr. [digitally identical to Arista's Greatest Hits (1993)]
FORGET ME NOTS - Patrice Rushen [LP version; digitally exactly 0.5 dB quieter than Rhino's Smooth Grooves Vol. 4 (1995)]

Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 13 The Early '80s (1994, 5 tracks)

CENTERFOLD - J. Geils Band [digitally exactly 0.1 dB quieter than Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992)]
JUKE BOX HERO - Foreigner [LP version; digitally exactly 0.1 dB quieter than Atlantic's The Very Best And Beyond (1992)]
CAUGHT UP IN YOU - 38 Special [digitally exactly 2.2 dB louder than A&M's Flashback (1987)]
EDGE OF SEVENTEEN - Stevie Nicks [LP version; probably based on Bella Donna mastering]
KEEP THE FIRE BURNIN' - REO Speedwagon [differently EQ'd digital clone of Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 5 1982 (1994)]

Time-Life's Solid Gold Soul Vol. 25 Early '80s (1999, 5 tracks)

JUMP TO IT - Aretha Franklin [45 version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Arista's Greatest Hits 1980-1994 (1994)]
THE OTHER WOMAN - Ray Parker Jr. [differently EQ'd digital clone of Arista's Greatest Hits (1993)]
YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME - Gap Band [45 version; differently EQ'd digital clone of JCI's Only Dance 1980-1984 (1995)]
CIRCLES - Atlantic Starr [45 version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Hot R&B Hits 1982 (1996)]
LET IT WHIP - Dazz Band [45 version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Motown's 4-CD Hitsville USA Vol. 2 (1993)]

Motown's Motown Year By Year 1982 (1995, 4 tracks)

LET ME TICKLE YOUR FANCY - Jermaine Jackson [45 version]
TELL ME TOMORROW - Smokey Robinson
TRULY - Lionel Richie
THAT GIRL - Stevie Wonder [uses same analog transfer as Motown's 2-CD Original Musiquarium 1 (1982)]

Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 22 1980-1983 (1997, 4 tracks)

GET DOWN ON IT - Kool And The Gang [45 version; digitally exactly 3.5 dB quieter than Rhino's Disco Years Vol. 7 (1995)]
KIDS IN AMERICA - Kim Wilde [differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994)]
FANTASY - Aldo Nova [LP version]
THE SWEETEST THING (I'VE EVER KNOWN) - Juice Newton [digitally exactly 1 dB louder than Capitol's Greatest Hits (And More) (1987)]

Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 10 From The Heart (1997, 4 tracks)

HOLD ME - Fleetwood Mac [differently EQ'd digital clone of WB's Greatest Hits (1988)]
EVEN THE NIGHTS ARE BETTER - Air Supply
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME - Charlene
SWEET DREAMS - Air Supply [LP version]

Rhino's Millennium New Wave Party (1999, 4 tracks)

I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) - A Flock Of Seagulls [45 version; uses same analog transfer as Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994)]
LOVE PLUS ONE - Haircut 100 [45 version; uses same analog transfer as Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994)]
ROCK THIS TOWN - Stray Cats [45 version; uses same analog transfer as Rhino's Rock This Town Rockabilly Hits Vol. 2 (1991)]
VALLEY GIRL - Frank And Moon Zappa [digital clone of Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994)]

Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 5 Dance (1999, 4 tracks)

MICKEY - Toni Basil [LP version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Big Ear Music's Only In the '80s Vol. 1 (1995)]
WE GOT THE BEAT - Go-Go's [hit 45 mix; differently EQ'd digital clone of Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 25 Rolling Stone 1980-1981 and uses same analog transfer as I.R.S.'s Greatest (1990), which in turn is a differently EQ'd digital clone of I.R.S.'s Beauty And The Beat]
TAINTED LOVE - Soft Cell [commercial 45 mix; differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 4 (1994)]
ROCK THIS TOWN - Stray Cats [LP version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Ten Best Series (1998)]

Warner Special Products' 2-CD Rockin' USA (1994, 3 tracks)

I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) - A Flock Of Seagulls [45 version; uses same analog transfer as Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994)]
MAKE A MOVE ON ME - Olivia Newton-John [uses same analog transfer as MCA's Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1982)]
JUKE BOX HERO - Foreigner [45 version; uses same analog transfer as Atlantic's original release of Records (not RE-1 rerelease)]

Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 14 1980-1982 (1995, 3 tracks)

GYPSY - Fleetwood Mac [LP version; differently EQ'd digital clone of WB's Greatest Hits (1988)]
DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS - Rick Springfield [differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992)]
CAUGHT UP IN YOU - 38 Special [differently EQ'd digital clone of A&M's Flashback (1987)]

Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 25 Rolling Stone 1980-1981 (1995, 3 tracks)

CENTERFOLD - J. Geils Band [uses same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992)]
WE GOT THE BEAT - Go-Go's [hit 45 mix; uses same analog transfer as I.R.S. Greatest (1990), which in turn is a differently EQ'd digital clone of I.R.S.'s Beauty And The Beat]
JUKE BOX HERO - Foreigner [LP version; uses same analog transfer as Atlantic's The Very Best And Beyond (1992)]

Rhino's 2-CD Video Soul (1995, 3 tracks)

MY GUY - Sister Sledge [digitally exactly 0.477 dB quieter than Rhino's The Best Of Sister Sledge (1973-1985)]
THE OTHER WOMAN - Ray Parker Jr. [digitally exactly 0.239 dB quieter than Arista's Greatest Hits (1993)]
JUMP TO IT - Aretha Franklin [45 version; seems to be based on Arista's Greatest Hits 1980-1994 (1994) but a tiny tiny bit slower]

Madacy's Rock On 1982 Hot In The City (1998, 3 tracks)

CAUGHT UP IN YOU - 38 Special [digitally exactly 1.2 dB louder than A&M's Flashback (1987)]
EVERYBODY WANTS YOU - Billy Squier [differently EQ'd digital clone of 16 Strokes Best Of (1995)]
KIDS IN AMERICA - Kim Wilde [digitally exactly 3 dB quieter than Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994)]

Varese's Lost 45s Of The '70s And '80s (1998, 3 tracks)

YOU DON'T WANT ME ANYMORE - Steel Breeze [45 mix]
MORE THAN JUST THE TWO OF US - Sneaker
FIND ANOTHER FOOL - Quarterflash [45 version]

Sony's Hits Of 1982 (1999, 3 tracks)

WHEN IT'S OVER - Loverboy [LP version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Columbia's Big Ones (1989)]
KEEP THE FIRE BURNIN' - REO Speedwagon [differently EQ'd digital clone of Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 5 1982 (1994)]
ROSANNA - Toto [LP version; digitally exactly 1 dB louder than Sony's 2-CD Read The Hits (1994)]

Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 7 1980-1982 (2000, 3 tracks)

YOU CAN DO MAGIC - America
HOLD ME - Fleetwood Mac [digitally exactly 1.041 dB louder than Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 1 The Rockin' Eighties (1994)]
SIXTY-FIVE LOVE AFFAIR - Paul Davis [LP length; digitally exactly 2.044 dB louder than Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 18 The Early '80s Take Two (1996) and differently EQ'd digital clone of Razor and Tie's 2-CD Forever '80s (1994)]

Overall, 21 collections listed, 101 songs listed, 62 unique songs listed. There were a total of 222 songs that peaked in the top 40 during calendar year 1982.

I have some other comments that I'll post later in this thread.

Edited by crapfromthepast on 11 December 2013 at 3:36pm

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Posted: 10 December 2013 at 9:12pm \| IP Logged

Here are the artists that had three or more hits that peaked in the top 40 in 1982:

4 top 40 hits in 1982

Neil Diamond

Be Mine Tonight
Heartlight
On The Way To The Sky
Yesterday's Songs

Rick Springfield

Don't Talk To Strangers
I Get Excited
Love Is Alright Tonite
What Kind Of Fool Am I

3 top 40 hits in 1982

Air Supply

Even The Nights Are Better
Sweet Dreams
Young Love

Barry Manilow

Let's Hang On
Oh Julie
Somewhere Down The Road

Dan Fogelberg

Leader Of The Band
Missing You
Run For The Roses [all on GH]

Daryl Hall And John Oates

Did It In A Minute
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
Maneater
Your Imagination

Genesis

Abacab
Man On The Corner
Paperlate

J. Geils Band

Angel In Blue
Centerfold
Freeze-Frame

Joan Jett And The Blackhearts

Crimson And Clover
Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
I Love Rock And Roll

Juice Newton [all on Greatest Hits And More]

Break It To Me Gently
Love's Been A Little Hard On Me
The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)

Paul Davis

'65 Love Affair
Cool Night
Love Or Let Me Be Lonely

Pointer Sisters

American Music
I'm So Excited
Should I Do It

Rolling Stones

Going To A Go-Go
Hang Fire
Waiting On A Friend

Stevie Nicks

After The Glitter Fades
Edge Of Seventeen
Leather And Lace

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crapfromthepast wrote:

Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992; 10 tracks, but 9 if you don't want the glitch in "Up Where We Belong")

UP WHERE WE BELONG - Joe Cocker And Jennifer Warnes [glitch at 0:14 on the word "who" that's fixed on a later Time-Life disc based on this mastering, which cuts out exactly 198 samples from the Billboard version]

Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 5 1982 (1994, 9 tracks)

UP WHERE WE BELONG - Joe Cocker And Jennifer Warnes [differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992), and has same glitch]

OK, I'm confused. Are you saying the T-L disc has the glitch, or is that the one that "fixed" it?

Edited by sriv94 on 10 December 2013 at 9:27pm

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Well, this wasn't how I planned to post my 1000th, but in the paraphrased words of Yogi Berra, thanks to all who made this night necessary.

Edited by sriv94 on 10 December 2013 at 9:27pm

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Here are all the compilations (regardless of sound quality) that I own that include 3 or more hits that peaked in the top 40 in 1982. (I know of one or two more that I have on order, but I don't expect any surprises.)

72 top 40 hits in 1982

swaitek's promo 50-CD The A List (1994)

19 top 40 hits in 1982

Rhino's 7-CD Like Omigod (2002)

18 top 40 hits in 1982

Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 5 1982 (1994)

12 top 40 hits in 1982

Madacy's Rock On 1982 Vol. 2 (2005)

11 top 40 hits in 1982

Madacy's Rock On 1982 (1996)

10 top 40 hits in 1982

Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992)
Madacy's Rock On 1982 Hot In The City (1998)

9 top 40 hits in 1982

Razor & Tie's 2-CD Awesome '80s (1994)
EMI Australia's 5-CD Eighties Complete Vol. 2 (1999)

8 top 40 hits in 1982

Rhino's Billboard Hot R&B Hits 1982 (1996)
Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994)
Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 13 The Early '80s (1994)

7 top 40 hits in 1982

Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 14 1980-1982 (1995)

6 top 40 hits in 1982

Rhino's Millennium New Wave Party (1999)
Motown's Motown Year-By-Year 1982 (1995)
Warner Special Products' 2-CD Punk (1996)
Warner Special Products' 2-CD Rockin' USA (1994)
Time-Life's Solid Gold Soul Vol. 25 Early '80s (1999)

5 top 40 hits in 1982

EMI PolyGram Virgin's 2-CD Now The Millennium Series 1981 (1999)
EMI PolyGram Virgin's 2-CD Now The Millennium Series 1982 (1999)
JCI's Only Dance 1980-1984 (1995)
JCI's Only Rock 'N Roll 1980-1984 (1994)
Sony's 2-CD Pop Music Modern Era (1999)
Razor & Tie's 2-CD Totally '80s (1993)
Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 1 1982-1983 (1999)

4 top 40 hits in 1982

Connoisseur Collection's 5-CD 100 Dance Hits Of The '80s (1990)
Rhino's Billboard Top Dance Hits 1982 (1998)
Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 10 From The Heart (1997)
Time-Life's Echoes Of Love (1991)
Disky's (Europe) 8-CD Greatest Hits Of The '80s (1998)
Varese's Lost 45s Of The '70s And '80s (1998)
Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 5 Dance (1999)
RCA's Nipper's Greatest Hits The '80s (1990)
JCI's Only Love 1980-1984 (1995)
Realm's Greatest Hits Of The '80s Vol. 3 (2002)
Sony's Rock Of The 80's (1988)
Warner Special Products' 2-CD Rock This Way (1995)
Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 7 1980-1982 (2000)
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 22 1980-1983 (1997)
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 26 Rolling Stone 1982-1983 (1995)
EMI UK's Time To Remember 1982 (1997)

3 top 40 hits in 1982

Warner Special Products/Silver Eagle's 3-CD After Hours (1990)
Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 9 Magic Moments (1996)
Time-Life's 2-CD Classic Country Vol. 11 1980-1984 (1999)
Time-Life's 2-CD Classic Soft Rock Vol. 1 Summer Breeze (2006)
Time-Life's 2-CD Classic Soft Rock Vol. 9 Cool Night (2007)
Priority's Eighties Gr. Rock Hits Vol. 4 Party On (1992)
Realm's Gold And Platinum Vol. 1 (1986)
Time-Life's 2-CD Heart Rock (1988)
Polydor Australia's Hits Of 81 And 82 (1992)
Cema's 3-CD Legends Of Country Music (1993)
EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 2 (1993)
Simitar's Love Rocks 5 After Midnight (1998)
Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 14 Lost Hits Of The Early '80s (2000)
Warner Special Products' 2-CD Night Beat (1988)
Simitar's Number Ones Eighties Rock (1998)
Simitar's Number Ones Soul On Fire (1998)
Simitar's Number Ones The '80s (1998)
Big Ear Music's Only In The 80's Vol. 1 (1995)
JCI's Only Rock 'N Roll #1 Radio Hits 1980-1984 (1996)
Universal's Pure '80s (1999)
Universal's Pure Funk Vol. 2 (1999)
Warner Special Products' 2-CD Reflections Of Love (1996)
Rhino's Instant Party Disc (1999)
Time-Life's 2-CD Rock Dreams (1993)
Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 13 1979-1989 (2001)
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 25 Rolling Stone 1980-1981 (1995)
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Essential '80s (1998)
Time-Life's Solid Gold Soul '80s Rhythm And Grooves (2001)
Rhino's 2-CD Video Soul (1995)
Varese's Barry Scott's Lost 45s Of The '70s And '80s Vol. 2

Unless I counted wrong, that's 71 compilations!

I can make a few generalizations:

Overall, I prefer the Rhino compilations from about 1992-1996. Bill Inglot tended to do fresh analog transfers from the very lowest-generation source tapes. Buy any Rhino collections released in 1996 or earlier, and you won't be disappointed.
The Warner Special Products discs are good overall, but some use source tapes that are higher-generation than the Rhino discs. These include the Razor & Tie and JCI discs, too.
The Time-Life discs released around 1994 or later tend to use the same analog transfers as from existing CDs, or use digital clones of existing CDs. In many cases, that's good news, because a lot of those late '80s/early '90s single-artist CDs sound very good. A small number use additional compression. In general, try to find Time-Life discs mastered by Dennis Drake and you'll be very, very pleased - I've seen his name on discs released between 1995 and 2001.
EMI's Living In Oblivion series isn't perfect, but it's definitely worth owning.
The Madacy discs in the Rock On series released in 1996 and 1998 are excellent. They're almost entirely digital clones of existing CDs. Later Madacy discs, including the Vol. 2 for some years, are pretty bad.

That's about all I have for 1982.

Edited by crapfromthepast on 11 December 2013 at 8:18am

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sriv94 wrote:

crapfromthepast wrote:

Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992; 10 tracks, but 9 if you don't want the glitch in "Up Where We Belong")

Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 5 1982 (1994, 9 tracks)

UP WHERE WE BELONG - Joe Cocker And Jennifer Warnes [differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992), and has same glitch]

OK, I'm confused. Are you saying the T-L disc has the glitch, or is that the one that "fixed" it?

The disc I listed also has the glitch. I edited the original post to show it as having the glitch.

The Time-Life disc that fixed it by removing 198 samples is a 2-CD set from 1993 called Body Talk. There's a digital clone of Body Talk on Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 31 Movie Hits Of The '80s (1996). Both are pretty uncommon.

Edited by crapfromthepast on 11 December 2013 at 8:19am

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Re: Juice Newton/ The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known). First pressings had a
different mix on the Juice LP. I think early 45 pressings might have had the
LP first mix. It can be identified by more steel guitar audible in the mix and a
few other minor touches. On LP look for F4 or lower deadwax. F6-F7 is
where the later common mix began being substituted.

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crapfromthepast wrote:

sriv94 wrote:

crapfromthepast wrote:

Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992; 10 tracks, but 9 if you don't want the glitch in "Up Where We Belong")

Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 5 1982 (1994, 9 tracks)

UP WHERE WE BELONG - Joe Cocker And Jennifer Warnes [differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992), and has same glitch]

OK, I'm confused. Are you saying the T-L disc has the glitch, or is that the one that "fixed" it?

Thanks, Ron. I have the T-L 1982 disc, and oddly enough I don't hear the glitch (and I'm usually sensitive to things like that).

I wonder if I have a later pressing that might have fixed the glitch.

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Thanks for the detailed analysis, Ron.

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sriv94 wrote:

Thanks, Ron. I have the T-L 1982 disc, and oddly enough I don't hear the glitch (and I'm usually sensitive to things like that). I wonder if I have a later pressing that might have fixed the glitch.

Just checked all the copies I have of the song.

These have the glitch at 0:14 -

Warner Special Products' 3-CD Secret Love (1987)
Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992)
Warner Special Products' 2-CD Night Songs (1994)
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 5 1982 (1994)
Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 4 Together Forever (1996)

These do not have the glitch at 0:14 -

Island's 2-CD Island Story (1987)
Time-Life's 4-CD Great Love Songs Of The 70's And 80's Vol. 4 Endless Love (1991)
Sandstone's Cosmopolitan Vol. 2 (1992)
EMI PolyGram Virgin UK's 2-CD Now 1983 (1993)
swaitek's 50-CD A List Disc 11 (1994)
Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk (1994)
Cema's 2-CD Cool Rock (1995)
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 31 Movie Hits Of The '80s (1996)
Joe Cocker's Best Of
Joe Cocker's Ultimate Collection

My issue of the Time-Life 1982 disc has a matrix number of DIDP-084469 1. It's an original issue; I think I was a subscriber back then. Does your 1982 have a RE-1 or something like that in the matrix number?

Edited by crapfromthepast on 11 December 2013 at 8:43pm

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Turns out my copy does have the glitch, and I must have done my own fix (and forgot that I had done it).

Whoopsies.

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crapfromthepast wrote:

sriv94 wrote:

Thanks, Ron. I have the T-L 1982 disc, and oddly enough I don't hear the glitch (and I'm usually sensitive to things like that). I wonder if I
have a later pressing that might have fixed the glitch.

Just checked all the copies I have of the song.

These have the glitch at 0:14 -

Warner Special Products' 3-CD Secret Love (1987)
Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1982 (1992)
Warner Special
Products' 2-CD Night Songs (1994)
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 5 1982 (1994)
Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 4 Together Forever (1996)

These do not have the glitch at 0:14 -

Island's 2-CD Island Story (1987)
Time-Life's 4-CD Great Love Songs Of The 70's And 80's Vol. 4 Endless
Love (1991)
Sandstone's Cosmopolitan Vol. 2 (1992)
EMI PolyGram Virgin UK's 2-CD Now 1983 (1993)
swaitek's 50-CD A List Disc 11 (1994)
Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk (1994)
Cema's 2-CD Cool Rock (1995)
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 31 Movie Hits Of The '80s (1996)
Joe Cocker's Best Of
Joe Cocker's Ultimate Collection

This is another in a series of glitches I never heard until reading about them here.

I just pulled my Billboard 1982 disc off the shelf, totally expecting to have a hard time hearing the problem area. But, like a slap in the chops, I heard it the first time!

I haven't gotten into spectral analysis yet, but I'm sure I will discover more and more reasons why pop music had such a long list of problems that didn't get fixed before
being released. I can only assume that getting songs out the door and on the charts took priority to audio perfecting techniques.

Thanks to everyone here who devote so much time and energy to all the little things about recording.

O/T at this point, but I discovered recently that I am no longer able to hear 10khz or above. Thanks TM Century for the audio test tones on the old Hitdiscs!

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Posted: 13 December 2021 at 12:49pm \| IP Logged

Ron, can you possibly specify which 198 samples of the
glitched 45 version of "Up Where We Belong" were deleted to
eliminate it from the discs that this was done for? (I know
it's an obvious glitch to pinpoint and excise oneself, but if
one wanted to precisely duplicate their chosen edit points?)
Thanks!

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Posted: 13 December 2021 at 2:20pm \| IP Logged

If you have an audio editor that has a click removal tool, that's a better route than deleting. The "glitch" is a pop/click that occurs exactly on the first vocal (on the word "who"). A click remover should take out the click without deleting the music.

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