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Todd Ireland
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The actual commercial 45 run time of Robbie Dupree's "Steal Away" is 3:26, not 3:21 as stated on the record label. (This info comes courtesy of Edtop40.)
Does anyone know the vinyl LP run time?
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Todd, despite the song's fade-in, the first note was easily discernable for my timing purposes. I just came up with a "Steal Away" actual run time of (3:28), with obviously the same listed time that you report, (3:21). My deadwax info is "ES-46621 A SP".
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A few different analog transfers here. Some better than others, but none are awful.
The song appeared on two CDs in 1989. One is MCA/Silver Eagle's 3-CD Shades Of Love (1989). It sounds OK here, where it's probably not from the lowest-generation source tape. The same analog transfer is used for swaitek's A List Disc 5 (1994), which adds noise reduction - avoid.
The other 1989 appearance is on Warner Special Products' 2-CD Feel Good Rock (1989). There are some crackles at the end of the fade that sound like surface noise to me - is this taken from vinyl? Even if it's a needledrop, it still sounds better than Shades Of Love. There are a few CDs that use the same analog transfer as Feel Good Rock:- Warner Special Products' 2-CD Good Times (1991, absolute polarity inverted)
- Warner Special Products' 2-CD Lost In Love (1994)
- Madacy's Rock On 1980 (1996; digitally exactly 0.7 dB quieter than Good Times)
There's a new analog transfer on Priority's Eighties Greatest Rock Hits Vol. 7 Light And Easy (1993). It's a little loud, and clips a bit, but doesn't sound awful. Also not the lowest-generation source tape. There's a clunky noise in the left channel during the fade - it's not a turntable clunk; it's more of a sound I used to hear if I plugged something in in a patch bay. That's the only CD I found with the clunky noise.
And finally, the best-sounding of the bunch: Bill Inglot did a new analog transfer for Rhino's Radio Daze Vol. 3 (1995). It clips a tiny bit, but it sounds very nice. There are a bunch of CDs that use the same analog transfer as Radio Daze:- JCI's Only Rock 'N Roll #1 Radio Hits 1980-1984 (1996)
- Time-Life's Body Talk Vol. 16 Sweet Nothings (1997; differently EQ'd digital clone)
- Razor & Tie's Easy Rock (2001; discrete level changes from Only Rock N Roll)
- Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 13 1979-1989 (2001; differently EQ'd digital clone)
- Madacy's cheapie Retro '80s (2005)
- Time-Life's 2-CD Classic Soft Rock Vol. 1 Summer Breeze (2006; differently EQ'd digital clone)
Edited by crapfromthepast on 27 March 2014 at 5:28am
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