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Posted: 15 February 2012 at 8:52pm | IP Logged Quote prisdeej

I have what appears to be the 45 version on TM Century GoldDisc 131R, but it's
a vinyl dub with noise reduction. Do any of the '80's ears here have a
spectrum analysis on what CD version sounds the best. Do all commercial CD's
use vinyl dubs?

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Posted: 15 February 2012 at 9:14pm | IP Logged Quote crapfromthepast

Oh, you really want to avoid the TM Century discs for
mid-'80s tracks. A lot of tracks from that time frame
are taken from vinyl and use really heavy noise
reduction.

The 45 edit first appeared on CD on EMI's Living In
Oblivion Vol. 3
(1994). There's a differently-EQ'd
digital clone on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties
Vol 12 1985-1986
(1995). Both sound very nice.

There was a new analog transfer of the 45 edit on Rhino's
Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 15 (1995). There are
digital clones on Warner Special Products' Eighteen
Modern Rock Classics
(1996; digitally exactly 1.6 dB
quieter), Universal's Retro Lunchbox: Squeeze The
Cheeze
(1997; digitally exactly 3.16 dB quieter), and
Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 21 Club '80s
(2001; different EQ). All of these sound very nice as
well.

Any of these will sound far, far better than the TM disc
for "Perfect Way".

Edited by crapfromthepast on 15 February 2012 at 9:15pm
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