crapfromthepast
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BIG hit. And a rare case of an act following up a disco hit with an even bigger ballad. (I can think of "Always And Forever" for Heatwave, but not much else.)
LP version
It seems that single-artist compilation compilers prefer the LP version, while various-artist compilation compilers prefer the 45 edit. Don't know why.
I have just one various-artist compilation with the LP version. The LP version on Warner Special Products' 3-CD Secret Love (1987) runs 5:43 and 75.3 BPM throughout (live drummer playing to a click track). It's a little hissy, which is a good thing because it shows that there's no extra noise reduction used.
The only other place I have the LP version is on Polydor's Best Of, where it runs 5:41 and 75.7 BPM throughout. Excellent dynamic range, no weird EQ, no obvious NR artifacts. I slightly prefer the sound here over Secret Love, because the soundstage is a little better-defined. Maybe a lower-generation source tape? Both sound good. There's a digitally identical clone of Best Of on PolyGram's promo disc Funk Essentials Soul Reggae Roots (1996).
I see that there are plenty of other Peaches And Herb collections out there, but I don't have any of them.
45 length
The 45 is just an early fade of the LP version. The 45 fade is about 20 beats long extending from 3:42 to about 3:58.
The first instance of the 45 length that I have is Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 9 1979 (1990), where it runs 3:58 and 75.7 BPM throughout. It sounds just fine here. There are others that use the same analog transfer:- Time-Life's 4-CD Great Love Songs Of The 70's And 80's Vol. 4 Endless Love (1991; digitally exactly 0.5 dB quieter)
- Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk (1994; digitally exactly 0.9 dB louder)
- Warner Special Products' 2-CD Night Songs (1994)
- JCI's Only Love 1975-1979 (1995)
- Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 4 Together Forever (1996; digitally exactly 0.206 dB quieter)
- Time-Life's Solid Gold Soul Vol. 15 1979 (1997; differently EQ'd digital clone)
- Warner Special Products' 2-CD Touched By Love (1997)
- Time-Life's AM Gold Vol. 30 #1 Hits Of The '70s '75-'79 (2000; digitally identical)
Bill Inglot did a new analog transfer for Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 20 (1995), where it runs 3:59 and 75.4 BPM throughout. I think it sounds a tiny bit clearer, but that may just be the Rhino treble boost talking. There's a digital clone on:- Time-Life's 2-CD Body And Soul Vol. 3 Sweet Seduction (1998; 2 dB quieter)
All of the above sound very nice.
There are outliers:- Spectrum UK's FriendsReunited Class Of 1979 (2004) fades a few seconds short.
- TM Century's GoldDisc 215 uses noise reduction.
Avoid both of these.
Edited by crapfromthepast on 29 September 2014 at 8:16am
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I just went through my copies of this song, both single
and LP length, and the Rhino Soul Hits of the 70s
transfer of the single version matches the original vinyl
LP. The Soul Essentials best of CD I have with the long
version sounds a bit dull.
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