https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:47:57 +0000 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:47:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=90 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=11999&title=the-police-45roxanne#11999 Author: aaronk
Subject: 90
Posted: 17 October 2007 at 6:47pm

I've never been able to detect any edits. This is just a case of the 45 speed being faster, and the 45 faded a little earlier than the LP. As far as getting the right version, there is not a "wrong" version, but there are some CDs with that mastering error where the tape drags at the beginning.]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:47:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=11999&title=the-police-45roxanne#11999 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=11996&title=the-police-45roxanne#11996 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 90
Posted: 17 October 2007 at 6:14pm

Revisiting this topic, was it a case of:

1) Getting the proper version and fading :04 early?
2) Or, were there edits of where Sting sings Roxanne
and simply 2 were edited out...

]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:14:21 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=11996&title=the-police-45roxanne#11996 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=5799&title=the-police-45roxanne#5799 Author: eric_a
Subject: 90
Posted: 22 June 2006 at 4:31pm

davidclark wrote: and I don't believe my original copy of "Every Breath You Take/The Singles" (purchased 1990) has the problem either, as per Pat's database.

I finally got to listen to my copy, a BMG Music Club issue of unknown vintage, and it too does not have the problem. ]]> Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:31:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=5799&title=the-police-45roxanne#5799 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4840&title=the-police-45roxanne#4840 Author: davidclark
Subject: 90
Posted: 10 May 2006 at 12:24pm

and I don't believe my original copy of "Every Breath You Take/The Singles" (purchased 1990) has the problem either, as per Pat's database.]]> Wed, 10 May 2006 12:24:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4840&title=the-police-45roxanne#4840 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4837&title=the-police-45roxanne#4837 Author: aaronk
Subject: 90
Posted: 10 May 2006 at 10:51am

According to the database, the original CD does not have this problem...nor does later issues of The Classics (remastered version).]]> Wed, 10 May 2006 10:51:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4837&title=the-police-45roxanne#4837 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4832&title=the-police-45roxanne#4832 Author: sriv94
Subject: 90
Posted: 10 May 2006 at 7:19am

On the other hand, maybe not. Last night I downloaded the Outlandos D'Amour version and the same mastering issue was present (song starts slow and then pitches up to the proper speed at around (0:03)).

Unless this is another case (like the situation of "Dirty White Boy" I detailed earlier) where the actual CD version doesn't match the downloadable version.

Pat, you mentioned having the Outlandos D'Amour CD. Does that CD have that mastering error, or is it in pitch throughout?

Edited by sriv94]]> Wed, 10 May 2006 07:19:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4832&title=the-police-45roxanne#4832 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4813&title=the-police-45roxanne#4813 Author: sriv94
Subject: 90
Posted: 09 May 2006 at 7:32am

Thanks, Aaron. Somehow I missed that post (which I eventually found).

So it seems to get the right-sounding version, I'll have to nab the Outlandos D'Amour version (then speed it up and fade it about (:04) seconds early to get the 45).]]> Tue, 09 May 2006 07:32:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4813&title=the-police-45roxanne#4813 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4802&title=the-police-45roxanne#4802 Author: aaronk
Subject: 90
Posted: 08 May 2006 at 10:38pm

As far as the first few notes that don't sound right, I mentioned it in another post. There's a mastering problem on the box set and The Classics where the song starts slow and gradually speeds up to the correct speed by about (0:03).]]> Mon, 08 May 2006 22:38:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4802&title=the-police-45roxanne#4802 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4803&title=the-police-45roxanne#4803 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 90
Posted: 08 May 2006 at 10:38pm

sriv94 wrote: One question--are the opening notes of "Roxanne" kinda out of tune with the rest of the song (at least that's how it sounds on my Every Breath You Take: The Classics CD)?

eric_a wrote: It's always sounded like that to me, too, like the chord shifts up a note....

Are you referring to the discord during the opening seconds of "Roxanne" where it sounds like someone momentarily slams the piano keys? I heard Sting explain this in a radio interview several years ago. He says the guy who played piano on that recording (I can't remember if he said it was one of the band members or a studio musician) was goofing around and sat on the piano keys and tried to play them with his posterior. This drew a hearty laugh from Sting which is clearly audible in the song's intro. Sting says he liked the spontaneity in that session take and left it intact on the actual recording! ]]> Mon, 08 May 2006 22:38:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4803&title=the-police-45roxanne#4803 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90&PID=4792&title=the-police-45roxanne#4792 Author: edtop40
Subject: 90
Posted: 08 May 2006 at 9:38pm

ok.......i just listened to the 45 versus the cd box set again and i've revised by analysis........the 45 IS slightly sped up but it does fade out about 0:04 earlier than the box set cd.....i will now agree with what the db states....my error........edtop40
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