Righteous Brothers (You're My)Soul and Inspiration

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I'm interested in The Righteous Brothers' (You're My) Soul And Inspiration in mono and see from the database that it has appeared in that form on one CD, though it runs longer than the single. Does anyone here have this CD and know if it's a) the single version b) the mono album version or c) a possible fold-down of the stereo version? It runs 3:05 according to the database (like the stereo version), whereas the single ran 3:00. The CD it appears on is called 'Motown, Soul & Rock 'n' Roll Volume 1.' It is available on eBay but I'd only be buying it for that one song (I think I have everything else already).

Thank you.

Martin

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martinb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 15 hours 43 minutes ago Location: Dublin, Ireland Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote martinb Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Righteous Brothers (You're My)Soul and Inspiration Posted: 15 hours 33 minutes ago at 2:17pm
	Hi, I'm new here! I'm interested in The Righteous Brothers' (You're My) Soul And Inspiration in mono and see from the database that it has appeared in that form on one CD, though it runs longer than the single. Does anyone here have this CD and know if it's a) the single version b) the mono album version or c) a possible fold-down of the stereo version? It runs 3:05 according to the database (like the stereo version), whereas the single ran 3:00. The CD it appears on is called 'Motown, Soul & Rock 'n' Roll Volume 1.' It is available on eBay but I'd only be buying it for that one song (I think I have everything else already). Thank you. Martin

Kevincafe1966 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 25 May 2025 Location: San Francisco Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kevincafe1966 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 7 hours 21 minutes ago at 10:29pm
	Martin, hello and welcome to the forum. I have the disc you're taking about. The actual run time for this track is just under 3:03 and I believe it is the mono single, though I could be wrong about that. For what it's worth, many of the tracks in that series sound much better to me than any other masterings I've come across.

Brian W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 49	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brian W. Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 6 hours 12 minutes ago at 11:38pm
	That whole CD, TJL's "Motown, Soul, & Rock and Roll," which is mostly mono, is unfortunately lossy. It's all upconverted from MP3s -- I ran it through Cool Edit Pro's spectral view. I think only one track on the set is lossless, but I forgot now which it is. This is also true of Volume 2 in this set. Volume 3, the Motown stuff, is mostly lossless. This has been an issue with CDs licensed from Universal for other labels. The entire two-fer series from Ray Stevens on the Oldies label is entirely lossy, all four two-fer discs that they did. I've run across another two-fer from the Oldies label that is also lossy, but I forgot what it was. And this was true of the old Robert Palmer box set in England 15 or 20 years ago... the whole thing was lossy. Again, licensed from Universal. Fortunately, that one got a re-release a few years ago and it was done right this time. Someone at Universal mastering is doing something wrong. Either they don't know the difference between lossy and lossless or they are doing something in error to cause this on the tapes they provide to independent labels. Edited by Brian W. - 6 hours 4 minutes ago at 11:46pm