"’65 Love Affair" - Paul Davis

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   I use Rock On 1982 for the 45 length, and the 2-CD Forever '80s for the LP length.

Note that both of these run essentially the same speed as the 45, as do the digital clones of Forever '80s and the Razor & Tie Paul Davis collection Sweet Life His Greatest Hit Singles (1999).

So far, I haven't seen any evidence that the LP really runs slower than the 45.  I'll be happy to analyze a good needledrop of the LP version and post my findings here.

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crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MusicFan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 October 2017 at 9:36am
	I use Rock On 1982 for the 45 length, and the 2-CD Forever '80s for the LP length. Note that both of these run essentially the same speed as the 45, as do the digital clones of Forever '80s and the Razor & Tie Paul Davis collection Sweet Life His Greatest Hit Singles (1999). So far, I haven't seen any evidence that the LP really runs slower than the 45. I'll be happy to analyze a good needledrop of the LP version and post my findings here. Edited by crapfromthepast
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crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MusicFan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 October 2017 at 7:45pm
	Just realized that I hadn't posted the speed of the Sweet Life disc - it's 156.4 BPM, just like Forever '80s. (Not the same analog transfer, though, and a bit more compressed/limited than Forever.)
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Ringmaster_D Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MusicFan Joined: 08 July 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ringmaster_D Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 October 2017 at 10:37am
	I took a listen to the three copies of this tune that Ron sent out and compared their frequencies. My preference is Forever 80s which has slightly more emphasis on the highs and lows than Rock On. Now Sweet Life is another story. Besides being compressed to death, it also suffers from lack of high frequencies (about 5-10 dB reduction) leaving the track sounding muffled and unpleasant. Although this song will never be a sonic marvel, perhaps it would be a good candidate to see what life could be squeezed out of the master tape for a future Hard To Find volume. Calling Mark... Edited by Ringmaster_D

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MusicFan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 October 2017 at 1:54pm
	Yeah, I've found this song to be muffled on all CDs I have, so I remastered it to be much brighter. (However, I also add compression - I don't brickwall it like today's CDs - but it's got more compression than what I think most people on this board prefer). Still, it can be mastered to sound a lot clearer than the CDs out there. (And btw, I don't recall "Cool Night" and "Love Or Let Me Lonely", both top 40 hits from the same Paul Davis CD) to be nearly as muffled. Strange that whoever mastered the original album tapes made this song particularly muffled (maybe, since it reflects on the mid '60s, they were going from an AM transistor sound, like Rapsberries "Go All The Way"). I pulled it from the K-Tel release of the Paul Davis CD, added about 4 dB of bass, subtracted 2dB of Midrange (that's where the muffled quality really was), and added about 2.5 to 3 dB of treble.