https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 09 May 2026 19:06:47 +0000 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 12:38:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1190 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=1190&PID=40063&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#40063 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 1190
Posted: 03 January 2014 at 12:38pm

I can't figure out how to tell a coherent story with the 24 CDs, so...

My favorites of the bunch are:

• EMI's Gypsy Honeymoon The Best Of (1993)
• Rhino's Radio Daze Vol. 5 (1995)

Both of these seem to use different analog transfers of the same low generation source tape. If I had to pick one, I'd go with the Rhino disc because the tail of the fade extends a second or two longer.

Rhino's Billboard Top Pop Hits 1981 (1992) seems to use the same source tape as the above two, but it's EQ'd with too much high end. There are a few discs that use the same analog transfer as Billboard Top Pop Hits 1981:

• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 8 1981 (1995; differently EQ'd digital clone that adds compression/limiting - avoid)
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Essential '80s (1998; differently EQ'd digital clone that adds compression - avoid)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 7 1980-1982 (2000; differently EQ'd digital clone that adds compression - avoid)
• Rhino's 7-CD Like Omigod (2002)

There was a decent analog transfer done for Warner Special Products' 2-CD Good Times (1991), and reused for:

• JCI's Only Rock 'N Roll 1980-1984 (1994)
• Madacy's Rock On 1981 Bette Davis Eyes (1998)

The version on Priority's Eighties Greatest Rock Hits Vol. 2 Leather And Lace (1992) is a little loud, but not much worse than the Rhino discs. Same analog transfer is used for:

• Warner Special Products' 2-CD Rockin' USA (1994)
• Razor & Tie's 2-CD Everything '80s (1995)

There was a decent analog transfer done for Cema's EW Presents Rock Archives Vol. 2 (1990), and a digital clone done for EMI's Rock 'N Roll Relix 1980-1981 (1998; digitally exactly 1.9 dB louder). It sounds OK on Capitol/Silver Eagle's 3-CD Formula 45 (1988).

Others:

The version on swaitek's promo 50-CD The A List Disc 9 (1994) has noise reduction - avoid.

The version on EMI Australia's 5-CD Eighties Complete Vol. 1 (1997) has a screwed-up soundstage, with the left and right channels being slightly de-synched. It sounds severely muffled when you mono it out. Avoid at all costs.

The version on PolyTel Canada's Rock With The '80s (1990) is EQ'd terribly, with hardly any bass. Avoid.

There are a few more European CDs that include the song, which you're not likely to encounter in the US.

Yup, pretty incoherent.

Bottom line: Stick to Gypsy Honeymoon The Best Of (1993) or Rhino's Radio Daze Vol. 5 (1995), and you can't go wrong.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Fri, 03 Jan 2014 12:38:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=40063&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#40063 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=40062&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#40062 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 1190
Posted: 03 January 2014 at 11:39am

Compared 24 CD versions to an existing needledrop of the
45.

Didn't hear any mix differences, but the EQs do vary
greatly from disc to disc.

Didn't hear any instances where the left/right channels are
swapped.

If I can figure out how to tell a coherent story with the
24 CDs, will post below.]]> Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:39:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=40062&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#40062 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=17672&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#17672 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 1190
Posted: 19 July 2008 at 1:53pm

The actual commercial 45 run time of Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" is 3:46, not 3:47 as stated on the record label. (These timings are courtesy of our good friend Jim from Connecticut.) I only post this info because the song's CD run times in the database range from 3:40-3:47.]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:53:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=17672&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#17672 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6764&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6764 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 1190
Posted: 08 August 2006 at 2:49am

Not at this time... I'm still not convinced it's a different mix. But I'm trying to compare it with every version I've got on CD.]]> Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:49:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6764&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6764 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6762&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6762 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 1190
Posted: 07 August 2006 at 10:30pm

Brian:

Do you think the differences are enough to warrant a 45/LP mix distinction in the database?]]> Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:30:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6762&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6762 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6757&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6757 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 1190
Posted: 07 August 2006 at 2:27pm

I finally compared the 45 dub cmmmbase sent me with the version on the Billboard CD. I sort of hear what he's hearing, but it's very subtle. The opening keyboard does sound slighly less defined on the 45, I would say, and the... oh, what are they -- maracas? -- don't sound quite as loud.

I do think part of what you're hearing, cmmmbase, is that the stereo channels are reversed on the 45, at least from what they are on the Billboard 1981 CD. I'm not quite sure if the other slight difference I'm hearing could be due to EQ or not, but I think it's possible.]]> Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:27:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6757&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6757 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6363&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6363 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 1190
Posted: 14 July 2006 at 6:41pm

Are you sure it's not just EQ'd differently on the 45? That can make things sound really different.

I remember Steve Hoffman on his website saying there was some album he did for DCC that he spent hours re-EQing to sound like the vinyl LP. "The master tape sounds nothing like the album," he said, even though it was the exact same MIX.]]> Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:41:21 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6363&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6363 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6361&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6361 Author: cmmmbase
Subject: 1190
Posted: 14 July 2006 at 12:53pm

the keyboard sound is more full sounding and more phased. It's funny - when I listened to the 3 cd versions that I had, none of the intros sounded right - never noticed it before...strange.

Edited by cmmmbase]]> Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:53:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6361&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6361 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6360&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6360 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 1190
Posted: 14 July 2006 at 12:49pm

Really? How does the 45 intro differ, Chuck?]]> Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:49:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6360&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6358&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6358 Author: cmmmbase
Subject: 1190
Posted: 14 July 2006 at 12:35pm

though I saw no reference to a single mix for Bette Davis Eyes in the 10th edition of Pat's book, there appears to be one. The keyboards on the intro on my 45 copy are different than on the version on "Gypsy Honeymoon - Greatest Hits" and Rhino's 80s Pop Culture Box and Radio Daze. ]]> Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:35:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1190&PID=6358&title=bette-davis-eyes-kim-carnes#6358