https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:37:18 +0000 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:38:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1885 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=1885&PID=61566&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61566 Author: TomDiehl1
Subject: 1885
Posted: 19 August 2022 at 4:38pm

My copy of this is buried in the closet and
I can't currently access it, but I believe a
lot of tracks were remixed on this:

https://www.discogs.com/release/2584263-The-
Grassroots-The-ABC-Collection]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:38:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61566&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61566 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61560&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61560 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 1885
Posted: 19 August 2022 at 3:59am

My copy of 'Battle Of The Bands Vol. 2' has Grill's lead
vox stay on the left; Entner's countdown on the right.

I, too, would like to find where this mix originated as
this transfer has undecoded Dolby marring the sound quality
and I wouldn't mind having a better-sounding version of
this mix.

Andy

]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2022 03:59:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61560&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61560 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61559&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61559 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 1885
Posted: 18 August 2022 at 10:50pm

Hykker wrote: LunarLaugh wrote: Just adding a question to this old thread. I have two different stereo mixes of "Let's Live For Today" in my collection. The first mix, which I have on The Grass Roots 20th Century Masters and Rhino's 2 disc Anthology, has a wider soundstage with most of the instrumentation hard panned to the left channel and the lead vocals going right to left on the first verse. The other stereo mix I have on Madacy's Various Artists Spirit of The 60s disc (which is a single-disc version of Cornerstone's 2-CD set of the same name). This mix has most of the instrumentation and lead vocal centered with other stereo information occurring mostly during the chorus. Where did this alternate stereo mix originate? Actually, there's a third stereo mix of this with the lead vocals hard-panned to the right, and background vocals hard panned to the left. I have this on an Era/K-Tel comp called "Battle Of The Bands-Vol. 2". Any idea where this mix came from?

Do the lead vocals stay in the in right for the entire
song, or do they drift over to the left right before the
chorus?]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2022 22:50:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61559&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61559 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61547&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61547 Author: Hykker
Subject: 1885
Posted: 18 August 2022 at 10:25am

LunarLaugh wrote: Just adding a question to this old thread. I have two different stereo mixes of "Let's Live For Today" in my collection. The first mix, which I have on The Grass Roots 20th Century Masters and Rhino's 2 disc Anthology, has a wider soundstage with most of the instrumentation hard panned to the left channel and the lead vocals going right to left on the first verse. The other stereo mix I have on Madacy's Various Artists Spirit of The 60s disc (which is a single-disc version of Cornerstone's 2-CD set of the same name). This mix has most of the instrumentation and lead vocal centered with other stereo information occurring mostly during the chorus. Where did this alternate stereo mix originate?

Actually, there's a third stereo mix of this with the lead vocals hard-panned to the right, and background vocals hard panned
to the left. I have this on an Era/K-Tel comp called "Battle Of The Bands-Vol. 2".

Any idea where this mix came from?]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:25:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61547&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61547 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61522&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61522 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 1885
Posted: 16 August 2022 at 8:24am

Here's how my memory goes...

Vintage Music volumes 1 thru 10 (ten tracks a piece) were
released as single budget-priced albums and cassettes in
1986.

The dubs were a revelation to my ears. I quickly bought
all ten volumes.

Later on (possibly the same year) 5 regularly-priced CDs
came out with 2 LPs worth of tracks (20 cuts a piece)
making them a must-purchase as by that time I owned a CD
player.

This is where my memory gets extra fuzzy: a few years
later the first 5 CDs were split into 10 budget-priced
CDs (like the original LPs/cassettes) under possibly a
different (albeit similar) title. No need for me to buy
them as I liked the 20 track CDs...

Experts out there please correct me where I'm wrong!

Andy]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2022 08:24:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61522&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61522 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61516&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61516 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 1885
Posted: 15 August 2022 at 12:25pm

Not an odd question at all.

As far as I know, the individual releases (10 tracks per disc) had the same mastering as the paired-up releases (20 tracks per disc). I think I verified this myself a long time ago with Vol. 8.

Steve Hoffman mastered the first ten volumes. No mastering credit given to the second ten volumes.

I still haven't figured out why they were released as both individual and paired-up configurations. Different price points, so that it was less expensive to buy a 20-track disc than two 10-track discs? Not sure.]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:25:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61516&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61516 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61515&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61515 Author: AdvprosD
Subject: 1885
Posted: 15 August 2022 at 11:58am

AndrewChouffi wrote: "Let's Live For Today" was remixed (and mastered) by Steve Hoffman. Andy

This may sound like an odd question, but there were two types of CDs released in the "Vintage Music" catalog. The first, (I suppose), was a single disc per issue. And another was
taking two issues together on a single CD. Were the mastering credits the same for both? I don't have the one issue per CD versions, But I do have the vinyl versions.]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:58:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61515&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61515 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61510&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61510 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 1885
Posted: 14 August 2022 at 4:49pm

LunarLaugh wrote: Where did this alternate stereo mix originate?

MCA LP compilation 'Vintage Music Vol.10'.

"Let's Live For Today" was remixed (and
mastered) by Steve Hoffman.

Andy

Edited by AndrewChouffi]]> Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:49:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61510&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61510 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61509&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61509 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 1885
Posted: 14 August 2022 at 11:37am

Just adding a question to this old thread. I have two
different stereo mixes of "Let's Live For Today" in my
collection. The first mix, which I have on The Grass
Roots 20th Century Masters and Rhino's 2 disc Anthology,
has a wider soundstage with most of the instrumentation
hard panned to the left channel and the lead vocals going
right to left on the first verse. The other stereo mix I
have on Madacy's Various Artists Spirit of The 60s disc
(which is a single-disc version of Cornerstone's 2-CD set
of the same name). This mix has most of the
instrumentation and lead vocal centered with other stereo
information occurring mostly during the chorus. Where did
this alternate stereo mix originate?]]> Sun, 14 Aug 2022 11:37:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=61509&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#61509 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1885&PID=10780&title=grass-rootslets-live-for-today#10780 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 1885
Posted: 14 July 2007 at 7:01am

For what it's worth, I don't round up numbers when I time music. My opinion is that if our goal is to obtain pinpoint accurate run times, then a song doesn't officially run 2:45 until is actually hits the 2:45:00 mark on a digital timer. Granted, a song that fades out can be more subjective from one set of ears to another as to when an audio signal is no longer heard. In those cases, if I determine a song finishes fading out at between, say, the 2:44.9 and 2:45.00 mark, then I'll go with 2:45.

Again, this is just one passionate collector's method to his madness. I won't lose sleep if other board members prefer to round a run time up to the nearest half second.

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