https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:33:52 +0000 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:23:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=199 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=199&PID=7411&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7411 Author: MMathews
Subject: 199
Posted: 03 October 2006 at 6:23pm

Hi again,

Forgot to mention - Ed, thanks for heads up about that 2-fer.   
What i find really amusing is; in this wonderful digital age, many of us use software to clean up vinyl transfers and even a small re-issue label could make good use of it to at least make you have to listen closely to tell the source is vinyl.
Pretty sad when they don't even bother.
-MM]]> Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:23:21 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7411&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7411 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7407&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7407 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 199
Posted: 03 October 2006 at 5:25pm

Yes, the Chris Thompson recording of "If You Remember Me" (and therefore, I assume, the whole Night album from which it came) is owned by BMG; Richard Perry used to own these tapes but then they reverted back to BMG at some point. And the master tapes are in the BMG vaults. The Renaissance label (mentioned in the first post) usually uses vinyl sources for their CDs. ]]> Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:25:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7407&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7407 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7406&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7406 Author: MMathews
Subject: 199
Posted: 03 October 2006 at 4:14pm

Hi All,

I'd also be dubious about the statements made about licensing in this case. "digital masters" being destroyed makes little sense since that material was recorded analog and mixed down to analog masters. I'm sure digital copies can be mastered from those tapes which I'm sure are safe and sound on a BMG vault.
Perhaps EdisonLite can comment, because if I recall, he helped with licensing to get "If You Remember Me" on the Varese CD "Barry Scott presents The Lost 45's" vol 2. It is certainly from a master tape on there. It was licensed from BMG special products. I do recall him saying something about Chris Thompson involved, not sure.

And side note, I've seen this many times - when a record was distributed by a major label, even if that label later loses the rights to the music, you can bet the tapes they issued stay right were they were stored. Those Planet singles were issued by RCA so it made perfect sense to look to BMG for tapes.
I also have "Hot Summer Nights" from an import cd and that too is from a master tape.
-MM]]> Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:14:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7406&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7406 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7402&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7402 Author: Gary
Subject: 199
Posted: 02 October 2006 at 3:56pm

edtop40 wrote: thx for the site link.......are these the original versions or re-makes???

These are the originals. ]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:56:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7402&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7402 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7401&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7401 Author: edtop40
Subject: 199
Posted: 02 October 2006 at 3:17pm

thx for the site link.......are these the original versions or re-makes???]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:17:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7401&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7401 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7399&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7399 Author: Gary
Subject: 199
Posted: 02 October 2006 at 2:25pm

edtop40 wrote: are you sure it's digital and not a tape source???

I am not sure of this - but I thought the quality was excellent. Here's the website:

http://121music.com/pages/cd14/backtrk.html]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:25:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7399&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7399 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7392&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7392 Author: edtop40
Subject: 199
Posted: 02 October 2006 at 8:29am

are you sure it's digital and not a tape source???]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:29:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7392&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7392 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7391&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7391 Author: Gary
Subject: 199
Posted: 02 October 2006 at 7:40am

I bought an import a fews years ago that is titled Chris Thompson Backtrack 1980-1994. It features "If You Remember Me" and "Hot Summer Night" in great quality. I remember being so excited the day it arrived in the mail because Hot Summer Night was one of my favorite all time songs.]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:40:25 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=7391&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#7391 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=905&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#905 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 199
Posted: 26 April 2005 at 10:40pm

John's statement doesn't make any sense -- there are no digital master tapes yet the "master tapes" (supplied by lead singer Chris Thompson) were used for this release. What -- the analog master tapes? Would this seller be the John who was the president of Renaissance Records? He sells a lot of Renaissance product, and I've found many of the later releases came straight from vinyl. (I, too, bought through ebay.) But when I asked him about it, he swore the master tapes were used. Clearly, they weren't, and the CDs came from vinyl!]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:40:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=905&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#905 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=199&PID=895&title=night-cdnight-long-distance#895 Author: edtop40
Subject: 199
Posted: 26 April 2005 at 5:48am

here is the reply i rec'd back from the seller regarding this cd being copied from vinyl....

Actually it came from master tapes supplied by lead singer Chris Thompson. The Digital Masters were burned in a fire at Planet Records many years ago. This is the only source that now exists.

John
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