https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 03:24:42 +0000 Fri, 03 Jul 2020 17:47:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=203 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=203&PID=54919&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#54919 Author: sriv94
Subject: 203
Posted: 03 July 2020 at 5:47pm

OK, here's one for the class. Listening to SiriusXM Top 700 of the 70s on 7, and they just played "Could It Be Magic" (checked in at 549, if you're
scoring at home or even if you're alone :) ). However, what they played was the LP version edited to try to the match the 45 (which is impossible,
given how much remixing and extra instrumentation the 45 has, although whoever did it did a fairly nice job--but it seems they to insert a part of
the actual 45 near the end to make it work).

What I'm trying to figure out is what the source is of this version (if I had to guess, it'd be something that originated with TM Century).]]> Fri, 03 Jul 2020 17:47:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=54919&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#54919 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50438&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50438 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 203
Posted: 28 October 2018 at 2:05pm

EdisonLite wrote: Are you saying this is the case for your 45 and the single version on the Essential CD??

If you are talking to me, yes. The edit is obvious on the
45, but not on the Essential CD. It sounds very much to
me like someone smoothed it out.]]> Sun, 28 Oct 2018 14:05:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50438&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50438 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50437&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50437 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 203
Posted: 28 October 2018 at 2:02pm

What's crazier Aaron is that I heard the click only after
I read this thread. Then, I played it again and didn't
hear or notice the click. LOL!]]> Sun, 28 Oct 2018 14:02:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50437&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50437 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50435&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50435 Author: aaronk
Subject: 203
Posted: 28 October 2018 at 11:23am

Is it possible that there is only one master tape, but the click is more
pronounced based on which tape machine its being played on? Just a
theory. ]]> Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:23:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50435&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50435 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50425&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50425 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 203
Posted: 27 October 2018 at 7:34pm

Are you saying this is the case for your 45 and the single version on the Essential CD??]]> Sat, 27 Oct 2018 19:34:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50425&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50425 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50423&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50423 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 203
Posted: 27 October 2018 at 4:50pm

There may either be two masters, or Sony repaired one edit
for the Essential CD. The edit i'm talking about is at
1:56 on the piano hit starting at the beginning of the bar
before he sings "I could love you.". On the 45, you can
plainly hear an edit with a dropoff in volume at that
point, whereas it's a smooth, seamless transition on the
CD.]]> Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:50:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50423&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50423 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50409&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50409 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 203
Posted: 25 October 2018 at 10:28pm

sriv94 wrote: I hear now what you mean. However, the glitch is much more pronounced on the Essential version. I could hear that one without the headphones. It's a little smoother on my cassingle.

Doug, I listened to your cassette version. Interesting. You're right. The splice is there, too. You can hear it. But there's no click after the "baby I love you", like there is on the "Essential" CD. At the time I got the "Essential" CD, I recall checking my 45 and hearing it had the same loud click. Your cassette, though edited at the same spot, sounds like a much smoother edit. The edit on the cassette just sounds like one of those things where he came back on another day and the vocal tone didn't match up on the next spot, whereas my 45, and the Essential CD, has a definite click in that spot. As Mark points out, this is where the LP mix gets spliced into the new 45 mix. So maybe there are 2 single master tapes at Sony (??) ... that only differ in this one spot. Seems hard to believe. But I can't understand why your cassette would sound so much better. I'm sure it was released before we had all this digital software to clean things. So if it was released long ago, the only conclusion I can come to is that maybe there are 2 master tapes. Even though I'm working on a potential Barry Manilow digital release with Sony right now, unfortunately I can't ask my contact to search for an alterate single mix. ]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2018 22:28:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50409&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50409 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50408&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50408 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 203
Posted: 25 October 2018 at 10:22pm

I thought I remembered that being the case, Mark. I'm glad you confirmed it.]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2018 22:22:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50408&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50408 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50405&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50405 Author: MMathews
Subject: 203
Posted: 25 October 2018 at 4:56pm

BTW, the glitch you are referring to is the tape splice
where it switches from the LP mix to the 45 mix. The intro
and first verse are taken from the LP version. Then at :55
they spliced on the word "come" to the remixed portion
which is the rest of the 45.
MM

Edited by MMathews]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:56:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50405&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50405 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50404&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50404 Author: sriv94
Subject: 203
Posted: 25 October 2018 at 3:19pm

EdisonLite wrote: So I don't understand how a cassette single reissue wouldn't have the glitch. Did you listen closely under headphones? It's not really noticeable on speakers or the radio.

I hear now what you mean. However, the glitch is much more pronounced on the Essential version. I could hear
that one without the headphones. It's a little smoother on my cassingle.]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:19:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PID=50404&title=could-it-be-magic-barry-manilow#50404