https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 09 May 2026 15:54:56 +0000 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:50:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2317 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=2317&PID=40330&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#40330 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 2317
Posted: 21 January 2014 at 6:50pm

Didn't learn as much as I'd hoped for this song, so I'll report what I do know.

LP version, also on first presings of 45, runs about 2:58

This has a 16-beat intro before the vocals start. The intro runs about 10 seconds.

This was also the version played on American Top 40 for its entire chart run and for the year-end show. (I confirmed this.)

I have this version on Time-Life's 2-CD Echoes Of Love (1991), where it runs about 2:58, and runs at 95.8 BPM throughout (live drummer playing to a click track). It sounds pretty good here. There's a digitally identical clone on Madacy's Rock On 1981 (1996).

It sounds like a new analog transfer of the same source tape was used for Rhino's Radio Daze Vol. 5 (1995), where it runs at 95.5 BPM throughout. The sound quality is quite close to Echoes Of Love, but it's a teensy bit slower here.

Shortened-intro 45, runs about 2:56

Before I found this post, I thought this version was just a mastering error. Turns out that this is a real, released version on some pressings of the 45. Not sure if it was an early pressing (and considered a mistake) or a later pressing.

Two differences, compared to the 2:58 versions. First, the first four beats of the intro are removed, so that the intro runs just 12 beats and is now 7 seconds long. Second, the left and right channels are swapped, compared to the 2:58 versions.

The mix is the same as on the 2:58 version, only with the left and right channels reversed.

This version turns up on CD on JCI's Only Country 1980-1984 (1995), and the same analog transfer is used on Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 7 1980-1982 (2000). The channels are reversed, compared to the 2:58 versions on CD, which is consistent with how the 2:56 version was released on 45. Both of these CDs sound fine.

Version(s?) with additional overdubs

I'm at a loss as to where this came from. As far as I can tell from this thread, we don't have any LPs or 45s from 1981 that actually have the overdubs.

I'll be happy to pick apart other masterings if you send them to me.

In my own library, I'm going to use the version from Echoes Of Love (1991). The short-intro version runs 12 beats, rather than 16, which sounds very unnatural to my ears.]]> Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:50:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=40330&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#40330 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=28345&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#28345 Author: aaronk
Subject: 2317
Posted: 15 November 2010 at 6:44pm

Abagon sent me his copies of the US 45 and US LP. I agree that they are the same. As he points out, the 45 is EQ'd much brighter, but it's not a mix difference.]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:44:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=28345&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#28345 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=28333&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#28333 Author: aaronk
Subject: 2317
Posted: 14 November 2010 at 10:30pm

Pat, the database probably needs to be updated, as Gene reports "The 80s Hits...Back Again" CD has a different mix than the common 45/LP mix. Did anyone ever come across a 45 that matches it?]]> Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:30:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=28333&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#28333 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25475&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25475 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 2317
Posted: 12 March 2010 at 10:27am

Hi People,

Does anyone out there actually currently own a 45 with the overdubbed mix on it?

Is it commercial or promo?

Andy]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:27:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25475&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25475 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25474&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25474 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 2317
Posted: 12 March 2010 at 9:58am

Interesting - so the album version is the same as one of the single versions. And the other single version is the alternate mix. Kind of similar to the situation of "Every Little Kiss" by Bruce Hornsby and "Stir It Up" by Johnny Nash - except we know for sure in those cases that the hit versions were NOT the versions on the album but the alternate mixes.

In Gibbs' case, we're still not sure what this 2nd/alternate mix is (i.e. the version with or without the overdubs), and as for the "alternate" version, was it the version that country radio stations played, was it never really played at all, etc.?]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25474&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25474 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25473&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25473 Author: abagon
Subject: 2317
Posted: 12 March 2010 at 8:12am

I compared the U.S. vinyl LP "Somebody's Knockin'" (MCA-5173/actual 2:59, listed 2:52) with the commercial 45 of the long intro (MCA-41309 matrix# MC-10553 ws-3/actual 2:58, listed 2:52 & "listed intro time :10".)
As a result, the LP is the same take as the commercial long intro version. However, a tone quality is difference each. A high note in the 45 is quite stronger than the LP's one. So, her voice in the 45 is more brilliant. The LP has an emphasized bass line.

--abagon]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:12:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25473&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25473 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25464&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25464 Author: Paul C
Subject: 2317
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 4:18pm

After reading Gene's post, I dug out my two different U.S. 45s that I mentioned in my first post to see if either contained any of the overdubs he noticed on the Hip-O CD, since I had previously only noticed a difference in the intros. I don't hear any of these overdubs on either 45 version: No harmonica at :06 on either (no harmonica is heard at all until about :31, which is :29 on the version with the shorter intro), no tambourine at 2:24 on either, and I don't detect any difference in the background vocals during the final stages of the song.

EdisonLite wrote: Does anyone know which version is on "Radio Daze vol. 5" - and also which version is the single version and album version?

The Radio Daze Vol. 5 CD is the only one I have on which this song appears. This version sounds the same to me as my 45 with the longer intro, except that the right and left channels are reversed!! I don't detect any of the overdubs Gene noticed on the Hip-O CD.]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:18:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25464&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25464 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25458&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25458 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 2317
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 10:39am

Does anyone know which version is on "Radio Daze vol. 5" - and also which version is the single version and album version?]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:39:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25458&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25458 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25451&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25451 Author: Hykker
Subject: 2317
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 6:35am

Of course, she may not have been involved in any remixing of the song. While it wasn't as common in the early 80s as it is today labels did issue different mixes for different formats.
This happened even with well-established artists, never mind an unknown one.]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:35:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25451&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25451 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25446&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25446 Author: NightAire
Subject: 2317
Posted: 10 March 2010 at 9:10pm

Well, this is mildly interesting, if not very helpful:

Hi Gene, I asked Miss Gibbs about the cut, "Somebody's Knockin'". She said she does not remember there being more than one version. She only has the version that's on her "Best Of" CD . . . She wishes she could be more help to you. Take care . . . Kathy for Terri Gibbs

At least I got a reply, I guess!]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:10:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2317&PID=25446&title=terri-gibbs-somebodys-knockin#25446