https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:44:18 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:34:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2916 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=2916&PID=67314&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#67314 Author: elcoleccionista
Subject: 2916
Posted: 24 September 2025 at 5:34pm

Is it me or there is something (once you notice it) very off on the final chorus after the bridge/guitar riff/drums kick in?

It's like a bad edit point on the snare while he sings "...nights"? It would be the third snare hit after the drums kick back in.

On the LP edit at 3:37
On the LP version at 4:06
]]> Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:34:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=67314&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#67314 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=67304&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#67304 Author: prisdeej
Subject: 2916
Posted: 21 September 2025 at 1:05am

I downloaded the AC Edit from Ballads on Qobuz. It's the undecoded Dolby transfer that was discussed above. (It does sound like a high generation tape source). The best bet for the AC Edit as of this writing is Aaron's re-creation.   

Edited by prisdeej - 21 September 2025 at 1:12am]]> Sun, 21 Sep 2025 01:05:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=67304&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#67304 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=67292&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#67292 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 2916
Posted: 16 September 2025 at 3:28pm

I just noticed today that the Ballads, Then Now and Forever from Richard Marx is on Qobuz. Not sure if the quality is the same as the CD or if they remastered the tracks without noise reduction.]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:28:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=67292&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#67292 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=67291&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#67291 Author: kaqueno
Subject: 2916
Posted: 16 September 2025 at 12:27pm

Just as I asked a few days ago if there was an LP edit of "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins, my question now is whether there was an LP edit of "Hold On To The Nights" by RM, without the intro, that is, starting with the first piano chords. Does it exist? Has anyone been able to recreate it?]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:27:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=67291&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#67291 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65337&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65337 Author: aaronk
Subject: 2916
Posted: 23 October 2024 at 8:37am

Yeah, TM typically didn’t have any special sources that weren’t otherwise
available, so I don’t know if this version showed up on a promo sampler or if
this was a case where they got a DAT or reel copy directly from the label. All
I know is that the 45 is pressed on styrene and both sides of my copy get
distorted during the loud passage (the same passage I mentioned I used
from TM’s disc). Their copy doesn’t have a trace of vinyl noise or distortion
anywhere—just undesirable noise reduction, which isn’t necessarily heavy
but enough that I can hear it in places. ]]> Wed, 23 Oct 2024 08:37:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65337&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65337 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65336&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65336 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 2916
Posted: 23 October 2024 at 4:37am

Thanks for the detailing, Aaron; I did not get a chance to
check the PM yesterday.

It's interesting that you think TM Century's might have
been from a non-vinyl source at that time. In that era TM
typically used US CD promos as their source, but would dub
a 45 or promo 12-inch if no digital was currently
available. Hitmakers was pretty much the only DJ source
that obtained an occasional DAT of a radio mix that wasn't
otherwise promotionally (or commercially) available.

Andy]]> Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:37:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65336&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65336 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65334&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65334 Author: aaronk
Subject: 2916
Posted: 22 October 2024 at 6:19am

Hey Andy,

I sent you a PM yesterday, but I'll answer your question here. The short answer is 'yes,' but I had to go back and de-construct my re-construction to figure out where it all came from. In my PM, I let you know I sent you my cleaned up promo 45, which is not totally accurate.

The main part of the song from 0:00 to 3:16 is identical between the AC Edit and 45 version. From that point forward, the mixes differ.

TM Century issued the AC Edit on both a HitDisc and GoldDisc, and to my ears this comes from a tape source. The trouble with TM's copy is that they tended to run all their songs through "No Noise," and I could hear the NR on their copy during the quieter passages, especially the ending.

For my re-construction, I used the normal 45 version from CD, TM's version from 3:16 to 3:50 (the loudest passage of the song where noise reduction could not be detected), and then my own cleanup from 3:50 to 4:21.

Edited by aaronk]]> Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:19:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65334&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65334 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65333&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65333 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 2916
Posted: 22 October 2024 at 4:19am

Aaron graciously let me hear the cut on the 'Ballads' CD;
yep, the dreaded undecoded Dolby rears its ugly head
again...

However, he also let me listen to a pristine dub of the AC
edit.

Was it ever issued promotionally on CD (such as Hitmakers)
or did Aaron meticulously edit in the unique audio from
the promo 45 donut??

Andy]]> Tue, 22 Oct 2024 04:19:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65333&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65333 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65328&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65328 Author: aaronk
Subject: 2916
Posted: 20 October 2024 at 9:18pm

I went ahead and ordered the Japanese Ballads CD, and it does include the AC Edit of "Hold On To The Nights." Unfortunately, it sounds like an improperly decoded Dolby transfer. It's not necessarily bad sounding, but the Dolby issue makes it sound like a high generation tape and really exaggerates the highs compared with the 45.]]> Sun, 20 Oct 2024 21:18:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65328&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65328 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65322&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65322 Author: Bellenger1981
Subject: 2916
Posted: 16 October 2024 at 6:48pm

Never noticed that, Aaron. Thanks for the
clarification. ]]> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:48:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2916&PID=65322&title=richard-marxhold-on-to-the-nights#65322