https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:58:40 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:21:37 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=307 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=307&PID=67790&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#67790 Author: AaronsAmazing
Subject: 307
Posted: 10 February 2026 at 10:21pm

My local radio station (Mix 106.3) currently plays the actual (sped-up) single mix, not the alternate single mix from the Billboard Top Hits disc which is commonly found on VA compilations. The original recording currently isn't available to stream here, just a re-recording from 2009. Does anyone know where they got it from.]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:21:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=67790&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#67790 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=29561&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#29561 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 307
Posted: 28 March 2011 at 4:20am

crapfromthepast wrote: FYI - The odd mix appears to have turned up first on Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1988 from 1994. The other discs that include are digital clones of the Billboard disc, except the Like Omigod box, which sounds pretty darn close to the Billboard disc.

I believe the Billboard Top Hits 1988 CD was mastered by Bill Inglot. I know he's a widely respected audio engineer, but I've always found it interesting how so many of the songs he masters for Rhino often seems to become the industry standard for future CD compilations, even when the versions Inglot uses or edits himself are incorrect.

Edited by Todd Ireland]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:20:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=29561&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#29561 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=29557&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#29557 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 307
Posted: 27 March 2011 at 7:27pm

FYI - The odd mix appears to have turned up first on
Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1988 from 1994. The
other discs that include are digital clones of the
Billboard disc, except the Like Omigod box,
which sounds pretty darn close to the Billboard
disc.]]> Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:27:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=29557&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#29557 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=11376&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#11376 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 307
Posted: 04 September 2007 at 4:24am

I have a copy of the song from a TM Century disc, and it DOES include the synth note, and it runs 3:58.
]]> Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:24:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=11376&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#11376 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=11374&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#11374 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 307
Posted: 03 September 2007 at 9:32pm

I agree with everything posted thus far, but I thought since my CD collection probably doesn't overlap with many others, I'd post my findings as well.

The LP version is found on these CDs (all 139.2 BPM except where noted):

• Rock The First Vol. 3 (Sandstone D233043-2, 1992; mastered by Steve Hoffman and the best-sounding of the bunch of LP versions; runs 5:45)
• Cosmopolitan Vol. 9 (Sandstone SAN 5023, 1994; also mastered by Steve Hoffman and sounds great; runs 5:42)
• Rock Of The 80's Vol. 4 (Priority P2 53684, 1993; mastered too loud and clips severely; runs 5:43)
• Modern Rock 1988-1989 (Time-Life R828-07, 1999; differently EQ'd version of Rock Of The 80's mastering, also clips; run 5:44)
• This Is Music 6 (Quality Canada QRSPD-1094, 1989; EQ a little thin but no clipping at all; runs about 0.2% too fast at 139.5 BPM; runs 5:43)

The true 45 is an edit (same mix) of LP version, but sped up by about 0.8% to run at 140.4 BPM. It's found on:

• Totally '80s (Razor & Tie OPCD-4544, 1993; mastered by Steve Hoffman and is best-sounding 45 version; runs 4:02)
• Atlantic's Year In Review: 1988 (Atlantic PR 2566-2, 1989; runs 4:02)
• The "A" List Disc 43 (Swaitek, 1994; runs 4:04 and 140.3 BPM)

There is another mix in circulation, alluded to above. It's missing some production elements, like the synth note before the vocals start, and its drums are mixed way too far out in front. It's slower than the LP version by about 1.5% and runs at 137.1 BPM.

Because production elements are missing, compared to the LP version, and it's slower than the LP version, I doubt that this would have been a candidate for a single release at the time - both of those are the opposite of what the trend was for single remixes in 1988.

This version simply didn't exist when I was in college radio in 1988, and first turned up (to the best of my knowledge) on the Time-Life compilation below from 1995.

There are one or two other instances of odd mixes that have turned up only on the Time-Life compilations - one that springs to mind is an odd mix of the Champs' "Tequila", which appears in its proper mono 45 version on the reissue of The Rock 'N' Roll Era 1958 (1992), but is slowed down and has stereo overdubs on the original release of that disc from 1987.

The odd "Wild, Wild West" mix is 137.1 BPM for all versions and appears on:

• Sounds Of The Eighties - 1988 (Time-Life R988-10, 1995; mastered a little bit loud and clips in a few places; runs 4:07)
• Sounds Of The Eighties - Everything '80s (Time-Life R988-24, 2002; digitally identical to above; runs 4:06)
• Retro Lunchbox - Squeeze The Cheeze (Universal MSD-37132, 1997; digitally exactly 0.66 dB quieter than above two; runs 4:06)
• Like Omigod (Rhino 7-CD box; mastered too loud and clips quite a bit; runs 4:06)

]]> Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:32:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=11374&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#11374 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=1386&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#1386 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 307
Posted: 29 June 2005 at 12:37am

Good catch, Aaron! Damn, you guys are good. I have the original Japanese three-inch CD single, two track, and turns out it is the 45 mix as well.

Edited by Brian W.]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:37:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=1386&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#1386 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=1378&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#1378 Author: aaronk
Subject: 307
Posted: 28 June 2005 at 6:55pm

edtop40...there are some CDs that have the correct 45 version...the ones listed with a run time of 3:58 I'm guessing. It's only those with a 4:04 run time that are incorrect.]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:55:20 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=1378&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#1378 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=1377&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#1377 Author: edtop40
Subject: 307
Posted: 28 June 2005 at 6:39pm

i found the full length cd by the escape club titled "wild wild west" and that cd HAS the synth yaw right before the vocals start on the song "wild wild west"........the plot thickens....]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:39:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=1377&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#1377 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=1376&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#1376 Author: edtop40
Subject: 307
Posted: 28 June 2005 at 6:36pm

well i guess the only place to find the true 45 version is on the promo cd single.....]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:36:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=1376&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#1376 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=1374&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#1374 Author: Moderator
Subject: 307
Posted: 28 June 2005 at 6:13pm

I have checked every cd listed in Top 40 Music On Compact Disc and all of the entries that run 4:04 do not have the synth yaw.]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:13:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=307&PID=1374&title=escape-club-wild-wild-west#1374