https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:28:03 +0000 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:04:52 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3743 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=3743&PID=40833&title=steal-away-robbie-dupree#40833 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 3743
Posted: 26 March 2014 at 8:04pm

A few different analog transfers here. Some better than others, but none are awful.

The song appeared on two CDs in 1989. One is MCA/Silver Eagle's 3-CD Shades Of Love (1989). It sounds OK here, where it's probably not from the lowest-generation source tape. The same analog transfer is used for swaitek's A List Disc 5 (1994), which adds noise reduction - avoid.

The other 1989 appearance is on Warner Special Products' 2-CD Feel Good Rock (1989). There are some crackles at the end of the fade that sound like surface noise to me - is this taken from vinyl? Even if it's a needledrop, it still sounds better than Shades Of Love. There are a few CDs that use the same analog transfer as Feel Good Rock:

• Warner Special Products' 2-CD Good Times (1991, absolute polarity inverted)
• Warner Special Products' 2-CD Lost In Love (1994)
• Madacy's Rock On 1980 (1996; digitally exactly 0.7 dB quieter than Good Times)

There's a new analog transfer on Priority's Eighties Greatest Rock Hits Vol. 7 Light And Easy (1993). It's a little loud, and clips a bit, but doesn't sound awful. Also not the lowest-generation source tape. There's a clunky noise in the left channel during the fade - it's not a turntable clunk; it's more of a sound I used to hear if I plugged something in in a patch bay. That's the only CD I found with the clunky noise.

And finally, the best-sounding of the bunch: Bill Inglot did a new analog transfer for Rhino's Radio Daze Vol. 3 (1995). It clips a tiny bit, but it sounds very nice. There are a bunch of CDs that use the same analog transfer as Radio Daze:

• JCI's Only Rock 'N Roll #1 Radio Hits 1980-1984 (1996)
• Time-Life's Body Talk Vol. 16 Sweet Nothings (1997; differently EQ'd digital clone)
• Razor & Tie's Easy Rock (2001; discrete level changes from Only Rock N Roll)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 13 1979-1989 (2001; differently EQ'd digital clone)
• Madacy's cheapie Retro '80s (2005)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Classic Soft Rock Vol. 1 Summer Breeze (2006; differently EQ'd digital clone)

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:04:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3743&PID=40833&title=steal-away-robbie-dupree#40833 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3743&PID=17105&title=steal-away-robbie-dupree#17105 Author: jimct
Subject: 3743
Posted: 22 June 2008 at 8:27am

Todd, despite the song's fade-in, the first note was easily discernable for my timing purposes. I just came up with a "Steal Away" actual run time of (3:28), with obviously the same listed time that you report, (3:21). My deadwax info is "ES-46621 A SP".]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:27:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3743&PID=17105&title=steal-away-robbie-dupree#17105 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3743&PID=17096&title=steal-away-robbie-dupree#17096 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 3743
Posted: 21 June 2008 at 10:12pm

The actual commercial 45 run time of Robbie Dupree's "Steal Away" is 3:26, not 3:21 as stated on the record label. (This info comes courtesy of Edtop40.)

Does anyone know the vinyl LP run time?]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:12:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3743&PID=17096&title=steal-away-robbie-dupree#17096