https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 02 May 2026 01:51:52 +0000 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:27:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4109 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=4109&PID=67402&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#67402 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 4109
Posted: 20 October 2025 at 4:27pm

Old thread, but the Canadian Rhino/Platinum Legends Various Artists compilation CD called Road Trip has RAMBLIN' MAN at the correct slower speed and the mastering on this CD is pretty good, too.]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:27:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=67402&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#67402 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45691&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45691 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 4109
Posted: 06 June 2016 at 4:29am

At this point, my only concern is what the 45 is. If the
45 is slower, that's what I go with. The record company
may claim the faster pitch is correct, but it sounds
sped-up. It is my belief that record labels don't really
pay much attention to what the single was like when doing
compilations. They don't even compare the pressings.
They just go by what's written on the tape box.]]> Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:29:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45691&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45691 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45662&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45662 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 4109
Posted: 28 May 2016 at 10:01am

Yeah, my old gatefold vinyl times in at 4:56 (even if it's labeled 4:47) and I'm sure it's close in pitch to the 45. I don't have the original 45 to compare the pitch to because I waited a week or so until the album came out to buy the LP because the single was so strong!

Remember those days...

Andy

]]> Sat, 28 May 2016 10:01:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45662&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45662 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45642&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45642 Author: Bill Cahill
Subject: 4109
Posted: 26 May 2016 at 2:08pm

Now that you mention it Andrew maybe the LP WASN'T Sped up from the single. I don't have the LP anymore so I think I'm mixing it up with some CD releases, most of which are sped up compared to the original vinyl release. I basically got the same response that you did, that the CD was the correct presentation. Sounds fast enough to me to think that David Seville was involved.. : )]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 14:08:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45642&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45642 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45639&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45639 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 4109
Posted: 26 May 2016 at 5:04am

I remember in 1989 when the Allman Brothers Band CD boxset 'Dreams' came out it was the first time I heard the sped-up "Ramblin' Man" on any record or CD. The set was mastered so well I decided to phone Polygram Studios in Edison, New Jersey to see if maybe Dennis Drake could explain why "Ramblin' Man" ran so fast. I received a callback from, I believe, compilation producer Bill Levenson explaining this set was the first time the correct recorded speed had actually been released!

Could anyone out there confirm if the 'Dreams' version is in an exact key? Dickey Betts sounds like he's on helium to me on this dub.

Andy]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 05:04:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45639&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45639 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45638&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45638 Author: Bill Cahill
Subject: 4109
Posted: 25 May 2016 at 6:26pm

I believe that the vinyl LP version was always sped up compared to the single, but in the CD era I've always suspected that
they used a misfiled master, the tape box probably said "speed up by whatever percent".. but the tape in the box was the
already sped up master.. so it got sped up twice. That's the only explanation that I can think of. I brought it up to one of
the mastering folks at MCA years ago and the response to me was that the CD version was "the correct presentation". There's no
way that's the correct presentation. ]]> Wed, 25 May 2016 18:26:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45638&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45638 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45634&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45634 Author: Tunestony
Subject: 4109
Posted: 25 May 2016 at 10:38am

I just discovered this discrepancy myself. Every Allman Brothers' disc
that's been released recently features the wrong version of "Ramblin'
Man" - even the Deluxe Edition of Brothers & Sisters. it's sped WAY up.
Even a casual listen should be able to spot this.

I'm floored by the lack of attention to detail. Or maybe I'm not.

]]> Wed, 25 May 2016 10:38:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=45634&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#45634 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=38270&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#38270 Author: Tim Lyman
Subject: 4109
Posted: 01 July 2013 at 8:04pm

I don't have the means to synch it with my Capricorn 45 or LP, but slowing the too-fast version by -3.152% in Audacity works for me.]]> Mon, 01 Jul 2013 20:04:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=38270&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#38270 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=18342&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#18342 Author: TomDiehl1
Subject: 4109
Posted: 21 August 2008 at 8:52pm

Both of my LP pressings (Capricorn and Polydor) run to 4:55. the Polydor pressing lists on the back cover that it was remixed, though i couldn't tell any difference between the two pressings, except the Polydor pressing is actually quite a bit louder.

The one cd version that I have does run about 9 seconds shorter but is absolutely sped up compared to the LP, and does not fade the song at an earlier point.]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:52:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=18342&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#18342 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=18310&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#18310 Author: TomDiehl1
Subject: 4109
Posted: 21 August 2008 at 12:26am

My mother owns an original Capricorn label gatefold pressing of the album while I myself own a Polydor non-gatefold reissue. I will see if i can locate both of them tomorrow and time them after work. ]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:26:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4109&PID=18310&title=ramblin-man-by-allman-brothers#18310