https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:01:37 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:51:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4357 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=4357&PID=67762&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#67762 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 4357
Posted: 06 February 2026 at 10:51am

Don't know if I mentioned it, but I've got the mono 45 version on a UK V/A import from EMI called "Great Entertainers Vol. 2."]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:51:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=67762&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#67762 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=67758&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#67758 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 4357
Posted: 06 February 2026 at 12:43am

I do concur that the Best of sounds as great as you say. Thanks for suggesting it.]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:43:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=67758&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#67758 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=67756&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#67756 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 4357
Posted: 05 February 2026 at 11:06pm

RCA/LEGACY's 2007 collection Light My Fire - The Best of Jose Felciano contains the best sounding version on CD I have come across. Not as hissy as the first edition of Nipper's Greatest Hits and not as riddled with noise gates, too-bright EQ and weird stereo reverb as the 1999 edition.

The vocal distortion in the right channel is unavoidable as it appears to be baked into the master tape.
Superb mastering by Mark Wilder at Sony studios. Seek it out.


AUDIO NERD EDIT:
The RCA/LEGACY disc also still contains an azimuth issue on "Light My Fire" that makes the left and right channels off-sync by a sample or two but this can easilly be corrected with good audio editing software... When doing an OOPS test and inverting one channel, you need to make the left channel louder or the right channel quieter in order for the lead vocal to vanish with only reverb from the vocal remaining.

Edited by LunarLaugh - 05 February 2026 at 11:32pm]]> Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:06:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=67756&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#67756 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19568&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19568 Author: edtop40
Subject: 4357
Posted: 30 October 2008 at 8:50pm

because john asked!!!

]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:50:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19568&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19568 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19566&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19566 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 4357
Posted: 30 October 2008 at 7:23pm

What a great family we have here, always helping each other! Thank you, John! This will assist others who have the 3:34 length, too!]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:23:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19566&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19566 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19565&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19565 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 4357
Posted: 30 October 2008 at 6:39pm

The 45 runs just a hair faster than the track from Nipper's Greatest Hits - The '60s Volume 1.

To replicate the 45, fade the track beginning at 2:52.593 and out at 3:01.881.

Compress the speed by 99.362 percent. The final length is approximately 3:00.721.

BTW, on the original RCA Victor 45, just under the Nipper "His Master's Voice" logo is the name of the song's publisher, Nipper Music. How appropriate!]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:39:07 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19565&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19565 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19510&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19510 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 4357
Posted: 26 October 2008 at 12:36pm

Yes, but I have the mono 45 version of the Jose Feliciano, too.]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:36:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19510&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19510 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19509&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19509 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 4357
Posted: 26 October 2008 at 12:12pm

Brian:

I had inadvertently brought back the Doors thread when looking for the answer on Jose Feliciano.

You probably have the Doors 45 version, which I have too.]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:12:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19509&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19509 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19508&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19508 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 4357
Posted: 26 October 2008 at 11:49am

Well, I've got the mono 45 version on an import. Forgot which one now. I think it's a 2-disc Australian import.]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:49:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19508&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19508 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19507&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19507 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 4357
Posted: 26 October 2008 at 11:36am

Has anyone successfully replicated the 45 fade?]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:36:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4357&PID=19507&title=jose-feliciano-light-my-fire#19507