https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 04 May 2026 17:39:15 +0000 Sat, 22 Jan 2022 04:29:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4371 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=4371&PID=60060&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#60060 Author: TimNeely
Subject: 4371
Posted: 22 January 2022 at 4:29am

After seeing this thread, I checked my own
stock 45. Like Paul Haney's early in the
thread, it says 2:56 on the label but
plays closer to 2:54. The label has the
title on two lines (WHAT I / LIKE ABOUT
YOU).

The trail-off is AB-ZS9-7527-3 with
STERLING also stamped in the wax and what
looks like a stamped P for CBS's Pitman,
NJ pressing plant to the left of the
matrix number.]]> Sat, 22 Jan 2022 04:29:16 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=60060&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#60060 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=60058&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#60058 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 4371
Posted: 20 January 2022 at 8:05pm

The music
video for the song that is forever burned into my
memory whenever I hear this song due to many hours glued to
MTV and VH-1 also had the track running faster than the LP. ]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:05:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=60058&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#60058 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=43782&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#43782 Author: TomDiehl1
Subject: 4371
Posted: 10 June 2015 at 2:11pm

jimct wrote: I finally acquired a 1980, Nemperor 7527 promo 45 copy. Both sides state stereo, "AA-AF", "ZS9 7527-3", and a listed time of (2:56) on the label. Actual contents? Something I wasn't expecting: One side runs (2:55), with deadwax of "AE-ZS9-7527- 3". The other side runs (2:38), with deadwax of "AF-ZS9- 7527-3". So my promo copy has the best and worst of both worlds! I'm afraid this might now mean that the (2:38) "Chipmunk Version" qualifies as an official radio edit! Makes me wonder if either Steve's and Tom's promo copies are the same, and they just happened to play the correct-speed side first, or if their copies included the correct speed versions on both sides. Other than playing them/reading the deadwax info, there's no way to tell which side of my copy is which speed, going by just the labels.

With my copy now in storage, it's hard to say what
mine actually has, but I believe I had played both
sides and that they were both at the normal speed. I
see a listing on 45cat for the promo 45 which gives
1979 copyrights on the labels but has AA-AF on them
and a label time of 2:56 on both sides... perhaps this
has the chipmunk version on both sides.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:11:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=43782&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#43782 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=43671&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#43671 Author: eric_a
Subject: 4371
Posted: 25 May 2015 at 11:14am

jimct wrote: I finally acquired a 1980, Nemperor 7527 promo 45 copy.

Jim, does this mean your label specifies a 1980 copyright date? I
noticed that my WLP copy says 1979, although I have no idea
when this was actually released. Like Steve and Tom's copies, mine is
marked -AE on both sides, ZS9 7527, and runs at normal speed.

If I am inferring properly, it sounds like there may have been a second
push in 1980 at radio for this single. Anyone have the story?

Edited by eric_a]]> Mon, 25 May 2015 11:14:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=43671&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#43671 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=43395&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#43395 Author: Hykker
Subject: 4371
Posted: 02 April 2015 at 2:51pm

jimct wrote: Makes me wonder if either Steve's and Tom's promo copies are the same, and they just happened to play the correct-speed side first, or if their copies included the correct speed versions on both sides.

Mine has the correct speed on both sides.
]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:51:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=43395&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#43395 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=43394&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#43394 Author: jimct
Subject: 4371
Posted: 02 April 2015 at 2:09pm

I finally acquired a 1980, Nemperor 7527 promo 45 copy. Both sides state
stereo, "AA-AF", "ZS9 7527-3", and a listed time of (2:56) on the label.
Actual contents? Something I wasn't expecting:

One side runs (2:55), with deadwax of "AE-ZS9-7527-3".

The other side runs (2:38), with deadwax of "AF-ZS9-7527-3".

So my promo copy has the best and worst of both worlds! I'm afraid this
might now mean that the (2:38) "Chipmunk Version" qualifies as an
official radio edit! Makes me wonder if either Steve's and Tom's promo
copies are the same, and they just happened to play the correct-speed
side first, or if their copies included the correct speed versions on both
sides. Other than playing them/reading the deadwax info, there's no way
to tell which side of my copy is which speed, going by just the labels.

]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:09:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=43394&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#43394 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=39374&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#39374 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 4371
Posted: 12 October 2013 at 1:32pm

Found a copy of What I Like About You (And Other
Romantic Hits). Can confirm that Take Two is a
differently-EQ'd digital clone, as I'd guessed in the
previous post.]]> Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:32:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=39374&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#39374 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=38890&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#38890 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 4371
Posted: 20 August 2013 at 6:57pm

Nothing new to report on the crazy-fast 45 front...

Instead, I caompared the CD masterings for this one; not as definitive as I'd hoped.

The first version on CD was probably a German CD called Mixed Masters Vol. 4 (1989), which is undoubtedly extremely expensive today. It was part of a six-CD set that featured some true gems, including the 12" versions of "Talking In Your Sleep" (never seen that one anywhere else) and the 12" of the Jacksons' "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)". Most, but not all, tracks saw the light of day on the Club Columbia and Club Epic discs here in the U.S. The Mixed Masters discs had very nice volume levels, no noise reduction, and reasonable EQ, but tended to use source tapes that weren't first generation. For "What I Like About You", it wasn't a big deal, since the song would reappear shortly on many other discs. By the way, it ran about 0.2% slower here than most of the discs that followed.

One year later, Epic released What I Like About You (And Other Romantic Hits) (1990). I never got around getting this disc, but I think I have a pretty good idea what the track sounds like here; the cheapie Romantics collection Take Two (2003) is almost certainly a digital clone of this disc. It sounds very nice.

And now it gets a little hazy; it may very well be that all the later discs use the same analog transfer as What I Like About You (And Other Romantic Hits). They all track very closely.

There are some discs that I'm certain use the same analog transfer as Take Two (2003), and (I assume) What I Like About You (And Other Romantic Hits):

• Sony's Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites Vol. 3 (1993)
• Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 4 1980-1981 (1994)
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 7 1980 (1995; differently-EQ'd digital clone)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 5 Dance (1999; differently EQ'd digital clone)
• Rhino's D.I.Y. Vol. 8 Shake It Up Power Pop II (1993; absolute polarity inverted)
• Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 3 (1994; digitally identical to D.I.Y.)
• Rhino's Poptopia The '80s (1997; digitally identical to D.I.Y.)

Priority's Eighties Greatest Rock Hits Vol. 4 Party On (1992) clips severely - avoid.

Sedated In The Eighties Vol. 1 (1993) sounds OK; its waveform is a little asymmetric for some reason. The same analog transfer is used on Razor & Tie's 2-CD Totally '80s (1993; cuts off the first 0.06 seconds - avoid!)

Cosmopolitan Vol. 9 (1994) has boosted bass compared to the others. The same analog transfer is used for Big Ear Music's Only In The 80's Vol. 1 (1995).

Sony's Club Epic Vol. 5 (1996) is a little loud, but sounds OK.

Which to choose? There are EQ differences, but not much else. I can vouch firsthand that Take Two (2003) sounds great, and I'd guess that What I Like About You (And Other Romantic Hits) (1990) sounds just as good.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:57:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=38890&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#38890 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=38266&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#38266 Author: TomDiehl1
Subject: 4371
Posted: 01 July 2013 at 5:11pm

Hykker wrote: jimct wrote: Thanks, Steve. Could you please provide deadwax info for your promo 45? That way, those of us hoping to locate a stock 45 at the correct, promo 45 speed can use your 45's deadwax as a possible tipoff, before buying another bogus (2:38) stock copy. Sure thing. Hand etched T1 (or I) AC-ZS9-7527-3 (the final dash almost looks like =). About 180° away is machine stamped (in tiny type) what looks like N17y315 preceded by an indecipherable character. Weird. Since promos are at more-or-less the correct speed at least some stampers were OK.

Finally was able to find this one in my storage locker. My pressing is exactly the same as the first part of your matrix info, except that 180° away is machine stamped the word STERLING, nothing else. the listed and actual time is exactly the same as yours as well.]]> Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:11:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=38266&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#38266 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=38232&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#38232 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 4371
Posted: 29 June 2013 at 9:25am

I'll keep looking!]]> Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:25:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4371&PID=38232&title=romantics-what-i-like-about-you#38232