https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 10:07:01 +0000 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 20:23:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4834 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=4834&PID=47814&title=the-love-i-lost-harold-melvin#47814 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 4834
Posted: 02 August 2017 at 8:23pm

Not much to report on here; just documenting a little mastering history.

LP version (6:22-ish)

The LP version is "Parts 1 and 2".

The oldest CD I have with the LP version is a crazy-rare German compilation CD on Columbia called Mixed Masters Vol. 5 (1989). There's a differently-EQ'd digital clone on the far more common Club Epic Vol. 3 (1994), but it slightly truncates the fade.

The only other disc I have with the LP version is on Simitar's The Number Ones Silky Soul (1998). The sound is pretty good on this disc, and the length extends a second or two longer than the above discs.

45 version (3:37)

The 45 version is "Part 1", and is just an early fade of the LP version. I don't have the vinyl 45, and don't know the precise fade points.

The oldest disc with something close to the 45 length is Rhino's Billboard Top R&B Hits 1973 (1990), where it runs 3:41 and fades from about 3:32 to 3:41. Sound is clear and crisp, but the dynamic range is pretty squashed. The track is surprisingly compressed/limited around -6 dB. Not sure why; that's very uncharacteristic of Rhino mastering. The LP versions above have their full dynamic range, but they sound like they're from higher-generation source tapes than this Rhino disc. Despite the compresion/limiting, the sound here is preferable over the LP version discs that I have. The same analog transfer is used on:

• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 27 Dance Fever (1992)
• Time-Life's Solid Gold Soul Vol. 8 1973 (1996) - digitally exactly 0.4 dB quieter

Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 12 (1991) uses the Billboard disc as its source, but fades from about 3:24 to 3:37. Sound quality is pretty much the same as Billboard, complete with the squashed dynamic range. The same analog transfer is used on:

• Rhino's Billboard Hot Soul Hits 1973 (1995) - digitally identical
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 43 '70s Dance Party 1972-1974 (1997) - differently-EQ'd digital clone
• Simitar's Number Ones Super '70s (1998) - mastered too loud and clips a lot; avoid

If you insist on the proper 45 length, go with Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 12 (1991).]]> Wed, 02 Aug 2017 20:23:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4834&PID=47814&title=the-love-i-lost-harold-melvin#47814 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4834&PID=21928&title=the-love-i-lost-harold-melvin#21928 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 4834
Posted: 10 April 2009 at 10:04am

The actual commercial 45 run time of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' "The Love I Lost (Part 1)" is 3:37. (Run time info courtesy of Jim. The printed record label time is 3:35.) Database CDs of this song containing a "45 version" comment run from 3:36-3:41.]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:04:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4834&PID=21928&title=the-love-i-lost-harold-melvin#21928