https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 12:33:35 +0000 Mon, 03 Jul 2017 07:49:59 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5918 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=5918&PID=47686&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#47686 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 5918
Posted: 03 July 2017 at 7:49am

It sure would be nice if someone from in the industry
could comment on this fiasco.]]> Mon, 03 Jul 2017 07:49:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=47686&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#47686 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=47684&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#47684 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 5918
Posted: 02 July 2017 at 10:13am

Sadly, it's only a small segment of the population that
truly cares to have a proper 45 version or DJ edit in
our libraries. The late James Abbott, in 2007, really
helped get me started on the right path to get the right
versions.]]> Sun, 02 Jul 2017 10:13:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=47684&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#47684 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=47683&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#47683 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 5918
Posted: 02 July 2017 at 10:12am

Like Mark, I recreated the 45 version myself. I may have
used the YouTube video as a source, who knows. ]]> Sun, 02 Jul 2017 10:12:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=47683&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#47683 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=47682&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#47682 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 5918
Posted: 30 June 2017 at 10:17am

I never bothered to purchase the Cherry Red CD release. Maybe they did get it right but I doubt it. The incorrect edit that has been issued many times before has the vocal starting at the thirty second mark. The correct 45 edit has the vocals starting at the 27 second mark. I gave up looking for the correct edit five years ago when Funky Town Grooves got it wrong.]]> Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:17:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=47682&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#47682 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=47681&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#47681 Author: Paul C
Subject: 5918
Posted: 30 June 2017 at 9:00am

Has anyone been able to confirm that last year's Cherry Red release contained the actual 45 version?

Even the "Flashback" Arista re-issue 45 is the "neither" version. I must have purchased it around 1988, which means it is likely not a Bill Inglot edit.]]> Fri, 30 Jun 2017 09:00:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=47681&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#47681 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=45983&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#45983 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 5918
Posted: 28 July 2016 at 6:50pm

Thanks, Mark. It would be nice to know exactly which BBR
CDs are mastered without the compression and EQ boost.]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:50:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=45983&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#45983 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=45970&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#45970 Author: MMathews
Subject: 5918
Posted: 26 July 2016 at 11:31pm

Hits Man, maybe somebody at BBR/CR got the memo about the
loudness wars.
The Kool & Gang track I just posted about in the other
thread was actually beautifully mastered. Level peaked out
about -2 DB with full dynamic range and clean, clear EQ
like it sounded in the 80's..no boosting of hi's or low's.

I bought a couple of disco album reissues from them
earlier this year and they are also superbly mastered.

This may depend on who is producing the project also.
MM ]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2016 23:31:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=45970&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#45970 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=45968&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#45968 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 5918
Posted: 26 July 2016 at 8:19pm

I have a big problem with Cherry Red/Big Break (bbr)CDs
because they been hard-limiting and boosting the bass on
their CDs to the point where they are unlistenable.

The good thing is that the true single can be edited from
the album version.]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2016 20:19:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=45968&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#45968 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=45965&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#45965 Author: MMathews
Subject: 5918
Posted: 26 July 2016 at 12:11pm

Well, I wrote a nice letter to Cherry Red asking about
the single version of "Disco Nights" and explaining the
issue.

But, unfortunately if they did issue the wrong version on
this release it's likely much too late for them do
anything about it. With an August 5th release and the
12th for Amazon, those CD's should already be
manufactured and in cases ready to ship to distributors.
This requires weeks of lead time.

But I have high hopes. Cherry Red and their associated
labels have been doing excellent work so hopefully the
producers didn't overlook this important detail.

I'll post here if I get a reply.
MM

Edited by MMathews]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:11:16 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=45965&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#45965 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=45964&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#45964 Author: 80smusicfreak
Subject: 5918
Posted: 25 July 2016 at 7:04pm

Santi Paradoa wrote: There is a brand new expanded Funky Town Grooves release of the 1979 album Disco Nights which includes all eight LP tracks plus five bonus cuts. This new release (FTG 313) includes the 45 version (at the correct speed), LP version and the 12" version of Disco Nights (Rock Freak).

Santi Paradoa wrote: With Mark's help we have determined that the brand new Funky Town Grooves disc DOES NOT have the correct 45 edit, but instead is again the same old "neither" version of "Disco Nights." I shouldn't be surprised that they labeled the song as the 7" single when it is not the hit 45 (why would they bother to finally get it right).

MMathews wrote: Yup, wrong edit again, Frank. Well, one clue in all this is that the actual 45 master is either mis-filed or gone. Since the "neither" edit is on the digital single from the label itself, it's obvious the label itself has that file stored as the "single version" and anyone requesting it will get that. A simple case over all these years of cd compilations where everyone receiving this master just took it on faith it was the single, being it runs the correct time. So at least for now this single master is in the land-of-the-lost with so many others. MM

Hmmm, four years later, and it seems it's time to re-visit this one again, at least for those seeking the correct U.S. 45 version (and at the correct speed)...

I was just doing some "looking ahead" on-line regarding new releases currently scheduled to come out next month. The 2012 expanded edition of GQ's 1979 album, Disco Nights, on the U.K.-based Funky Town Grooves label - which Santi Paradoa originally detailed above - has been out-of-print for at least a couple years now. So enter FTG's chief competitor in '70s & '80s r&b CD re-issues, the U.K.-based Big Break Records/Cherry Red label...

BBR/Cherry Red has currently scheduled not one, but TWO new CD releases in the coming weeks that will feature multiple versions of "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" on both. First is the 2-CD retrospective, Standing Ovation: The Story of GQ and The Rhythm Makers (1974-1982), on August 5. Although I couldn't find any timings to help determine exactly which versions will be included, the two on this one are described as the "long version" (disc one, track 1) and a "remix" (disc two, track 15). Page for this upcoming release on Cherry Red's official web site here. Page on Amazon (won't have until August 12, apparently) here...

Then there's also going to be another re-issue of the 1979 Disco Nights album, this time an expanded edition w/ SEVEN bonus tracks, for a total of 15. Also due August 5, like the 2012 FTG release, this one will feature three versions: the LP version (track 1), what's currently labeled as the "single version" (track 9), and the 12" version (track 13) - but again, I couldn't find any additional info to help determine if they're correct. Page on Cherry Red's official web site here. Page on Amazon (again, won't have until August 12) here...

So, Santi or Mark: Perhaps one of you guys could contact BBR/Cherry Red via phone or e-mail, and tell them the story about the true 45 version of "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" and how it's never appeared on CD - and if what they intend to use is NOT correct, while I admit it's a long shot, perhaps the label may even care enough to "stop the presses" and track down the right master tape after all these years??? :-)]]> Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:04:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5918&PID=45964&title=gq-disco-nights-rockfreak#45964