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Subject: 6468
Posted: 21 August 2016 at 6:59pm

Promo copies and first stock pressings are "Welcome Back Kotter". All later pressings "Welcome Back"]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:59:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=46082&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#46082 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=46081&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#46081 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 6468
Posted: 21 August 2016 at 4:22am

I remember getting in an argument with a neighbor kid back in 1976 over the correct title of this song. My commercial 45 and all of the radio DJs referred to the song as "Welcome Back" while my friend insisted that the song was titled "Welcome Back, Kotter". Sure enough, he produced his commercial 45 that showed the longer title! As a novice 10 year-old record collector, it was one of the first cases that I can remember where there were two different 45 pressings.]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2016 04:22:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=46081&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#46081 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=46078&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#46078 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 6468
Posted: 20 August 2016 at 7:33pm

For what it's worth, from the time I started following pop stuff in 1978, I never once heard the song referred to as "Welcome Back Kotter", just "Welcome Back".

I found just two distinct analog transfers for "Welcome Back". They both sound pretty similar, and both sound pretty good. Nice dynamic range, nice EQ, and no evidence of noise reduction. Nice, long fade with a little hiss at the end - just how I like it.

The first one is on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 4 1976 (1989). The same analog transfer is used for:

• Razor & Tie's More Fabulous '70s (1991; differently-EQ'd digital clone)
• JCI's Only Rock 'N Roll 1975-1979 (1994)
• Razor & Tie's 2-CD Suddenly '70s (1997)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 4 1976-1977 (2000; digitally identical)
• Razor & Tie's 1-CD version of Suddenly '70s (2001; 1.2, 1 and 0.5 dB louder in discrete blocks than 2-CD version)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Seventies Music Explosion Vol. 1 Sunshine (2005; digitally exactly 1.4 dB louder)

The other analog transfer is on Rhino's Tube Tunes Vol. 2 The '70s And '80s (1995), and to my ears it sounds like the same source tape. There are digital clones on:

• Time-Life's AM Gold Vol. 23 1976 (1996; digitally identical)
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 40 TV Themes (1996; digitally exactly 0.5 dB quieter)

All of the above sound basically the same, but since I have such a strong bias to all things Rhino (released 1996 or earlier), I'll recommend: Rhino's Tube Tunes Vol. 2 The '70s And '80s (1995). But you really won't be disappointed with any of the others.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Sat, 20 Aug 2016 19:33:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=46078&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#46078 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=31719&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#31719 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 6468
Posted: 08 October 2011 at 7:13am

My commercial copy is titled "Welcome Back Kotter". I bought it very early in its chart run.

Andy]]> Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:13:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=31719&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#31719 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=31716&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#31716 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 6468
Posted: 07 October 2011 at 9:16pm

I have only ever seen copies, and have a 45 with the title
"Welcome Back".]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:16:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=31716&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#31716 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=31708&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#31708 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 6468
Posted: 06 October 2011 at 11:43am

It all comes down to whether you want to go with the original "Welcome Back Kotter" or the more common "Welcome Back" title. DJ 45s all went out under the former, while stocks exist under either, but more commonly, the latter. As a recording, the re-titled "Welcome Back" makes more sense, since "Kotter" is never mentioned.

Edited by Yah Shure]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:43:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=31708&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#31708 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=31707&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#31707 Author: SoCalDrew
Subject: 6468
Posted: 06 October 2011 at 9:37am

Organizing my 1976 songs, I've noticed that John
Sebastian's 1976 hit seems to be variously titled "Welcome
Back" or "Welcome Back Kotter." Was this a first versus
subsequent pressings thing? Just curious about how to
"correctly" title my .flac file. TIA]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:37:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6468&PID=31707&title=john-sebastian-welcome-back-kotter#31707