https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 22:29:32 +0000 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:07:59 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6648 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=6648&PID=32912&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32912 Author: jono
Subject: 6648
Posted: 17 February 2012 at 8:07am

Thanks, Roscoe!]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:07:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32912&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32912 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32911&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32911 Author: Roscoe
Subject: 6648
Posted: 17 February 2012 at 8:06am

jono wrote: Roscoe - Great! I'm glad we could clear this version difference up. Yeah, neither my 45 nor my cd copy of "Sound & Vision" have that extra vocal at the 3:28 mark. Any idea what cd(s) have the album version? I think this is from the album "The Hunter", so I would assume that cd (does it exist??) would have the LP version. Jon O.

The LP version runs 4:39 and can be found on The Hunter
CD as well as the 2006 Greatest Hits.]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:06:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32911&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32911 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32910&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32910 Author: jono
Subject: 6648
Posted: 17 February 2012 at 8:01am

Roscoe -

Great! I'm glad we could clear this version difference up. Yeah, neither my 45 nor my cd copy of "Sound & Vision" have that extra vocal at the 3:28 mark.

Any idea what cd(s) have the album version? I think this is from the album "The Hunter", so I would assume that cd (does it exist??) would have the LP version.

Jon O.]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:01:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32910&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32910 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32902&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32902 Author: Roscoe
Subject: 6648
Posted: 16 February 2012 at 7:03pm

jono wrote: Roscoe wrote: [QUOTE=jono] I listened to my 45 at the 3:28-9 mark and The moment I was referring to was about 1 second before she sings the "Forget about..." line. On my CD it's at exactly the 3:28 mark, just before the horns kick in. The downbeat where the horns kick in would actually be an edit point if you were trying to recreate the 45 from the LP, but the half second just before that point has some vocals (sounds like "Aye-ya island") that aren't on the 45. Confusing to explain but it sounds like there's a mix difference immediately preceding an edit point. Maybe I have a different pressing, but my 45 has sounds like "aye-ya, aye-ya, aye-ya, aye-ya Island" from about 3:23-3:27, then no vocals until about 3:29 where she sings "Forget about what...". The Sound & Vision cd, has this exact same sequence, from what I'm hearing. Maybe this cd is different than the version that's on the "10 Best Series"? Jon O.

Bingo. Your description sounds exactly like the 10 Best
Series version. The difference between that and the LP
mix is that after the "aye-ya, island" vocals that end at
3:27 she picks up again one second later with another
"aye-ya island". That latter vocal is omitted on the 45
mix. So I think it's safe to say there's a mix
difference between the LP and the 45, and that the
Platinum Collection, 10 Best Series and Sound & Vision
contain the correct 45 version.

However, at least one CD contains a failed attempt to
recreate the 45 by editing the LP version: 1993's
"Blonde and Beyond" rarities collection. The edits are
in the right places, but that CD contains the brief "aye-
ya" vocal at 3:28 that was mixed out of the 45.]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:03:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32902&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32902 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32899&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32899 Author: jono
Subject: 6648
Posted: 16 February 2012 at 8:57am

Roscoe wrote: [QUOTE=jono] I listened to my 45 at the 3:28-9 mark and The moment I was referring to was about 1 second before she sings the "Forget about..." line. On my CD it's at exactly the 3:28 mark, just before the horns kick in. The downbeat where the horns kick in would actually be an edit point if you were trying to recreate the 45 from the LP, but the half second just before that point has some vocals (sounds like "Aye-ya island") that aren't on the 45. Confusing to explain but it sounds like there's a mix difference immediately preceding an edit point.

Maybe I have a different pressing, but my 45 has sounds like "aye-ya, aye-ya, aye-ya, aye-ya Island" from about 3:23-3:27, then no vocals until about 3:29 where she sings "Forget about what...". The Sound & Vision cd, has this exact same sequence, from what I'm hearing. Maybe this cd is different than the version that's on the "10 Best Series"?

Jon O.

Edited by jono]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:57:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32899&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32899 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32898&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32898 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 6648
Posted: 16 February 2012 at 8:24am

Hykker wrote: Which 45 version of "Atomic", there were 2...one ran ~3:17, the other ~3:45.

It's the 3:45 version; I didn't know there was a 3:17 45
version for "Atomic".]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:24:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32898&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32898 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32897&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32897 Author: Hykker
Subject: 6648
Posted: 16 February 2012 at 7:00am

crapfromthepast wrote: the 45 versions of "The Tide Is High" and "Atomic".

Which 45 version of "Atomic", there were 2...one ran ~3:17, the other ~3:45. ]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:00:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32897&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32897 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32896&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32896 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 6648
Posted: 16 February 2012 at 5:50am

I posted a bit about the 10 Best Series disc on
the Steve Hoffman board:

All ten tracks are digitally identical clones from the
1994 2-CD Platinum Collection. Very harsh
mastering throughout on the Platinum Collection.
Very good source tapes, but compressed/limited
aggressively to about the -1 dB level on most tracks, and
a very harsh EQ. I'm not a fan.

The reason I bring this up at all is that the cheapie
Ten Best disc has the promo 45 version of
"Rapture", which is superb and is still kinda hard to
find, and the 45 versions of "The Tide Is High" and
"Atomic". They don't sound all that great, but they're
here to be had for cheap. It also chops off the popcorn-
sound intro to "Heart Of Glass", which is not cool.

The Ten Best disc has:
    
1. Call Me
2. One Way or Another
3. Hanging on the Telephone
4. Dreaming
5. Heart of Glass
6. Rapture
7. The Tide Is High
8. Island of Lost Souls
9. Denis
10. Atomic

FYI - I recommend a lot of the other, older Ten
Best discs, including Little River Band, Billy
Squier, Juice Newton and Culture Club.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:50:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32896&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32896 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32895&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32895 Author: Roscoe
Subject: 6648
Posted: 15 February 2012 at 10:42pm

jono wrote: I listened to my 45 at the 3:28-9 mark and Deborah Harry does sing what I believe is "Forget about what..." or something like that. It sounds the same as the version on the cd "Sound & Vision" to my ears. Roscoe - is this the point on the 45 you were referring to?

The moment I was referring to was about 1 second before
she sings the "Forget about..." line. On my CD it's at
exactly the 3:28 mark, just before the horns kick in.
The downbeat where the horns kick in would actually be an
edit point if you were trying to recreate the 45 from the
LP, but the half second just before that point has some
vocals (sounds like "Aye-ya island") that aren't on the
45.

Confusing to explain but it sounds like there's a mix
difference immediately preceding an edit point.]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:42:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32895&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32895 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6648&PID=32894&title=island-of-lost-souls-blondie#32894 Author: jono
Subject: 6648
Posted: 15 February 2012 at 10:08pm

I listened to my 45 at the 3:28-9 mark and Deborah Harry does sing what I believe is "Forget about what..." or something like that. It sounds the same as the version on the cd "Sound & Vision" to my ears.

Roscoe - is this the point on the 45 you were referring to? It seems the horns are mixed a little louder on the cd than the 45, but I really don't hear any other differences. I don't have the "10 Best Series" cd.

Jon O.
(thinking maybe this song isn't so bad after all...better than "Rapture" to me, but it's no "Sunday Girl" or "Dreaming" or "Heart Of Glass")
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