https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 05 May 2026 03:09:19 +0000 Sun, 02 May 2021 19:30:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6723 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=6723&PID=58119&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#58119 Author: AdvprosD
Subject: 6723
Posted: 02 May 2021 at 7:30pm

I think Ron may collect CDs the way I do. I like to have all the discs in a particular series, e.g. the "Living In Oblivion" series.

Another series produced by Cema Special Products was titled "Rock Of The 80's". I think the whole set is only six discs deep, yet features this
song three times in the collection! It appears on Vols. 1, 3 and 5 just in case you can't get enough of it.

Volume 1 Cema (S21-17754) Track #6
Volume 3 Cema (S21-57434) Track #5
Volume 5 Cema (S21-17716) Track #1

All of these versions run 3:45, so you'd have to edit any of them to get the 45 version.

I always liked the song and the video too from the days of MTV. You almost can't miss if you happen to find one of these at an auction.]]> Sun, 02 May 2021 19:30:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=58119&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#58119 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=55559&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#55559 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 6723
Posted: 30 August 2020 at 9:24pm

I don't have either of those discs, so I can't tell.

It runs about 108.2 BPM on Living In Oblivion.]]> Sun, 30 Aug 2020 21:24:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=55559&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#55559 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=55558&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#55558 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 6723
Posted: 30 August 2020 at 9:18pm

crapfromthepast wrote: I have this song on 29 CDs. I don't think it's worth the effort to document everything, so I'll just skip to my recommendations. LP version (3:42) Get EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993). "Too Shy" sounds really nice here, with great dynamic range, nice EQ, low-generation source tapes, no evidence of noise reduction on the fade, and runs out to the longest length of any of the CDs I encountered. Plus, I consider this collection to be one of the essential (and relatively inexpensive) new wave collections, with lots of worthwhile tracks other than "Too Shy". The same analog transfer is used on (not a complete list): Priority's Rock Of The '80s Vol. 5 (1993) swaitek's promo 50-CD The A List Disc 17 (1994) Cema's Greatest Hits Of The 80's Vol. 4 New Wave Hits (1994) - differently EQ'd digital clone Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 3 1983 (1994) Madacy's Rock On 1983 (1996) - digitally 0.3 dB quieter than Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 3 1983 EMI's 2-CD 80's Wave (1998) EMI's 2-CD Mystic Music Presents Red Hot (1998) - digital clone with added dithering noise (insignificant) All of the above sound just fine, but if you're going to hunt down a disc, you may as well go for the source: Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 45 version (3:34) The 45 is an easy edit of the LP version: Count the drumbeats on the intro. Starting with the downbeat on beat #17 (at about 0:11), delete the 16 beats from downbeat (beat #17) to downbeat (beat #33), or about 0:11 to 0:19 of the LP version. Since you now own Living In Oblivion Vol. 1, delete the 16 beats from 0:10.71 to 0:19.57. Easy. You could also buy the 45 edit on Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 9 (1994) or Rhino's 7-CD Like Omigod (2002). Both sound pretty similar, both are outstanding compilations, and both are expensive nowadays.

I have the LP version (based on your timing) on Razor
and Tie's "MONSTER 80s" and Columbia House/Realm/EMI's
"New Wave Classics Volume 1". It runs a little slower
on "New Wave Classics". I was curious if you might know
if either one of those uses the same source as "Living
in Oblivion"?]]> Sun, 30 Aug 2020 21:18:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=55558&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#55558 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=55557&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#55557 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 6723
Posted: 30 August 2020 at 8:22pm

I have this song on 29 CDs. I don't think it's worth the effort to document everything, so I'll just skip to my recommendations.

LP version (3:42)

Get EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993). "Too Shy" sounds really nice here, with great dynamic range, nice EQ, low-generation source tapes, no evidence of noise reduction on the fade, and runs out to the longest length of any of the CDs I encountered. Plus, I consider this collection to be one of the essential (and relatively inexpensive) new wave collections, with lots of worthwhile tracks other than "Too Shy".

The same analog transfer is used on (not a complete list):

• Priority's Rock Of The '80s Vol. 5 (1993)
• swaitek's promo 50-CD The A List Disc 17 (1994)
• Cema's Greatest Hits Of The 80's Vol. 4 New Wave Hits (1994) - differently EQ'd digital clone
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 3 1983 (1994)
• Madacy's Rock On 1983 (1996) - digitally 0.3 dB quieter than Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 3 1983
• EMI's 2-CD 80's Wave (1998)
• EMI's 2-CD Mystic Music Presents Red Hot (1998) - digital clone with added dithering noise (insignificant)

All of the above sound just fine, but if you're going to hunt down a disc, you may as well go for the source: Living In Oblivion Vol. 1

45 version (3:34)

The 45 is an easy edit of the LP version: Count the drumbeats on the intro. Starting with the downbeat on beat #17 (at about 0:11), delete the 16 beats from downbeat (beat #17) to downbeat (beat #33), or about 0:11 to 0:19 of the LP version. Since you now own Living In Oblivion Vol. 1, delete the 16 beats from 0:10.71 to 0:19.57. Easy.

You could also buy the 45 edit on Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 9 (1994) or Rhino's 7-CD Like Omigod (2002). Both sound pretty similar, both are outstanding compilations, and both are expensive nowadays.]]> Sun, 30 Aug 2020 20:22:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=55557&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#55557 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=55544&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#55544 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 6723
Posted: 30 August 2020 at 10:03am

Crapfromthepast has been on a 70's kick recently, but hopefully he can get back into an 80's mindset, curious myself.]]> Sun, 30 Aug 2020 10:03:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=55544&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#55544 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=55542&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#55542 Author: David Pro
Subject: 6723
Posted: 30 August 2020 at 9:07am

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good-sounding
version of this song? I would like to know which CDs
contain the LP version and which ones have the 45
version?]]> Sun, 30 Aug 2020 09:07:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=55542&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#55542 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=33343&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#33343 Author: sriv94
Subject: 6723
Posted: 18 March 2012 at 4:05pm

One edit of about six seconds during the opening
instrumental passage.

Kind of ridiculous to make the edit, if you ask me.]]> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:05:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=33343&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#33343 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=33342&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#33342 Author: Ringmaster_D
Subject: 6723
Posted: 18 March 2012 at 8:47am

Can someone tell me the difference between the 45 and LP versions? Is the 45 merely an edit of the LP?

Edited by Ringmaster_D]]> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:47:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6723&PID=33342&title=kajagoogoo-too-shy#33342