https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:59:15 +0000 Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:53:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6734 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=6734&PID=61277&title=atlantic-starr-always#61277 Author: Bellenger1981
Subject: 6734
Posted: 15 July 2022 at 3:53pm

Hi Ron,

Thanks for your "Always" analysis! The unique audio in the
45 version is simply pulled from the latter part of the
"Extended Version", which, I believe, has never been made
available digitally or on CD. ]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:53:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=61277&title=atlantic-starr-always#61277 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=61272&title=atlantic-starr-always#61272 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 6734
Posted: 14 July 2022 at 8:48pm

LP version

I only have the LP version on two CDs:

• Mystic Music/Warner Special Products 2-CD Sweet Love (1996) - has very low levels; about 9 dB of headroom
• Rhino's Now And Forever Timeless Wedding Songs (1999)

The Rhino disc has a slightly larger dynamic range, and a slightly shorter tail to the fade. Both sound fine.

45 version

The 45 can't be edited down from the LP version (although I can't recall where the unique audio is in the song).

The 45 version first appeared on CD on Sessions/Warner Special Products' 2-CD Night Beat (1988). It sounds OK here - nice dynamic range, nice EQ, no evidence of noise reduction. The tail of the fade cuts to silence rather abruptly; not sure if that happens on the actual 45. The same analog transfer is used on:

• Wwarner Special Products' 2-CD Always (1990) - digitally exactly 2.8 dB louder
• Starland Music/Warner Special Products' 2-CD Reflections Of Love (1996)
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 20 The Late '80s Take Two (1996) - differently EQ'd digital clone
• Warner Special Products' 2-CD Touched By Love (1997)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Body And Soul Vol. 2 Love And Tenderness (1998) - differently EQ'd digital clone
• Time-Life's 2-CD Classic Soul Ballads Nite And Day (2004)

There was a new analog transfer on Razor and Tie's 2-CD Forever '80s (1994). Here, it has a nice dynamic range, nice EQ, no evidence of noise reduction, and seems to use a tape source comparable to Night Beat. Where the tail of the fade on Night Beat drops to silence, the tail of the fade on Forever '80s drops to tape hiss. The same analog transfer is used on:

• Time-Life's Body Talk Vol. 5 Sealed With A Kiss (1996)

All of the above sound about the same, so take your which version to use.

There's an early fade (by about 20 seconds) on the UK's 2-CD The Hits Album 7 (1987) - avoid.

My recommendations

None of the above sound bad, but I chose Razor & Tie's 2-CD Forever '80s (1994) for the 45 version, and Rhino's Now And Forever Timeless Wedding Songs (1999) for the LP version. You'll be pleased with any CD copy you find of the song.]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:48:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=61272&title=atlantic-starr-always#61272 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=61268&title=atlantic-starr-always#61268 Author: NightAire
Subject: 6734
Posted: 13 July 2022 at 9:34pm

FYI, this various artists collection, The Hits Album 7 from the UK has about a 20 second early fade of the single version.

I can't find a version released at the time to match this length, so I figure it was done to squeeze more songs onto the collection. In fact, check out a commenter in Discogs:

...it loses points because of the number of early fades. There are 14 in total & were presumably created due to limitations of the vinyl’s running time. It’s unfortunate that these masters were used for the CD version...

Edited by NightAire]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2022 21:34:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=61268&title=atlantic-starr-always#61268 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=61253&title=atlantic-starr-always#61253 Author: Bellenger1981
Subject: 6734
Posted: 12 July 2022 at 4:13pm

Does anyone know if the "Extended Version" (runs about 5:33
and appears to have only been released on 12" in the UK)
has ever been released on CD anywhere? The 45 version
(3:59) is actually edited from this longer extended
version, as the LP version is simply an early fade (running
around 4:46) of this extended version.

In 2021, SoulMusic Records released a 3-CD anthology called
"Always: The Warner/Reprise Recordings 1987-1991", but this
extended version was missing.

Edited by Bellenger1981]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:13:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=61253&title=atlantic-starr-always#61253 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=33450&title=atlantic-starr-always#33450 Author: prisdeej
Subject: 6734
Posted: 26 March 2012 at 8:39am

Hykker wrote: Somewhere I have a promo copy of this on red vinyl, shaped like a heart.

Aww. Look what I found on ebay.



]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:39:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=33450&title=atlantic-starr-always#33450 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=33443&title=atlantic-starr-always#33443 Author: Hykker
Subject: 6734
Posted: 25 March 2012 at 3:05pm

Somewhere I have a promo copy of this on red vinyl, shaped like a heart. ]]> Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:05:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=33443&title=atlantic-starr-always#33443 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=33433&title=atlantic-starr-always#33433 Author: prisdeej
Subject: 6734
Posted: 24 March 2012 at 9:15am

The actual run time of the 45 version is 3:59. I
thank Ed for helping me confirm this. The fade
occurs at 3:49 and the male vocal is last heard at
the very end.

All 45 versions on TM's GoldDiscs are faded
incorrectly.]]> Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:15:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6734&PID=33433&title=atlantic-starr-always#33433