https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 09 May 2026 18:01:31 +0000 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 21:01:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=7682 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=7682&PID=39104&title=cascades-rhythm-of-the-rain#39104 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 7682
Posted: 14 September 2013 at 9:01pm

I was surprised to discover a three-second speed difference between my Valiant 6026 DJ and stock 45s. Actual times are (2:32) for the promo 45 and (2:29) for the stock. The pitch differences are rather noticeable. So are the differences in the sound quality: the DJ 45 runs circles around the stock copy; the drumming is crisp and energetic on the promo, but sounds less distinguished on the stock.

Why the differences? The promo is a vinyl RCA Hollywood pressing, mastered outside of RCA, while the stock is a styrene Columbia Terre Haute animal, mastered in-house by Columbia. One would normally expect a Columbia mastering to be louder (and indeed, it takes up more of the available playing area than the promo does) but in this case, it's the RCA pressing that is actually louder.

Interestingly, there's a similar discrepancy between the promo and stock copies of Valiant's other 1963 top 30 hit, Barry & The Tamerlanes' "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" (#6034). This Columbia Terre Haute styrene stock also runs faster than its RCA Hollywood vinyl promo counterpart, although ever-so-slightly so. But the sound quality differences mirror those between the "Rhythm Of The Rain" DJ and stock 45.        ]]> Sat, 14 Sep 2013 21:01:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7682&PID=39104&title=cascades-rhythm-of-the-rain#39104 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7682&PID=39097&title=cascades-rhythm-of-the-rain#39097 Author: edtop40
Subject: 7682
Posted: 14 September 2013 at 3:51pm

my commercial 45 for the cascades song 'rhythm of the rain'
issued as valiant 6026 lists the run time on the label as
2:30, but actually runs 2:28.......you'll need to pitch up
the mono 2:31 version to match the vinyl 45's speed....this
45 run time info s/b added to the db....]]> Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:51:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7682&PID=39097&title=cascades-rhythm-of-the-rain#39097