https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:09:21 +0000 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 20:35:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8459 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=8459&PID=45826&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#45826 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 8459
Posted: 03 July 2016 at 8:35pm

jimct wrote: *Quote from Grant (aka Hits Man)* I have done a few ABC/Dunhill needledrops that sound like they could have come from tape. It's not that hard. *end of quote* Grant, I am genuinely happy that you continue to be so ultra-impressed, year after year, with the quality of your own audio results. But why on earth do you feel the need to "re-post/re-congratulate" yourself every time the release of a new CD mastered by either Aaron or Mark is announced? I have never posted on T4MOC about how good or bad I think my own vinyl dubs are. No matter the song or group. Why? Because 1) no one else cares, and 2) it honestly adds nothing to the forum discussion, does it?

I'm just making conversation. My post would have left
everyone's consciousness if you hadn't brought it up and
made an issue out of it. I'm sure this forum does not
appreciate this.

Now: i'm with Eric. This CD set replaces the other CDs
I have of the Mamas and the Papas in my collection.

Edited by The Hits Man]]> Sun, 03 Jul 2016 20:35:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=45826&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#45826 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44993&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44993 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 8459
Posted: 06 February 2016 at 3:33pm

My copy arrived today. Pretty fast since the shipping
window they listed was 2/5-2/23. I, frankly, didn't
expect the CD's for a couple of weeks.

Everything sounds amazing! And, the 50th Anniversary
collection very happily replaces what I had in my
library for the Mamas and The Papas. :)]]> Sat, 06 Feb 2016 15:33:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44993&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44993 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44988&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44988 Author: Underground Dub
Subject: 8459
Posted: 06 February 2016 at 12:50am

I finally received my copy... one of my most-wanted sets. Thank you to all involved for such an amazing release. A lot of love and hard work clearly went into this!

Listened once through this evening and it sounds incredible. I can't wait to dive in and pore over the liner notes this weekend.]]> Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:50:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44988&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44988 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44987&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44987 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 8459
Posted: 05 February 2016 at 3:36pm

aaronk wrote: If anyone should feel the urge to leave a review on Amazon (and hopefully rave about how good it is), that would be excellent. There was a recent review left by someone making false claims that some songs have "a lot of surface noise," and slammed it because it's not in stereo.

I can't opine on it, since I haven't heard it yet (and can't remember my Amazon log-in password, anyway) but it never ceases to amaze me how nearly every time there's a mono singles collection offered for sale on Amazon, somebody has to whine incessantly that it's not in stereo. Never mind that there are usually dozens of other compilations available on the same site for those same artists in glorious Virtual Sound, Full-Dimensional, Sounds Great In stereo, but they feel the need to berate the only compilation that has ever offered the original mono single mixes.

A lot of those "reviewers" deservedly get their lunches handed to them by others who point out the same thing I did above, but some things never change, it seems. There are just some people who don't get the difference; there's no problem with that, but to go on and on about how "inferior" mono is gets really old to those who can hear the differences.

Since Paul brought up "California Dreamin'": I hadn't listened to my original Dunhill 45 in decades until giving it a spin about four years ago and had completely forgotten how buried the flute is during the break. One might assume it would be a LOT more prominent in the mono mix, but the Dunhill Laws Of Monophonic Science sometimes tended to go against the grain.]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:36:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44987&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44987 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44983&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44983 Author: Paul C
Subject: 8459
Posted: 05 February 2016 at 3:02pm

I didn't expect this set to be able to meet the high standard established by the Grassroots and Steppenwolf sets, but it actually exceeds that standard. A superb job all around.

Unfortunately, I didn't get a copy autographed by Michelle Phillips, but I already have a copy of the UK-only Complete Anthology box set signed by her when these were being sold by Collectors' Choice. (The 'single versions' on the UK box set sound suspiciously like digital clones of the not-particularly-well-done needledrops from the All The Leaves Are Brown set.)

I was surprised when I heard "Dancing Bear' on this set, since my Canadian RCA single runs about (4:07), just as the LP version does. I have a number of Canadian RCA Mamas and Papas singles; some are the same as the US Dunhill singles and some are the LP version.

I was not familiar with the mono mix of "California Dreamin'" and was eager to learn if, as is the case with the stereo mix, there was still a bit of Barry McGuire's voice on it. As the notes state, the song was initially recorded by Barry McGuire (his version is on the UK box), and the same basic instrumental track was used for the Mamas and Papas' version. But Barry McGuire's vocals were not completely erased. In the stereo mix, when John and Denny are singing the opening line, "All the leaves are brown" in the right channel, you can faintly hear the unmistakable voice of Barry McGuire in the left channel before Cass and Michelle repeat the line in that channel. I wanted to know if McGuire's voice was also still there on the mono mix. It's even more difficult to detect than on the stereo mix, but if you listen carefully, you can tell that there is definitely a third voice on that opening line, and that's the voice of Barry McGuire.]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:02:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44983&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44983 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44980&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44980 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8459
Posted: 05 February 2016 at 10:54am

If anyone should feel the urge to leave a review on Amazon (and
hopefully rave about how good it is), that would be excellent. There was
a recent review left by someone making false claims that some songs
have "a lot of surface noise," and slammed it because it's not in stereo.]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2016 10:54:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44980&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44980 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44969&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44969 Author: Oddbjorn
Subject: 8459
Posted: 04 February 2016 at 4:11pm

Received and listened to my copy - and the result is once again: 10 points out of 10 (or should I say 11 out of 10 even if that's impossible) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cross my fingers for Three Dog Night is next too !!]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:11:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44969&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44969 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44968&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44968 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8459
Posted: 04 February 2016 at 1:15pm

Thanks again! I'm sure hoping Three Dog Night is next, so let's all keep our fingers crossed.]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:15:16 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44968&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44968 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44967&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44967 Author: Bwci Bo
Subject: 8459
Posted: 04 February 2016 at 2:00am

I received my copy today. Great work, Aaron! It sounds
absolutely stunning.]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2016 02:00:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44967&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44967 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44959&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44959 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 8459
Posted: 31 January 2016 at 8:58pm

Is Three Dog Night ... next? ;)]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2016 20:58:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8459&PID=44959&title=mamas-papas-complete-singles-2cd-set#44959