https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 04 May 2026 21:42:09 +0000 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 15:44:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9526 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=9526&PID=58738&title=al-stewart-song-on-the-radio#58738 Author: VWestlife
Subject: 9526
Posted: 29 July 2021 at 3:44pm

The problem with "Song on the Radio" is that it has too much saxophone! Instead of saving it for an epic solo, it's blaring through the entire song.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2021 15:44:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9526&PID=58738&title=al-stewart-song-on-the-radio#58738 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9526&PID=58737&title=al-stewart-song-on-the-radio#58737 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 9526
Posted: 29 July 2021 at 5:08am

The single version of "Song on the Radio" will be making its CD debut in October:

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/al-stewart-time-passages -expanded-remastered-2cd-edition/ ]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2021 05:08:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9526&PID=58737&title=al-stewart-song-on-the-radio#58737 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9526&PID=57089&title=al-stewart-song-on-the-radio#57089 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9526
Posted: 13 January 2021 at 10:18am

A great song lost to time. Doesn't even get spins on
Sirius.]]> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:18:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9526&PID=57089&title=al-stewart-song-on-the-radio#57089 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9526&PID=57087&title=al-stewart-song-on-the-radio#57087 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 9526
Posted: 13 January 2021 at 9:17am

LP version (6:21)

I have the LP version on Arista's Al Stewart collection Songs From The Radio The Best Of (1992). It sounds very nice here, with an excellent dynamic range, a nice EQ, seemingly low-generation source tapes, a very long tail to the fade, and some pleasing hiss that extends over the whole fade (so no evidence of noise reduction). The same analog transfer is used on TM Century's track no 00108877, but faded about two seconds earlier and with added noise reduction (listen as the hiss disappears on the fade); avoid.

I also have it on Rhino's Al Stewart Greatest Hits (2004). Here, it's about 4 or 5 dB louder than the 1992 collection, with a slight boost to the high-end and low-end frequencies compared to that release. It runs to about the same length as the 1992 collection. If you need to quibble, the dynamic range is a little smaller here than the 1992 set. But it still sounds great here. Producer Alan Parsons made a great-sounding record, and it sparkles on both of these CDs.

45 version (4:10)

It doesn't exist on CD, so you'll have to edit it yourself. It's one edit and an early fade.

Here are editing instructions, using Songs From The Radio The Best Of as the source:

Segment 1
Extends from 0:00 to 1:26.2 of the LP version and the 45 version
Ends at snare hit before very long, high sax note

Remove the 176 beats from 1:26.2 to 2:54.4 of the LP version.

Segment 2
Begins at snare hit before very long, high sax note
Extends from 2:54.4 to 5:39.9 of the LP version
Extends from 1:26.2 to 4:11.7 of the 45 version

Fade
24 beats long
Starts on snare hit just after the start of the word "oh-whoa"
Extends from 5:28.1 to 5:39.9 of the LP version
Extends from 3:59.9 to 4:11.7 of the 45 version

Your mixdown will run 4:11.7 with an edit at 1:26.2 and a fade from 3:59.9 to 4:11.7.]]> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:17:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9526&PID=57087&title=al-stewart-song-on-the-radio#57087 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9526&PID=57072&title=al-stewart-song-on-the-radio#57072 Author: Scanner
Subject: 9526
Posted: 12 January 2021 at 5:28pm

Does anyone know the edit points for this to re-create
the 4:10 single version of this song?]]> Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:28:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9526&PID=57072&title=al-stewart-song-on-the-radio#57072