CD mastering flaws/glitches

Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way: There are dropouts in the left channel from the :50 to :53 mark on the following CDs:

Mega-Hits Dance Classics Volume 3 (Priority 7973) (45 version)
Sounds Of The Seventies - 1977: Take Two (Time-Life SOD-17) (45 version)

The left channel dropouts are not present on these CDs:

The Disco Years, Vol. 1 (Rhino 70984) (45 version)
Billboard Top Hits - 1977 (Rhino 70672) (45 version)
Hitsville USA Volume Two - The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 (box set) (Motown 012159027) (45 version)
Best of (Motown 5492) (LP version)
Disco Nights Vol. 9 (Rebound 314520298) (LP version)

If anyone knows of the dropouts appearing on any other database CDs, please feel free to post them here.

KentT wrote: TheHitsMan, Both 45 RPM pressings I own, the one with the glitch and the one without, were pressed by Specialty Records Corporation in Olyphant, PA. The master may have been approved by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards on the first pressing which was fine and had no speed issues. The tape appears to play fine on other machines save for the Ampex ATR 102 (It does not have a capstan or pinch roller, and relies on servo motors). The ATR 102 does not like splices too well. The second pressings appear to be the ones with pitch issues and mastered on the ATR 102 machines on the east coast.

Good to know. I have never heard of a 45 with the speed
problem. How in thew world could Atlantic ever let that
one out?

Anyway, the only place to get the correct fade of the
song is to get the dingle download or do a drop of the
good 45.

I stumbled upon this thread while looking for something else. (This happens a lot!) I was actually looking if others had opinions about the 3 disc series from 1987
called "45's on CD" on the Mercury / Polygram label.

I was looking through and tried to find details about the Paula Abdul song "Vibeology." I'm not even certain if it charted, but I never was able to find any version
that didn't sound badly overmodulated in a lot of the bass parts. I'm assuming this was all part of the original recording as I never found a good one.

Thanks for the details, Underground Dub! I also forgot to credit the previous 6 pages in this thread. There's some great reading material here!

I can remember back that far and noted that the original album, "Spellbound" contained this noxious sounding copy of the song. I was first introduced to an available
copy other than the album version on a TM Century Hitdisc. I noted that it sounded just as bad. Again, I am crossing paths with this Q-Sound process as in a couple
previous posts. I have a copy of the album on the shelf somewhere and I will look for the trademark. I think I also have a CD single of this too. I'll look again.

Did you imply that the song Vibeology was the only one on the album that was recorded this way? I also have the Madonna album, and I can't say I heard anything like this
on that album, as far as how "Compressed" any parts of it were.

I've had the option at a few times to record some live material digitally and also the good old analog way. I remember being extra careful with the gains in a digital
recording because they get exceptionally funky when the needles start to swing into the area above 0db. Vibeology, has the exclusive sound of this, as all the other
tracks on the album seem to be decently recorded.

If this is a by-product of Q-Sound in general, I can see why so many folks weren't quick to jump on board.

Edited by AdvprosD