cheri "murphy’s law"

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   I'm cautious about purchasing anymore product from the Hot Productions label because they've been known to sometimes master their CDs from dubious sources and/or use incorrect song versions.  And it doesn't help not knowing in advance if you're getting a standard silver glass master factory pressed CD or a CD-R (the latter of course is made from inferior materials compared to their factory pressed counterparts).

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Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 June 2008 at 7:54am
	I'm cautious about purchasing anymore product from the Hot Productions label because they've been known to sometimes master their CDs from dubious sources and/or use incorrect song versions. And it doesn't help not knowing in advance if you're getting a standard silver glass master factory pressed CD or a CD-R (the latter of course is made from inferior materials compared to their factory pressed counterparts). Edited by Todd Ireland

crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 March 2023 at 9:12pm
	I got to hear the lone Cheri CD in existence - a CD called Murphy's Law, released in 1993 in Canada as Unidisc SPLK-7087. I was not impressed. Track 1, titled "Murphy's Law (Remix)", is a pretty severe remix, with added prominent keyboard lines over everything, and an entirely redone lead vocal. Track 14, titled "Murphy's Law (Instrumental)", is the LP version minus the lead vocals. It's taken from a clean tape source (yay!) with an ungodly amount of noise reduction added (boo!). In a side-by-side comparison with the Rhino disc, you can tell immediately that the Rhino disc is from vinyl (turntable rumble on intro, some surface noise in right channel about 9 seconds in), and that the Unidisc disc has all the life sucked out of it (no reverb or presence at all in the opening drum hits). The only other song on this CD that I knew (titled "Give It To Me" on the Unidisc CD but "Give It To Me Baby" on the Venture 12" that I own) also has new lead vocals. Although Cheri was a duo, the Unidisc CD has a picture of only Rosalind Hunt on the front artwork, the back artwork, and the CD. There's no mention of the other half of the duo (initially Lyn Cullerier, later replaced by Amy Roslyn). If I had to guess, I'd say that Unidisc didn't have the rights to the original vocals (Rosalind Hunt and duo partner), so they recut the lead vocals (just Rosalind Hunt) on everything, and pictured just Rosalind Hunt on the artwork. Just a hunch. Edited by crapfromthepast
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