damn yankees "high enough"

aaronk wrote: I hadn't noticed before, but the single version is not just an edit but a totally unique mix.

So than the cd promo contains that single version, while Billboard Top Hits 1991 contains the 45 version with the opening breath?

aaronk wrote: They are the same. The Single Version from the promo CD exactly matches the version on Billboard Top Hits 1991, including the opening breath. There seem to be just a handful of CDs that cut off the opening breath but are the correct single mix.

That's kind of like Donna Summer's "Love To Love You Baby". I think the correct 45 version has her breathing before she starts singing, but most CD's with that
version cut it off.

I never noticed the mix differences between the Album and Single Versions of "High Enough" either. Listening to them now, it sounds like there's more echo on the
Album Version. The vocals on the Single Version sound more upfront. I also noticed that the guitar section is edited on the Single Version.

And to think that for the past 30 years, I thought the Single Version was just the Album Version with the Instrumental Intro from the Album chopped off!

The 2-track promo CD single for "High Enough" is Warner Bros. Records PRO-CD-4416 (released 1990):

1. "Single Version" - printed 4:17
2. "Album Version" - printed 4:45

I don't have the promo CD single, but I have enough info to give some mastering details.

Single version (4:16)

The following all use the same analog transfer, which is likely track 1 from the promo CD single:

• Hitmakers Vol. 41 (August 24, 1990)
• TuneUp Next40 #29
• Razor & Tie's 2-CD Living In The 90s (1995) - omits the opening breath; avoid
• Razor & Tie's 2-CD Monster Ballads (1999) - digitally identical to Living In The 90s and therefore also omits opening breath; avoid
• Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1991 (2000)
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Nineties Vol. 2 1991 (2001) - digitally exactly 2 dB quieter than Billboard Top Hits 1991

All of the above sound just fine. If you need to pick one, avoid the Razor & Tie discs because they omit the opening breath.

TM Century's track no. 0005129 omits the opening breath (bad, although preferable for radio airplay), truncates the long fade, and may possibly have added noise reduction. Avoid.

Album version (4:44)

The following all use the same analog transfer, which is almost certainly the full-length Damn Yankees CD and/or track 2 from the promo CD single:

• Warner Special Products' 2-CD Rock This Way (1995)
• Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 25 The '90s (1996)
• Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 27 Power Ballads (1999)
• Realm's 3-CD Pedal To The Metal (2002) - digitally exactly 1 dB louder than Guitar Rock Vol. 25 The '90s
• TM Century's track no. 00005939 - no added noise reduction, no early truncation of fade

All of the above sound pretty much the same, so whichever disc you have the album version on will work just fine.

Edited by crapfromthepast

Thank you, Ron and Ed!