Cyndi Grecco- Making Our Dreams Come True

Is it just me or does every CD copy of this song timing in at 2:29 sound awful? You can clearly hear the vinyl, which distracts from this great song.

Can anyone recommend a better source on CD (if one exists) for the song or is this as good as it gets? Also I see the LP Version available on 7 Digital and Tidal Store, but is the 45 the LP version found on her 1976 same titled album? If the LP version and the 45 are not the same, what are the differences?

Edited by PopArchivist

The CDs all sound dreadful because all Private Stock master tapes were thrown out when the owner (Larry Uttal's son) decided to stop paying the storage bills in the early '80s. He thought no one would ever have a need for master tapes. This was shortly before CDs came along - and also shortsighted. Some tapes that were licensed to Private Stock (e.g. "Don't Give Up On Us", Frankie Valli stuff) still exist. But many don't. Such is the case with Cyndi Grecco. All mastered from vinyl poorly. Luckily, at least the one that Mark and I cleaned from vinyl, as you know, sounds better than what's out there.

If you can find it, I've found that the Commonwealth Music/K-Tel vinyl album "Music Explosion" contains several Private Stock releases, including Cyndi,
that to my ear, came from master tape dubs.

I am amazed and delighted that the best-sounding version of any song is on a 1977 K-Tel compilation LP. I'm not sure why this makes me so happy.

crapfromthepast wrote: I am amazed and delighted that the best-sounding version of any song is on a 1977 K-Tel compilation LP. I'm not sure why this makes me so happy.

Makes me happy because I used to own a HUGE K-Tel album
collection. They are easy to pick on, but when I was a
kid, it was a great way to get a lot of hits for little
money.