"The Wanderer" - Dion, How Many Versions?

Pat & others,

Recently over at the Steve Hoffman forum, we had an interesting discussion about how many versions of this classic hit are available on CD. It gets confusing for a number of reasons primarily due to which tapes are used and mastering choices. Since "The Wanderer" is my favorite single of the "golden age" of Top 40 Radio, I have attempted to collect every version available. To date, I have the following versions:

1) Dry stereo version
2) Wet Stereo version
3) New Stereo mix with a cold-ending. Please note that this mix is different from the vintage mix and has what sounds like digital compression and echo added during the mix.
4) Take 1, Stereo. The Master is Take 2.

Is the original Mono "hit" single mix available on CD? I have searched for years and I have never uncovered it? I recently obtained a mp3 from an Australian CD but this may have been dubbed from a second generation tape and the mastering is less than steller.

Pat, good luck with your Forum and thanks!

Bob



Edited by Moderator

Oh, and thanks for starting the chat board, Pat. I think it'll be great!

Bob, I pulled out the Dion's Greatest Hits cd, Columbia 31942 and my Laurie 45 of "The Wanderer" and they sound the same to me but I would like more information on what you call the "wet" and "dry" versions of this song. This cd was issued by Columbia in the 80's, runs all of 25:02, has 10 tracks, no liner notes and is 100% mono.

Hey, Bob, I tried that URL address you gave, but only got this error
message:

"Either BOF or EOF is True, or the current record has been deleted.
Requested operation requires a current record."

Tell me what this website is, and how it's supposed to work. If it's a
database of info on CDs (like CDDB), I'd like to know more about it.

--Marc W.