wilbert harrison kansas city

Thanks for all your recent 45 timing info updates, Ed. It's great to see you further expanding into the '50s and '60s hits as well!

QUESTION: is there ANY copy of this song that DOESN'T sound like it was recorded underwater?

When I was working on oldies radio, we tried and tried to find a decent copy and what we ended up with was a lesser of evils.

What happened to the master of this song? Do the original 45s sound as gurgly?

Best sounding version of "Kansas City" is on 'Raging Harlem Hit Parade' compiled by Little Walter DeVenne.

It still sounds like a dub from an acetate from a garage recording (maybe it actually is).

Andy

I have a virtually mint original Fury 45 and it's noisy
there, too, though the EQ is different in a good way.
For once there's some bottom end and the guitar break
isn't as harsh.

But the pops and clicks remain, so the recording was
either a demo disc only or the master tape got damaged
before any backups were made.

The 45 runs 2:25 and, while the Relic Raging Harlem
Hit Parade CD does sound good, it's just a well de-
clicked disc dub that, to me, isn't EQ'd as well as the
original 45.

GM

(Note: Edit to correct run time of my 45)

Edited by Gary Mack

Andrew, you're right about 'Raging Harlem Hit Parade' being a pretty clean copy... much less of a mess than other copies I've heard... wish we had this when I was on the air!

Regarding length of the 45: could it be an early fade?

The "Raging Harlem..." version sounds like it's gone at 2:26, even though the track runs to 2:31. (With plenty of gain applied, I can hear the surface noise right at the end.)