Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

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   On the 45, the opening guitar strum is more prominent in the right channel.  If you zoom way in, you can see that it comes in a tiny bit earlier on the right.

Same for the UK's EMI Greatest Hits CD (1988).

The Hollywood Greatest Hits (1992) flips the left and right channels, so that the opening guitar strum comes in a tiny bit earlier on the left.

Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 7 1980 (1995) is digitally identical to Hollywood Greatest Hits, so it too has its left and right channels swapped.

The A List Disc 6 (1994) also has its left and right channels swapped.

I prefer the sound on the Hollywood GH.  The EMI GH is good, but sounds like it uses a slightly higher-generation source tape.  I didn't hear evidence of noise reduction on any of the commercially available discs(Not sure about The A List Disc 6).

I'll be using a left/right-swapped version of the Hollywood GH in my library.

(Can anyone confirm the true channel orientation of the 45?  I didn't create the needledrop that I analyzed.)

Edited by crapfromthepast

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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: 43	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love Posted: 17 March 2014 at 6:42pm
	On the 45, the opening guitar strum is more prominent in the right channel. If you zoom way in, you can see that it comes in a tiny bit earlier on the right. Same for the UK's EMI Greatest Hits CD (1988). The Hollywood Greatest Hits (1992) flips the left and right channels, so that the opening guitar strum comes in a tiny bit earlier on the left. Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 7 1980 (1995) is digitally identical to Hollywood Greatest Hits, so it too has its left and right channels swapped. The A List Disc 6 (1994) also has its left and right channels swapped. I prefer the sound on the Hollywood GH. The EMI GH is good, but sounds like it uses a slightly higher-generation source tape. I didn't hear evidence of noise reduction on any of the commercially available discs(Not sure about The A List Disc 6). I'll be using a left/right-swapped version of the Hollywood GH in my library. (Can anyone confirm the true channel orientation of the 45? I didn't create the needledrop that I analyzed.) Edited by crapfromthepast
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Smokin' TomGary Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 26 June 2011 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smokin' TomGary Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 March 2014 at 2:52pm
	Promo 45 E-46579-A has the opening guitar strum more prominent in the right channel on the stereo side. On the mono side the guitars sound centered between both channels :-)

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 57	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 March 2014 at 5:58pm
	My copy is a download from The Game, which is listed as being on the Hollywood label. It too appears to have the channels swapped.