Gary Glitter - "Rock And Roll Part 2"

Thanks to mainrhythm, who sent me a dub of the vinyl LP version, I can confirm that the more dry mix on Time-Life's Guitar Rock - 1972-1973 (1994) is the LP mix. It sounds like it has essentially no reverb on anything, especially when compared with the Toga Rock mix or the 45 mix. It's stereo, with the guitars mostly panned left and the vocals mostly panned right.

I still think that the GR disc may be a clone of Rhino's 1991 Greatest Hits CD, but I don't have the Rhino disc to compare.

Eight years later, I only have a teeny bit more info to share.

Toga Rock II mix

Very boomy drums, lots of processing on the vocals. Big delay in the vocals between L and R channels - R comes in first.

First appeared on DCC Compact Classics' Toga Rock II (1989, stereo, 2:59)

There's a different analog transfer of this mix on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 13 1972 Take Two (1991), where it runs a second or two shorter than Toga Rock 2. The same analog transfer is also used on:

• Mystic Music/Warner Special Products' 2-CD Good Times (1991) - a little bit of fuzz on the fade, and absolute polarity inverted (insignificant)
• Sony's Wham Bam Thank You Glam (1994) - absolute polarity inverted (insignificant)
• Starland Music/Warner Special Products' 2-CD 40 Party Classics (1996)
• Madacy's Rock On 1972 (1996) - digitally exactly 1.5 dB louder than Good Times

Have A Nice Day mix

The vocals and the claps in the clap track are panned completely to the right channel.

First appeared on Rhino's Have A Nice Day Vol. 9 (1990, stereo, 2:55)

The same analog transfer is used on:

• Razor & Tie's 2-CD Those Rocking '70s (1991)
• Rhino's More Stadium Rock (1996)

Greatest Hits mix

Relatively dry mix, which sounds like it has essentially no reverb on anything, especially when compared with the Toga Rock mix. The vocals have a lot less processing. Earlier in the thread, we determined that this is the LP mix.

First appeared on Rhino's Rock And Roll Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits (1991, stereo, 3:01)

The same analog transfer is used on:

• Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 5 1972-1973 (1994) - digitally exactly 0.6 dB quieter
• Rhino's Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 3 The '70s (1994)

US 45 mix

The US 45 on Bell 45237 is in mono and runs 3:10. Seek out a needledrop of the US 45, because it doesn't appear on CD. The Toga Rock mix is closest to the US 45 mix, but it's not the same.

UK 45 mix

KentT reported that the UK 45 is a dedicated mono mix. He reported that it sounds great, so I doubt that it matches the US 45. (Ha.)

Edited by crapfromthepast