New Eric Records Releases For Feb. 2010

AndrewChouffi wrote: To Indy500: Although it sounds EXCELLENT, I would like to alert you that, to my ears, "Montego Bay" is a recreation of the 45 version, made possible by crossfading a 45 with the album mix near the end of the song. My pressing of the "Montego Bay" 45 was a different, narrower mix; the bulk of 'Vol. 11"'s version is the LP mix. Andy

Yep, just received my CD today and listened to it. The giveaway is the prominent Caribbean drum (or whatever instrument that is) pans from the left to the right channel at about the 2:14 mark. I'm not sure why they didn't just swap the channels of the LP version so that instrument placement in the stereo field was closer to the 45 mix; the mix still wouldn't quite match but they could have avoided the jarring pan effect.

In any event, a big disappointment. They probably couldn't locate a tape source for the 45 version, which is a bummer. But I'm sticking with my needledrop rather than using the stitched together version on this CD.

On a positive note, "Girl Watcher" does have improved sound on this disc. They must have found a cleaner 45 to use. The best sounding version previously was on the Beg, Scream & Shout box set. Unfortunately, a thread on the BSN board recently indicated that an original member of the O'Kaysions has stated that he has a tape copy of the master and that the original master should exist in Universal's vaults. Too bad this came to light after this CD was already in production.

Edited by Roscoe