Steel Breeze - You Don’t Want Me Anymore

I'm a little late to the party, here, but since I'd already listened to everything yesterday and waited until today to post (bad timing indeed!), I thought I'd summarize.

I learned two things: (1) the song doesn't use a click track, which was news to me, and (2) I still like it after listening to it seven times in a row. A fine track, and the last big chart entry for glam/weird producer Kim Fowley (Runaways, etc.)

To sum up:

The LP mix is boomy, which is most noticable on the reverb applied to the snare drum. If it sounds like the snare decay extends well beyond the beat, then it's the LP mix. I have the LP mix on:

• Steel Breeze LP (RCA AFL-1-4424, printed 3:23, actual 3:25)
• Promo 12" single (RCA JD-13284, printed 3:23, actual 3:25; B-side is "Who's Gonna Love You Tonight")
• B-side of promo 7" single (RCA JB-13283; matrix number "PB-13283-D" printed on label, printed 3:23, actual 3:25)
• Heard It On The Radio Vol. 1 CD (a real CD but I don't have catalog info since my copy is a CD-R dub - they're quite $$$; runs 3:22; this version is the same edit and fade point but runs significantly faster than the others)

The 45 mix has far less reverb than the LP mix. If the snare sounds reasonable, and doesn't draw your attention due to the excessive reverb, then it's the 45 mix. I have the 45 mix on:

• A-side of commercial 7" single (RCA PB-13283, matrix number "PB-13283-A" printed on label, printed 3:27, actual 3:26)
• A-side of promo 7" single (RCA JB-13283, matrix number "PB-13283-A" printed on label, printed 3:27, actual 3:28)
• Barry Scott Presents The Lost 45s Of The '70s & '80s (Varese Vintage VSD-5955, 1998; sound by Bill Inglot & Dan Hersch - they're excellent; labelled as "single edit", runs 3:28)

Note that despite the printed time differences, I hear this only as a mix difference. (My timings may be +/- a second because it's hard to tell when the music ends due to vinyl surface noise.) There's no difference in pitch or tempo (except for the Radio CD) or in fade points, except the tail of the 45 fade is a bit longer than the LP fade.

And 80musicfreak - if you can ever dig out the indie 45, I'd love to hear that version. I have an indie 45 of Steel Breeze doing a cover of "Temptation Eyes" - it's pretty terrific. No record label listed and no date, so it's tough to determine when it came out. That's not in the books either.

Edited by crapfromthepast

Agreed. I wouldn't be surprised if the Heard It On The Radio CD has a digital clone of the Renaissance CD version.