Sammy Johns "Chevy Van"

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   The best sounding version of "Chevy Van" on CD is the Time-Life Sounds Of The Seventies version. It is the Milan Bogdan remix single version. 

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KentT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 25 May 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote KentT Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 May 2008 at 1:23pm
	The best sounding version of "Chevy Van" on CD is the Time-Life Sounds Of The Seventies version. It is the Milan Bogdan remix single version.
	I turn up the good and turn down the bad!

TallPaulInKy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 21 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote TallPaulInKy Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 June 2008 at 1:59pm
	eriejwg wrote: "Interesting that a 45 as late as 1977 would say "compatible stereo." Yah Shure added: "I seem to recall seeing "compatible stereo" moreso on the Warner/Curb 45s than the non-Curb Warner labels. My promo copy of "You Light Up My Life" also says "compatible stereo." It could be because these are all promo copies you are mentioning. Believe it or not AM was not dead in 1977 and they were still mono stations some even still used mono turntables. I don't know if the stock copies were mono or compatible stereo. But compatible was generally a disk cutting process that did not effect the master tape. I have some early 70s Atlantic mono singles pressed in compatible stereo so they would track better on stereo turntables.

Yah Shure Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 11 December 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Yah Shure Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 June 2008 at 5:04pm
	Paul, I presume you mean stereo cartridge when you refer to a "stereo turntable." Are you referring to Atlantic's "CSG Processed Mono Master" 45s when you say "mono singles pressed in compatible stereo?" CSG mono seemed to be even more of a "snake oil" ploy than CSG stereo, and we all know how well *that* went over.

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 June 2015 at 4:34pm
	so.....did we get to the bottom of this as far as if any of the cd's in the db have the correct 45 version or not......the db does not have qualifier on the cds that contain the song....
	edtop40

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: 123	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 June 2015 at 5:06pm
	I have a 192 bitrate 45 dub. I also have the versions from both the Time-Life and The Rhino discs. I think all CD appearances are from the same source and are EQ'd differently than the 45. Kent says the Sounds Of The Seventies is the best sounding of all the CD sources for the remix that matches the 45, but to my ears, the 45 sounds different. I'll have to find a clean 45 source and compare again.

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: 123	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 June 2015 at 5:25pm
	Does anyone that owns the 45 and the Time-Life disc care to chime in? The 45 really is dull compared to the CD versions. Edited by eriejwg

KentT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 25 May 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote KentT Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 July 2015 at 6:03am
	A note: I carefully compared the Time-Life Sounds Of The Seventies and my original GRC 45 singles. They are indeed different. The multicolor label (North American Musical Industries) pressed Capitol looking 45 is the best sounding of the two I own. My other styrene 45 on GRC sounds like the tape has an azimuth error and sounds muddy. The CD sounds like my good 45. The pressings on the GRC 45 are variable sounding depending on pressing plant. The vinyl copy mastered by Masterfonics is my go to.
	I turn up the good and turn down the bad!