Juice Newton - Queen Of Hearts

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   The original version by Dave Edmunds hit #11 in the UK in 1979.  Juice Newton's cover adhered pretty closely to the original, and turned out to be her biggest pop hit, hitting #2 in the US in 1981.  

The LP and 45 versions are the same.

The song first appeared on CD on Juice Newton's Greatest Hits (And More) (1987).  There were a few Capitol Greatest Hits (And More) CDs released in 1987 (Dr. Hook, Helen Reddy, Glen Campbell, to name a few), and I recommend all of them.  There's a digitally identical clone on Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 18 Romantic Moments.  The song was recorded with a live drummer and a click track, and runs 169.5 BPM throughout on GH (AM).

At least one of the tracks on GH (AM) is taken from vinyl ("Angel Of The Morning", I think), so when Cema Special Products compiled 10 Best Series (1992), they used the same analog transfers as GH (AM), but added noise reduction to all the tracks.  The same analog transfer as GH (AM) is also used on the following discs, all of which include noise reduction and should be avoided for "Queen Of Hearts":Priority's Eighties Greatest Rock Hits Vol. 12 Singers Songwriters (1994)
Cema Special Products' Greatest Hits Of The 80's Vol. 6 The Decade Of Excess (1994, also too loud and compressed)
Madacy's Rock On 1981 (1996; digitally exactly 1.5 dB louder than 10 Best)
EMI's Rock 'N Roll Relix 1980-1981 (1998; differently EQ'd digital clone)
There was a new analog transfer done for Warner Special Products' 2-CD Good Times (1991), where the song runs 170.0 BPM throughout.  The same analog transfer is used for Razor & Tie's 2-CD Totally '80s (1993).  Both have a lot less high end than GH (AM), possibly due to a higher-generation source tape?

Finally, one last new analog transfer done by Bill Inglot for Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1981 (1992).  It runs 169.3 BPM throughout here.  No noise reduction, plus the tail of the fade extends out farther than the earlier discs.  There's a differently EQ'd digital clone of BB on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 8 1981 (1995).

One straggler - there's no NR on EMI Australia's 5-CD Eighties Complete Vol. 1 (1997).  It sounds OK here.

My preference: Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1981

Edited by crapfromthepast

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	The original version by Dave Edmunds hit #11 in the UK in 1979. Juice Newton's cover adhered pretty closely to the original, and turned out to be her biggest pop hit, hitting #2 in the US in 1981. The LP and 45 versions are the same. The song first appeared on CD on Juice Newton's Greatest Hits (And More) (1987). There were a few Capitol Greatest Hits (And More) CDs released in 1987 (Dr. Hook, Helen Reddy, Glen Campbell, to name a few), and I recommend all of them. There's a digitally identical clone on Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 18 Romantic Moments. The song was recorded with a live drummer and a click track, and runs 169.5 BPM throughout on GH (AM). At least one of the tracks on GH (AM) is taken from vinyl ("Angel Of The Morning", I think), so when Cema Special Products compiled 10 Best Series (1992), they used the same analog transfers as GH (AM), but added noise reduction to all the tracks. The same analog transfer as GH (AM) is also used on the following discs, all of which include noise reduction and should be avoided for "Queen Of Hearts": Priority's Eighties Greatest Rock Hits Vol. 12 Singers Songwriters (1994) Cema Special Products' Greatest Hits Of The 80's Vol. 6 The Decade Of Excess (1994, also too loud and compressed) Madacy's Rock On 1981 (1996; digitally exactly 1.5 dB louder than 10 Best) EMI's Rock 'N Roll Relix 1980-1981 (1998; differently EQ'd digital clone) There was a new analog transfer done for Warner Special Products' 2-CD Good Times (1991), where the song runs 170.0 BPM throughout. The same analog transfer is used for Razor & Tie's 2-CD Totally '80s (1993). Both have a lot less high end than GH (AM), possibly due to a higher-generation source tape? Finally, one last new analog transfer done by Bill Inglot for Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1981 (1992). It runs 169.3 BPM throughout here. No noise reduction, plus the tail of the fade extends out farther than the earlier discs. There's a differently EQ'd digital clone of BB on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 8 1981 (1995). One straggler - there's no NR on EMI Australia's 5-CD Eighties Complete Vol. 1 (1997). It sounds OK here. My preference: Rhino's *Billboard Top Hits 1981* Edited by crapfromthepast
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