Loverboy - Working For The Weekend

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   Not much controversy with this one.

The Columbia disc Rock Of The '80s (1988) used a high-generation tape source, and sounds really muffled.  Avoid this one.

One year later, Columbia's Big Ones (1989) used a fresh new analog transfer, and this one sounds pretty great.  Most of the compilations out there use the same analog transfer as Big Ones:Razor & Tie's 2-CD Awesome '80s (1994)
Sony's Forever Rock Vol. 3 (1996; differently EQ'd digital clone)
Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 24 The '80s Take Two (1996; differently EQ'd digital clone)
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 18 The Early '80s Take Two (1996; differently EQ'd digital clone)
Realm's 3-CD Greatest Hits Of The '80s Vol. 3 (2002; has compression/limiting applied to Big Ones; avoid)
Rhino's 7-CD Like Omigod (2002) has a new analog transfer, but sounds basically the same as Big Ones, which is very nice.

I don't know what the original CD release of Get Lucky sounded like, but I came across a remaster, which is way too loud and sounds pretty bad.  There's a differently EQ'd digital clone of the Get Lucky remaster on Madacy's Rock On 1982 Vol. 2 (2005) - avoid both of these.

My pick: Columbia's Big Ones (1989)

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crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Loverboy - Working For The Weekend Posted: 09 November 2013 at 11:08pm
	Not much controversy with this one. The Columbia disc Rock Of The '80s (1988) used a high-generation tape source, and sounds really muffled. Avoid this one. One year later, Columbia's Big Ones (1989) used a fresh new analog transfer, and this one sounds pretty great. Most of the compilations out there use the same analog transfer as Big Ones: Razor & Tie's 2-CD Awesome '80s (1994) Sony's Forever Rock Vol. 3 (1996; differently EQ'd digital clone) Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 24 The '80s Take Two (1996; differently EQ'd digital clone) Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 18 The Early '80s Take Two (1996; differently EQ'd digital clone) Realm's 3-CD Greatest Hits Of The '80s Vol. 3 (2002; has compression/limiting applied to Big Ones; avoid) Rhino's 7-CD Like Omigod (2002) has a new analog transfer, but sounds basically the same as Big Ones, which is very nice. I don't know what the original CD release of Get Lucky sounded like, but I came across a remaster, which is way too loud and sounds pretty bad. There's a differently EQ'd digital clone of the Get Lucky remaster on Madacy's Rock On 1982 Vol. 2 (2005) - avoid both of these. My pick: *Columbia's Big Ones* (1989)**
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