Penguins-Earth Angel

crapfromthepast wrote: The oldest CD I have with "Earth Angel" is Original Sound's Oldies But Goodies Vol. 1 (1987). This track has a lot of added noise reduction. Avoid. Aside from the Original Sound CD, I found four separate analog transfer for the song. Three run at about the same speed as the Original Sound CD, and the fourth is much faster: Rhino's Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits 1955 (1988). The same analog transfer is used on: Time-Life's 2-CD Love Me Tender (1991) Time-Life's Rock 'N' Roll Era Vol. 8 1954-1955 (1988). The same analog transfer is used on: Heartland's 2-CD Slow Dancing (1991) Time-Life's Rhythm And Blues Vol. 17 1955 (1992). The same analog transfer is used on: Time-Life's Heart Of Rock 'N' Roll Vol. 21 Slow Dancing Classics (1997) Time-Life's 2-CD Classic R&B Collection Vol. 1 1955-1959 (2000) Rhino's multi-disc R&B Box 30 Years Of Rhythm And Blues (1994) - runs 1.3% faster than the earlier Rhino disc (and the others). The same analog transfer is used on: Rhino's multi-disc promo Black History In Music Sampler (PRCD 7278, 1998) Time-Life's 2-CD Glory Days Of Rock 'N Roll Vol. 1 Doo-Wop (1999) Rhino's Millennium New Doo Wop Party (2000) Time-Life's Classic R&B Collection Vol. 6 Heroes And Legends (2001) Varese Sarabande's Totally Oldies Vol. 3 Then (2002) Aside from the speed difference, all of the above sound about the same. All have decent dynamic range, reasonable EQ, and no evidence of added noise reduction. If I had to pick one, I'd go with Rhino's Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits 1955 (1988).

The sad part is that none of these on CD are the correct 45 version Ron. Based on research this non-hit version basically became the de facto version on later 45's in the 50's, LP's in the 60's and every CD with it. Such a shame as the 45 version with the reverb even on the 78 sounds awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhXRDSO6wzk