Isley Brothers-"It’s Your Thing"
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Topic: Isley Brothers-"It’s Your Thing"
Posted By: jimct
Subject: Isley Brothers-"It’s Your Thing"
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:29pm
| My commercial 45, which is mono, and confirmed as T-Neck 901, has a listed time of (2:49), but an actual time of (2:56). This is not good news, as all of the many current database CDs that contain this song have runtimes ranging from (2:40) to (2:49), while my 45 runs :07 longer than the longest of these database CDs. |
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Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 7:39pm
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Note: I have revised my original post because I believe my info was in error before. My apologies to whomever may have read it earlier.
It runs (2:44) on the original "It's Our Thing" LP, and sounds like a different mix, but I just played all versions of it, and now think there may be some Dolby issues going on with the CD versions. The original T-neck 45 contains this slightly longer mix, and runs (2:55), which I timed on my turntable. The vinyl reissue LP has a mix that seems to be a slight alternate mix of the version you hear on CD today, but, again, sounds like the Dolby decoding is correct, and runs (2:49). Again, it sounds like a Dolby issue because the CD versions aren't as clean and dynamic as the 45 and orignal LP. This difference is what lead me to believe it was a different mix. I have the new BGO two-fer CD of the "It's Our Thing/Go All The Way" albums on order and should be here in a month. I'll try to remember to report back with what it has.Note: I have revised my original post because I believe my info was in error before. My apologies to whomever may have read it earlier. ------------- |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 06 June 2008 at 8:03am
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Yes, it appears that all versions of "It's Your Thing" on CD that I've heard have some undecoded Dolby issues.
Please let me know if the forthcoming two-fer you mentioned sounds better!! Andy |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 12 July 2011 at 6:33pm
Did you ever figure out if the Dolby issue was also on that two-fer CD as well? ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
The Hits Man wrote:Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 16 July 2011 at 12:30am
Did you ever figure out if the Dolby issue was also on that two-fer CD as well? [/QUOTE] I gave up on that angle. I got the Iconoclassic CD reissue of the album and it sounds a bit more like all the other CDS. I just made a digital dub of the original vinyl LP and moved on. ------------- |
Posted By: KentT
Date Posted: 16 July 2011 at 7:16am
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Be advised too that some of the master tapes for this album
are damaged. So, on at least one track it is actually a needledrop which is that sound you hear. The mono 45 of this track is the version which rules. Especially for that piledriver bass line. ------------- I turn up the good and turn down the bad! |
Posted By: Indy500
Date Posted: 31 July 2013 at 11:20am
Has this been found on any CD? |
Posted By: KentT
Date Posted: 03 August 2013 at 5:41am
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Not yet that I am aware of. It is Stereo on the CD versions
I have heard. ------------- I turn up the good and turn down the bad! |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 29 October 2018 at 3:16pm
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Just discovered a digital version of the album It's Our
Thing with a mono version of It's Your Thing. It runs 2:54 and fades about 2 seconds earlier than my 45. It's labeled as "Mono Alternate Fade." Could this be the mono 45 mix? ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 30 October 2018 at 7:02pm
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Hey John,
I grabbed that off I-tunes. It is indeed the mono 45 mix. In fact, it is mastered from a 45 but they did a very good job with it. There is some noise over the intro and fade which matches the surface noise on my copy of the 45 perfectly. But, the noise is low enough and not distracting. To their credit they left the noise alone and did not ruin it with noise reduction. They faded it about 2 seconds early due to the noise at the tail end of the song, the audio is very faint there so I can understand their choice to fade it off. So, all things considered this is good source for this mono mix, which is drier than the stereo LP version. and that awesome funky bass guitar cuts thru with more punch than the stereo mix does. MM |