Dion Laurie Singles
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Topic: Dion Laurie Singles
Posted By: bitman
Subject: Dion Laurie Singles
Date Posted: 15 August 2012 at 10:45am
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Real Gone Music has the mono singles coming out October 2.
Tracks: Disc One 1. Lonely Teenager 2. Little Miss Blue 3. Havin’ Fun 4. Northeast End of the Corner 5. Kissin’ Game 6. Heaven Help Me 7. Somebody Nobody Wants 8. Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight 9. Runaround Sue 10. Runaway Girl 11. The Majestic 12. The Wanderer 13. (I Was) Born to Cry 14. Lovers Who Wander 15. Little Diane 16. Lost for Sure 17. Love Came to Me 18. Little Girl Disc Two 1. Sandy 2. Faith 3. Come Go with Me 4. King Without a Queen 5. Lonely World 6. Tag Along 7. After the Dance 8. Then I’ll Be Tired of You 9. Shout 10. I Got the Blues 11. Abraham, Martin and John 12. Daddy Rollin’ (in Your Arms) 13. Purple Haze 14. The Dolphins 15. From Both Sides Now 16. Sun Fun Song 17. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever 18. He Looks a Lot Like Me |
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Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 15 August 2012 at 12:14pm
| Great news! I was just wishing for such a thing the other day. Thanks for posting. |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 15 August 2012 at 2:49pm
| Yep, my buddy Ed Osborne is doing his usual terrific liner notes for this one. Should be a nice collection! |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 15 August 2012 at 7:08pm
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Great news indeed! I believe this would mark the CD debut of "Little Diane" and "Sandy" in their original hit mono mixes!
A number of Dion and the Belmonts mono mixes have previously only appeared on the long out-of-print Greatest Hits CD on Columbia 31942. I've always thought the sound quality on that disc has room for improvement, so I can definitely say I'm looking forward to hearing this upcoming 2-CD set. And I'm also really liking the CD releases I've seen (and heard) so far from this new Real Gone Music label! |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 01 October 2012 at 5:57pm
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When any of the board members get a chance to listen to this new
release in the next few weeks I would like to know what your thoughts are on the overall sound. Thanks in advance. ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 15 October 2012 at 9:45am
IMHO the overall sound is superb. Some songs have a bit of distortion in places, but this was present on the original 45s. I also find Dion's recollections about the recording of many of his hits very interesting. |
Santi Paradoa wrote:Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 15 October 2012 at 1:47pm
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Did they get the correct mono mixes? Since we recently discovered Real
Gone goofed up majorly on the BJ Thomas collection, I was hesitant to buy this one. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: jono
Date Posted: 15 October 2012 at 6:45pm
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I like the sound on this cd, too. It is a bit loud, but it sounds like the 45's
(without the surface noise, of course!). I think they got the correct mixes, as far as I know. I don't have much Dion on 45, so i guess I can't be 100% certain. I think the matter of getting the correct mixes depends a lot on the engineers and producers. I think that since Ed Osborne is involved with this one (he is not listed in the credits of the B.J. Thomas collection, if I recall correctly), I have a better feeling about it being correct. Mr. Osborne also worked on some of the Collector's Choice singles sets and did an excellent job on those in regards to the correct mixes, I think. He must do his homework and actually compare the tapes with the 45's. I wish other producers would do this. Jon O. |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 15 October 2012 at 8:36pm
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I agree with Jon on the correct 45 mixes were used for this set, plus
yes the entire set is loud (IMO). Apparently the mono mixes had that "punch" as well back then. ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 16 October 2012 at 2:37pm
| I've known Ed Osborne for a long time. He's a stickler for using the correct single versions. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 21 October 2012 at 1:55am
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Agreed--the sound quality is excellent. I can say with certainty that
"Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer" are the correct mono mixes. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 30 November 2012 at 12:08am
| I'd like to point out that the Top 40 hit "Sandy" appears on Dion's The Complete Laurie Singles set, though the database currently doesn't show this (an accidental omission I'm sure). The track runs 2:18 and marks the first time the song has been issued in mono on a U.S. CD release. |