J. Geils Band - Freeze-Frame
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Topic: J. Geils Band - Freeze-Frame
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Subject: J. Geils Band - Freeze-Frame
Date Posted: 19 August 2013 at 7:55pm
I think I found three different analog transfers for "Freeze-Frame".
The Freeze-Frame CD on EMI sounds really good to my ears. Probably the best-sounding disc of the bunch. The same analog transfer is used for the promo 50-CD set The A List Disc 11 (1994), which sounds surprisingly good and doesn't have any noise reduction.
I think EMI's Flashback The Best Of (1985) uses higher-generation source tapes than Freeze-Frame. There are some discs that use the same analog transfer as Flashback:- Priority's Eighties Greatest Rock Hits Vol. 3 Arena Rock (1992; too loud and clips a lot)
- Time-Life's Rolling Stone Collection 1982-1986 (1993)
- Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 5 1982 (1994; differently EQ'd digital clone of Priority disc)
- Big Ear Music's Only In The 80's Vol. 1 (1995)
- Disky's 8-CD Greatest Hits Of The '80s Disc 7 (1998)
- Simitar's Number Ones Rock It Up (1998)
There's another analog transfer on Warner Special Products' 2-CD Good Times (1991), which is about on par with Flashback. The same analog transfer is used for:- Razor & Tie's 2-CD Awesome '80s (1994)
- Warner Special Products' 2-CD Rock Box (1994)
- Madacy's Rock On 1982 (1996; digitally exactly 1.5 dB louder)
I don't have Rhino's 2-CD Houseparty Anthology (1993), but I'm willing to bet that it sounds better than everything else. Until a copy falls into my lap, I'll go with EMI's Freeze-Frame.
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Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 19 August 2013 at 8:15pm
The promo 45 is a very simple edit of the LP/commercial 45
version. My timings are from EMI's Freeze-Frame:
Remove the 32 beats, starting on a snare, from 3:17.4 to
3:27.7.
The mixdown will run about 3:47, with the one edit at 3:17.
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