Randy Vanwarmer - Just When I Needed You
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Topic: Randy Vanwarmer - Just When I Needed You
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Subject: Randy Vanwarmer - Just When I Needed You
Date Posted: 18 October 2014 at 8:16pm
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For the search engine: Randy Vanwarmer - Just When I Needed You Most
This was the big (and only) hit for him, although I far prefer the 1981 new-wave "Suzi Found A Weapon" (retitled "Suzi" for the 45). The first CD appearance is on Silver Eagle/MCA's 3-CD Shades Of Love (1989), where it sounds good. The same analog transfer is used for Warner Special Products' 2-CD Always (1990; absolute polarity inverted, much hissier fade than Shades) Bill Inglot did a new analog transfer for Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1979 (1991), which is a little bit better than Shades, but only a little. Then, a flood of CDs that all use the same analog transfer as Billboard Top Hits 1979:
May as well spring for Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1979 (1991). ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
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Posted By: KentT
Date Posted: 22 October 2014 at 8:25am
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Another note. The Rhino reissue 45 has a different mix
(sounds like an alternate rough mix of the tune). It has some missing elements from the hit 45. ------------- I turn up the good and turn down the bad! |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 19 September 2015 at 6:51pm
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I must've heard that different mix today while listening to Accu Radio online. It even sounds like a different recording plus was shorter (about half a minute shorter). Shame on those stations that play something else that is not the original "hit" recording. ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 05 January 2019 at 3:05am
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KentT,
I'd swear I have that "missing some instrumentation" version on CD reader's digest "easy listening hits of the 60s and 70s". The database does *not* indicate this, however. My copy is from Canada, but I can't access it as it's in a box in Canada and I'm in Thailand until May. Pat, could you take a listen to yours? Anyone else have the set, or know what's behind that version? ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: garye
Date Posted: 05 January 2019 at 9:46am
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The version I have in my 70's library is from "Hard To
Find Singles" volume 19, more 70's essentials. They have done such a good job in the past getting the right 45 mix on CD, I would think that would apply here also. Does anyone know for sure? |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 05 January 2019 at 10:09am
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Yes, the Eric CD has the hit mix.
It's likely from the same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1979 CD. Details in this other http://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8823 - thread . ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: garye
Date Posted: 05 January 2019 at 12:01pm
I figured if any one would, the Eric Records people always get it done! |
crapfromthepast wrote:Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 05 January 2019 at 1:34pm
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I have it from the Warmer album. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 16 February 2020 at 6:39pm
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I have this song on a 2003 Warner Special
Products/Compass Productions disc called "#1 Hits of the 70s - The Pure Gold Collection" where it sounds, to these ears, really outstanding. I am more than certain that all the tracks on here are sourced from other pre-existing VA collections, but I don't have "Just When I Needed You Most" on anything else to compare. However, most of the other tracks that I have on other discs sound either better or more or less the same on this particular CD. "Baby Come Back", "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)", and "Kiss You All Over" all sound excellent, for instance. Funny, I picked this disc up cheap at Target back when I was in college and it turned out to be one of the better-sounding sources for a lot of my favorite 70s soft rock tunes to this day. ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |