Cyndi Grecco- Making Our Dreams Come True
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Topic: Cyndi Grecco- Making Our Dreams Come True
Posted By: PopArchivist
Subject: Cyndi Grecco- Making Our Dreams Come True
Date Posted: 13 January 2020 at 6:31pm
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Is it just me or does every CD copy of this song timing in at 2:29 sound awful? You can clearly hear the vinyl, which distracts from this great song.
Can anyone recommend a better source on CD (if one exists) for the song or is this as good as it gets? Also I see the LP Version available on 7 Digital and Tidal Store, but is the 45 the LP version found on her 1976 same titled album? If the LP version and the 45 are not the same, what are the differences? |
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Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 13 January 2020 at 7:07pm
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I agree that all of the CD versions sound dreadful. This thread may give you some info on the LP version and how it might sound: http://www.top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9129&KW=grecco - http://www.top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9129 &KW=grecco ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 19 January 2020 at 7:48pm
| The CDs all sound dreadful because all Private Stock master tapes were thrown out when the owner (Larry Uttal's son) decided to stop paying the storage bills in the early '80s. He thought no one would ever have a need for master tapes. This was shortly before CDs came along - and also shortsighted. Some tapes that were licensed to Private Stock (e.g. "Don't Give Up On Us", Frankie Valli stuff) still exist. But many don't. Such is the case with Cyndi Grecco. All mastered from vinyl poorly. Luckily, at least the one that Mark and I cleaned from vinyl, as you know, sounds better than what's out there. |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 19 January 2020 at 9:09pm
If I can give both you and Mark a thumbs up, I would.... ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
EdisonLite wrote:Posted By: Bill Cahill
Date Posted: 23 January 2020 at 6:38am
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If you can find it, I've found that the Commonwealth Music/K-Tel vinyl album "Music Explosion" contains several Private Stock releases, including Cyndi,
that to my ear, came from master tape dubs. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 23 January 2020 at 8:40am
I agree that the sound on that LP, despite having 8 tracks on each side, is pretty good. (Thanks for letting me borrow your copy a while back.) I went ahead and ordered a sealed copy this morning, just to have an additional source for those tracks. ------------- 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: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 24 January 2020 at 9:54am
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I am amazed and delighted that the best-sounding version of any song is on a 1977 K-Tel compilation LP. I'm not sure why this makes me so happy. ------------- 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: eriejwg
Date Posted: 24 January 2020 at 11:09am
Luckily, there are copies decently priced on Discogs. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 24 January 2020 at 3:17pm
Makes me happy because I used to own a HUGE K-Tel album collection. They are easy to pick on, but when I was a kid, it was a great way to get a lot of hits for little money. |
Posted By: C J Brown
Date Posted: 24 January 2020 at 6:43pm
| I cannot locate the 16 track K Tel Music Explosion from 1977 mentioned above with the Cyndi Greco track. Do I have the title correct? |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 24 January 2020 at 7:26pm
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Hi. Try this Discogs link: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Music-Explosion/release/7686810 - Music Explosion or this Amazon US link: https://www.amazon.com/Music-Explosion-various/dp/B010BW3VZM/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=music+explosion+commonwealth&qid=1579919073&s=music&sr=1-2 - Amazon ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 25 January 2020 at 7:03am
And, especially in the early 70s were often the only way to get these songs in stereo other than the stereo side of promo copies. The downside, of course was that the songs were often edited, or at least faded early. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 25 January 2020 at 10:43am
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This got me thinking, are their any other 45 versions or
mixes on this K-Tel album? Is Rock Your Baby the true 45 version? Is Get Dancin' the 3:55 special edit? Is Did You Boogie the version without Wolfman? Is Midnight Train To Georgia the 45 version? Is Rockin' Chair a better sounding version than what's out there? ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 25 January 2020 at 4:04pm
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I sent Bill's LP back to him quite a long time ago, but I did also make a dub of "Get Dancin.'" It runs an actual 3:07 on the K-Tel LP. When I get the sealed copy, I can pop it open to check the other tracks. ------------- 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: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 03 February 2020 at 3:18pm
| Please let us know what you find, Aaron. I'm especially curious about "Did You Boogie" (without Wolfman) & "Rockin' Chair". |