level 42 "something about you"
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Topic: level 42 "something about you"
Posted By: edtop40
Subject: level 42 "something about you"
Date Posted: 16 May 2006 at 7:56pm
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pat
the 45 actually runs 3:42 while the 45's face states the run time as 3:48 this should be noted in the db... ------------- edtop40 |
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Posted By: prisdeej
Date Posted: 26 January 2024 at 10:30pm
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Do all 45 versions on CD contain the dropout on the introduction?
------------- DJ L. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 27 January 2024 at 8:50pm
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I pulled the 45 version of Level 42's "Something About You" from the following CD sources in my music library, and I don't hear an audio dropout during the intro on either one of them:
Level 42 Very Best of (UK import) (Polydor 559373) (run time: 3:45) VA Rock of the 80's Volume 10 (Priority)(run time: 3:42) As for sound quality, I find that the Very Best of CD is mastered somewhat on the "hot" side with added compression (though none of the audio wave peaks appear to be "clipped" beyond 0 dB), boosted treble, and runs several seconds longer than the actual 45 length. On the other hand, the sound on the Rock of the 80's Volume 10 disc is quite good, with a nice EQ, and has a nearly fully intact dynamic range and very bare minimal clipping, though the volume level could perhaps have ideally been mastered one or two dbs lower to prevent any wave peaks from being clipped at all. Considering the Priority label's reputation for sometimes using suspect source tapes (i.e. its Mega Hits Dance Classics series), I suspect most collectors would be quite satisfied with the sound quality of "Something Without You" on the Rock of the 80's Volume 10 CD, though I'm sure someone else on the message board could possibly recommend an even better source. Out of curiosity, Dave, at exactly which point on the 45 version are you hearing the dropout? |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 27 January 2024 at 9:54pm
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I don't hear a dropout, really, just a small amount of noise in the left channel. I never noticed it until you pointed it out, and I've heard the song hundreds of times; it's one of my favorite songs of all time.
The little bit of noise is found on Level Best, and any compilations that use the same analog transfer as Level Best, which is just about everything released before 2000 or so. The discs that don't have the noise bit are mastered way too loud, with compression/limiting/clipping that makes the sound far worse than the small noise bit on the intro. I should point out that I adore the Level 42 Level Best collection. It rounds up all of their single versions, and it's just about perfect sonically. ------------- 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: prisdeej
Date Posted: 27 January 2024 at 11:04pm
The first second on the introduction, it always stood out to me. Perhaps not a dropout, almost like a click or a tick, it's very brief. Perhaps Ron G can give us give us a mastering history cause I know he's a Level 42 fan! I can't be the only one that hears it, cause the short versions supplied on TM Century GoldDiscs never had this anomaly. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the TM discs, but those were the one's we dubbed into my station library back in 1999. ------------- DJ L. |
Todd Ireland wrote:Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 28 January 2024 at 12:03am
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The TM Century version of "Something About You" was a homemade edit from the World Machine LP version. (Same with The A List (1994), which used the mastering from the TM Century library.)
The first release of the 45 version from a tape source was Level Best (1989). I'm not sure when TM Century did their own edit, but I'd bet it's before 1989. Virtually all the compilations until 2000 or so used the same analog transfer as Level Best, including:
The best-sounding version I've heard is Level 42's Level Best (1989). ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |