Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly
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Topic: Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly
Posted By: Ringmaster_D
Subject: Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly
Date Posted: 07 August 2022 at 5:02pm
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The vocal on this song is dry on the 45. Watch out for
versions with added reverb, such as on The Georgia Peach LP. |
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Posted By: mjb50
Date Posted: 07 August 2022 at 6:06pm
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It's not dry... e.g. at "house of blue light" + chorus vocal around 0:40, there's definitely reverb in these YouTube clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_8Bdr12zvk - (US 78) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qvGEuT3BJ4 - (US 45) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X0QgFlwvMs - (UK 45) ... I assume you mean there's a lot more obvious reverb on the LP? |
Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 08 August 2022 at 2:33am
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It may have been dry on later pressings of
the 45. ------------- Live in stereo. |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 08 August 2022 at 10:57am
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Just some mastering info.
Of the CDs I have, I found four different analog transfers for the 1958 hit version of "Good Golly Miss Molly", which is in mono. (Stereo and fake stereo versions on CD are non-hit rerecordings.) The first is on Rhino's Little Richard collection 18 Greatest Hits (1985). Sounds is OK, but not terrific. This collection likely didn't use the lowest-generation tape sources out there. Plus, I hear a little bit of stereo reverb on the vocals (it shows up in a null test; my ears aren't that good). The same analog transfer is used on:
There's also a dreadful rerecording on Motown's Compact Command Performances 15 Greatest Hits (1986), which also has terrible sound. Avoid Little Richard on Motown. My recommendation Seek out Time-Life's Rock 'N' Roll Era Vol. 5 1958 RE-2 reissue (1992). ------------- 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: vanmeter
Date Posted: 08 August 2022 at 6:21pm
This is essentially what my original 45 sounds like as well, definitely not dry, although the reverb is subtle. |
mjb50 wrote:Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 09 August 2022 at 8:17am
Does the label on your copy state "From the Specialty LP, "Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits"? If so, then you have a later pressing, since this album was not issued until 1968. Discogs incorrectly lists this pressing as being from 1958. (It in fact cannot be from earlier than 1968): https://www.discogs.com/release/14342328-Little-Richard- Good-Golly-Miss-Molly-Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey |
Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 09 August 2022 at 6:00pm
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Easy enough to change the year, so I have
done so. ------------- Live in stereo. |
Posted By: Ringmaster_D
Date Posted: 10 August 2022 at 2:27pm
Yes, I should have said "fairly dry." There is indeed some reverb in there, but nothing like the cavernous verb on some sources. For the record, I'm using the MFSL re- release of Here's Little Richard as my go to source. |