Sam Neely - You Can Have Her (CD debut?)

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   Browsing around the net, came across this page for Sam Neely and the album, Sam Neely 2. It appears its been reissued from Taliesyn music with bonus tracks, including "You Can Have Her." Anyone have knowledge of the quality of the CD?

Sam Neely 2 with bonus tracks

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eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 69	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Sam Neely - You Can Have Her (CD debut?) Posted: 08 January 2009 at 2:44pm
	Browsing around the net, came across this page for Sam Neely and the album, Sam Neely 2. It appears its been reissued from Taliesyn music with bonus tracks, including "You Can Have Her." Anyone have knowledge of the quality of the CD? Sam Neely 2 with bonus tracks

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 January 2009 at 7:21pm
	John, I ordered this CD directly from Taliesyn last year, and they are vinyl dubs. Sounds to me like they used nice-quality LPs, augmented by some "standard" noise reduction software, but the result is nowhere near what many of the folks on this Board can achieve. As a result, I still consider "You Can Have Her" as a "don't have on CD" item on my list, despite owning that CD. I believe the CDs are actually "unlicensed from A&M/Capitol" bootlegs, done by Sam's family (Sam died around two years ago, as I recall.) For fans of Sam's music, I imagine these otherwise-not-on-CD collections are fine. But for most of our purposes, they are a no-go.

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 69	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:05pm
	Thanks Jim for your input. Looks as though you'll save me some $$$ and others as well. A shame that this song is not yet available.

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 November 2010 at 12:52am
	I just noticed tonight that Pat has recently included that earlier-referenced Taliesyn CD in his database, but without any indication/notation that it is from a vinyl dub. The source on my CD was/is clearly vinyl. I'm wondering if perhaps Pat owns a 2nd pressing of this CD, which may use a tape source, or if it was just an db oversight that failed to note this fact.

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 April 2013 at 4:33pm
	my commercial 45 for the sam neely song 'you can have her' issued as a&m 1612 states the run time on the label as 3:00 but actually only runs 2:57 and is identical to the version on the cd 'neely2'...thanks frank for providing me with the track for analysis.....this 45 run time s/b added to the db....
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MMathews Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 August 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MMathews Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 April 2013 at 12:25am
	After hearing some of the tracks on the above Sam Neely CD's, i am not convinced that all the tracks are sourced from vinyl, including "You Can Have Her". That does not mean i am stating i think they are good tape sources. I am stating that i am not hearing some subtle things that i would hear in a processed vinyl dub. It is also possible that the high (too high) level of noise reduction was applied to remove excessive hiss. (For example, if reel to reel tapes were used, or the family had high generation tape copies.) Some of the bonus tracks ARE from vinyl, and they contain the proper tell-tale signs of vinyl dubs. So, for now it's my opinion that some tracks were from noisy tape, others were from vinyl. Sounds to me like the LP tracks weere from [hissy] tapes, and all the bonus singles from 45's. Either way, i'm glad to have any source for some of these tracks, as it seems the major labels involved obviously have little interest in re-issuing them (if they have the right to.) MM