https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 02 May 2026 21:28:28 +0000 Sat, 15 Aug 2020 13:24:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2609 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=55296&title=time-life-cds#55296 Author: AdvprosD
Subject: 2609
Posted: 15 August 2020 at 1:24pm

Did any of this get resolved either publicly or in PM's?

I would have to go to a certain set of crates to see what version of "Sounds of the 70s" I had. I'm pretty sure I bought nearly all of it directly from Time-Life and not Ebay or Discogs. You know, back
when they would only sell you them one at a time? I have to go look for myself as I've made a minor discovery after buying a set of Time-Life "Ultimate 70s" on ebay. I already knew that they had taken the
"Superhits" product and repackaged it as "AM Gold." What I didn't know was that they took the basic set of "Sounds of the 70s" 1970-1979 and rebranded a new series called "Ultimate 70's" which also has,
as far as I know, only the 1970-1979 produced so far. No "Take Two" or any of that yet.

I had a chance to grab a sealed set of "Ultimate 70s" but, passed for a set of VG discs which was about half the price. I'm happy now that I didn't buy that sealed set as they would only be duplicates
of the discs I already have in the "SOS" series. If anyone is interested in the minor track changes between the sets, I can post what I find when I dig those original "SOS" discs out.

I'm kind of curious myself if Time Life did any extra production work on this set like adding NR or taking it out etc. I'm pretty certain though that they would rather add more than remove it.]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2020 13:24:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=55296&title=time-life-cds#55296 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46308&title=time-life-cds#46308 Author: Gary
Subject: 2609
Posted: 25 September 2016 at 5:04pm

Sorry - thought I could help since I have the whole Sounds of the Seventies series on CD. But I must have got mine at the same time you have as I have all the RE-1 and RE-2's you have. I wil ltry one of the local DJ's that bought these as well as I did and see if he still has his copies.
Good luck. ]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2016 17:04:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46308&title=time-life-cds#46308 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46306&title=time-life-cds#46306 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 2609
Posted: 25 September 2016 at 10:00am

No problem - thanks for checking!]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2016 10:00:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46306&title=time-life-cds#46306 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46305&title=time-life-cds#46305 Author: JMD1961
Subject: 2609
Posted: 25 September 2016 at 8:57am

Sorry for the delay. Been dealing with some laptop issues.
And I'm afraid I don't have good news. All three of the
ones I've got are the RE-1 editions. ]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2016 08:57:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46305&title=time-life-cds#46305 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46300&title=time-life-cds#46300 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 2609
Posted: 21 September 2016 at 7:51pm

JMD1961 - Can you send me a track listing of each, or take a picture of the back cover with the tracks? I'll be happy to integrate that with my stuff. (I assume that you've checked to ensure that they're not the RE-1 rereleases.)

whyaduck - The Billboard Top R&R Hits series had some releases. The years 1960 through 1969 were released in 1988, then all were rereleased in 1993 with slightly different track listings. The tracks that weren't replaced had the same mastering, for the tracks that I've checked (I haven't checked them all.) I don't have list of the replaced tracks handy, though. You can tell the 1988 mastering from the black, five-letter Rhino logo on the spine. The 1993 rerelease has the red oval Rhino logo.

I don't know of any other rereleases in those Rhino sets.

Hope that helps!]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:51:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46300&title=time-life-cds#46300 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46299&title=time-life-cds#46299 Author: whyaduck
Subject: 2609
Posted: 21 September 2016 at 7:27pm

KentT wrote: Some of the Sounds Of The Seventies and AM Gold volumes got redone due to licensing changes and a track or two which was not available.

Same with many of the Rhino series' which started in the late 80's. I've nearly completed a "Billboard Top Rock and Roll" [Billboard Top Hits after 1975 onward] master sets.

Ron/CrapFromThePast, do you have any info on that series as to the many changes?

Edited by whyaduck]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:27:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46299&title=time-life-cds#46299 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46221&title=time-life-cds#46221 Author: JMD1961
Subject: 2609
Posted: 08 September 2016 at 5:45pm

I have vols. 4, 13 & 27. What can I help you with?]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 17:45:25 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46221&title=time-life-cds#46221 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46217&title=time-life-cds#46217 Author: KentT
Subject: 2609
Posted: 08 September 2016 at 9:34am

Some of the Sounds Of The Seventies and AM Gold volumes got redone due to licensing changes and a track or two which was not available. ]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 09:34:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46217&title=time-life-cds#46217 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46209&title=time-life-cds#46209 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 2609
Posted: 07 September 2016 at 12:45pm

To be clear, the AM Gold discs use the same sources as Sounds Of The Seventies, Body Talk, Solid Gold Soul, or any of the other Time-Life collections.

Concrete example: For AM Gold Vol. 21 1974 through AM Gold Vol. 26 1979, all released in 1996-97, I determined that just about every track is a digital clone of a mastering from an earlier CD, usually with a volume change. Out of the 118 songs on these discs, I identified the earlier masterings on all but 12 tracks, just because I don't have every CD ever released.

For the Time-Life series that I mentioned above, virtually all the tracks use the same analog transfer as some earlier CDs. For the Sounds Of The Seventies tracks on which a song makes its first appearance on CD, the source is usually a dub from a source tape supplied by the record company.

Hope that helps.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:45:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46209&title=time-life-cds#46209 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46208&title=time-life-cds#46208 Author: aaronk
Subject: 2609
Posted: 07 September 2016 at 12:25pm

The Hits Man wrote: aaronk wrote: eriejwg wrote: Reason being - Sounds Of The Seventies uses analog sources - AM Gold uses digital. I'm not sure what you mean. Any music recorded prior to 1988 or so is all from analog sources. They didn't start using digital recording until the late '80s. Aaron, I have a lot of music that was recorded digitally from as far back as 1979 from Ry Cooder, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, Dave Grusin, and many others.

Yes, I stand corrected on this. I didn't realize they were making full digital audio recordings as early as 1979. I assume the AM Gold series referred to up-thread would have contained songs all recorded prior to this, though, so the original master tapes for those songs would've been analog.]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:25:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609&PID=46208&title=time-life-cds#46208