https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 23:10:11 +0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:58:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10281 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=10281&PID=67200&title=duke-jupiter-ill-drink-to-you#67200 Author: jono
Subject: 10281
Posted: 27 August 2025 at 3:58pm

For what it’s worth, I remember “Little Lady” was played on my local FM Rock station, WAPL in Wisconsin, back at the time. Seemed like it was in heavy rotation. Not sure about “I’ll Drink To You”, though. ]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:58:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10281&PID=67200&title=duke-jupiter-ill-drink-to-you#67200 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10281&PID=67165&title=duke-jupiter-ill-drink-to-you#67165 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 10281
Posted: 24 August 2025 at 2:36pm

While they didn't score chart success, a radio group I worked for at the time played this track at their stations then.

We also played another Duke Jupiter track in 1984, Little Lady. The album that contains that track is also available on Qobuz, White Knuckle Ride.

Edited by eriejwg - 24 August 2025 at 2:36pm]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:36:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10281&PID=67165&title=duke-jupiter-ill-drink-to-you#67165 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10281&PID=67164&title=duke-jupiter-ill-drink-to-you#67164 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 10281
Posted: 23 August 2025 at 4:53pm

The band Duke Jupiter was from Rochester, NY. I started college in Rochester shortly after "I'll Drink To You" was released in 1982. The song got an unusually high level of airplay in Rochester, even years later. As a result, I hear it as a biggish hit, on the order of "You Don't Want Me Anymore" by Steel Breeze. I know this wasn't anywhere near a national hit, yet I still think of it very fondly and it's one of my favorites from the early '80s.

LP version (printed 4:32, actual 4:32)

After three unsuccessful albums on Mercury, the band released the Duke Jupiter 1 album on tiny label Coast To Coast (distributed by CBS) in 1982. The only other LPs I could find on Coast To Coast were by Kelly Marie and B.T. Express, plus singles from those two artists, Fantom, William Robinson, and Ron Evans, all in the 1981-1983 time frame. It was a very small label.

Qobuz actually has the Duke Jupiter 1 album (!), which will be far easier to find than trying to hunt down a CD copy.

It sounds superb on the Qobuz version. Low-generation source tapes, nice EQ, great dynamic range, and no evidence of added noise reduction. Much better than my old vinyl copy of the LP.

45 version (printed 3:32, actual 3:32)

Qobuz has the A-side ("I'll Drink To You") and non-album B-side ("Begin Again") of the 45 available as a two-track download. It sounds OK, but it's from vinyl. It's a better analog transfer than the one I did from my own 45, but it still has the inner-groove distortion at the end of the track that my own 45 has.

Or, you can edit it down from the album version. It's two edits, nothing else. Using the timings from the Qobuz Duke Jupter 1 album:

Segment 1
Extends from 0:00 to 2:43.7 of the LP version and the 45 version.
Ends right before a snare hit.

Delete the 32 beats from 2:43.7 to 2:58.7 of the LP version.

Segment 2
Begins on a snare.
Extends from 2:58.7 to 3:20.6 of the LP version.
Extends from 2:43.7 to 3:05.6 of the 45 version.
Ends right before a downbeat.

Delete the 96 beats from 3:20.6 to 4:05.0 of the LP version.

Segment 3
Begins on a downbeat.
Extends from 4:05.0 to 4:32 (end) of the LP version.
Extends from 3:05.6 to 3:32 (end) of the 45 version.

You mixdown will run 3:32, with edits at 2:43.7 and 3:05.6.

It's hard to believe the song sounds this good, after 43 years of living with grunge in the grooves.

Edited by crapfromthepast - 23 August 2025 at 9:58pm]]> Sat, 23 Aug 2025 16:53:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10281&PID=67164&title=duke-jupiter-ill-drink-to-you#67164