https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:53:51 +0000 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 15:49:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6835 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=6835&PID=46722&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#46722 Author: Steve Carras
Subject: 6835
Posted: 07 January 2017 at 3:49pm

Wow.. this is interesting. I have the song on mp3..it's faded..]]> Sat, 07 Jan 2017 15:49:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=46722&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#46722 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=46721&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#46721 Author: edtop40
Subject: 6835
Posted: 07 January 2017 at 2:01pm

paul was kind enough to send me a file off the 'true 70's'
cd that fetta referenced above and i can confirm it
contains the true full volume 45 version on it....thx paul
for sending!!!!]]> Sat, 07 Jan 2017 14:01:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=46721&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#46721 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=36023&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#36023 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 6835
Posted: 28 November 2012 at 12:51am

Indy:
A poster on BSN says he just got that new import disc you mention and
both versions of "Neanderthal Man" included on the CD are stereo and
both fade (no cold ending).
]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:51:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=36023&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#36023 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=35831&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#35831 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6835
Posted: 06 November 2012 at 12:15pm

It's funny that record companies didn't care about crackly 45s back then
and don't seem to care about brickwalled, distorted, and/or lossy audio
for their releases today. ]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:15:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=35831&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#35831 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=35830&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#35830 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 6835
Posted: 06 November 2012 at 8:39am

Hykker wrote: What is it with Capitol 45s of that era...there are a lot of really noisy pressings. This pre-dated the energy crisis, so it seems odd they'd use regrind.

I read somewhere at the time ('70-'71) where someone at Capitol realized they could save money by extending the service life of the stampers used to press their 45s and LPs. This was accomplished by coating each stamper with chromium.

There was just one problem: the chromium developed cracks, which resulted in noiser and noisier vinyl output the longer the stampers were pressed into service, so to speak. This would seem to explain why the first copies pressed from the stampers at the Los Angeles plant - the DJ 45s - were typically much quieter than many stock copies.

But I think the real culprit was a lack of quality control during the pressing process, resulting in "overbaked" plastic characterized by a set of crackles appearing at the same spot with each revolution of the record. Some of the Jacksonville-pressed 45s I special-ordered in '73-'74 - Renaissance's "Carpet Of The Sun" (Capitol 3715) and Marmalade's "(Your Wish Is In) The Wishing Well" (EMI 3676) - were just as noisy as "Neanderthal Man," in spite of probably having been pressed in quantities of only a couple hundred at the Jacksonville plant. The Marmalade record, with a quiet, acoustic first half, was basically useless, not to mention unreturnable, as were all special orders. And yet the DJ 45 at my college station had been perfectly quiet.

Scranton... Jacksonville... Winchester... all of those plants produced their share of crackling bonfires passed off as 45s during the '70s (not sure about L.A.; its stock didn't make it to the midwest often enough to judge.) Capitol just didn't care. ]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:39:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=35830&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#35830 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=35829&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#35829 Author: Hykker
Subject: 6835
Posted: 06 November 2012 at 7:08am

Yah Shure wrote: I'd tried pasting on the ending of my crackle-infested Capitol 45.

What is it with Capitol 45s of that era...there are a lot of really noisy pressings. This pre-dated the energy crisis, so it seems odd they'd use regrind.

]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:08:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=35829&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#35829 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=35827&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#35827 Author: Indy500
Subject: 6835
Posted: 05 November 2012 at 8:48pm

Any one pick up the 2012 import of "You Didn't Like It Because You Didn't Think of It"? A listed bonus track is 'Neanderthal Man' alternate U.S. mix.

The mono single version perhaps?
]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:48:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=35827&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#35827 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=33958&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#33958 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6835
Posted: 24 April 2012 at 6:46am

Jeff, that would be great! Thanks!]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:46:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=33958&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#33958 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=33956&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#33956 Author: Fetta
Subject: 6835
Posted: 24 April 2012 at 5:33am

Did a little digging on this last night and found two import CD's that contains what I think is the 45 version with the cold ending....

The first one is

http://www.amazon.com/Very-Best-10cc/dp/B0020FQTL2/ref=sr_1_ 7?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1335270486&sr=1-7

The second one is called "True 70s".

They are both available on 7digital UK.

If anyone is interested in comparing, i can send the MP3 that I purchased from 7digial. Unfortunately, it is not lossless.

-Jeff]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:33:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=33956&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#33956 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=33955&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#33955 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6835
Posted: 23 April 2012 at 9:22pm

Yah Shure wrote: Exactly. I never attempted to do so on "Neanderthal Man" because it would the hiss would have sounded just as bad as if I'd tried pasting on the ending of my crackle-infested Capitol 45.

I'm attempting to paste on the ending right now. Not only is it a crackle-fest, but the EQ is drastically different than what's on the HAND CD. Furthermore, a fold-down of the stereo doesn't quite match the mono, but it's really close.]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:22:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6835&PID=33955&title=hotlegs-neanderthal-man#33955