moody blues "your wildest dreams"

does anyone know if the cd below

(S) (3:48) Time-Life R105-40 Rock Dreams (45 version)

contains the true 45 version

the import box set i have has the single version but the start of the song is faded in and not started cold........does the start of the song on the above cd start with a slight fade in or does it start cold..........the 45 starts cold.......anyone??

If you have the singles + import box set, the version on there is an edit of the lp version with a quick fade in. The 45 starts cold with no fade in and no hints of the instrumental part that is the first 45 seconds or so of the lp version (which can be heard for a few seconds in the intro of the Singles + edit). I guess it's good to know that the actual 45 version is available on cd...i believe the 45 also listed the time as 4:05 but i remember years ago timing it closer to 3:45 or so.

From the looks of it, Rick already has done that for us in this post. Ive also had someone else tell me a while ago that it was the correct 45 version if that means anything..

eBay would be your best bet....unless you can order just specific cds from a time life website, which is unlikely.

I see that the 45 version is also available on "Time Life Classic Soft Rock: Into the Night" which was released in 2006. Do the newer T-L compliations suffer from the compression/maximization problems that plague most CDs from the last decade or so?