Ray Goodman & Brown - Special Lady
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Topic: Ray Goodman & Brown - Special Lady
Posted By: NightAire
Subject: Ray Goodman & Brown - Special Lady
Date Posted: 25 August 2013 at 2:18am
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Does anybody have a source for "Great Love Songs Of The 70's & 80's Volume 1" (Time-Life 8005)?
Searching the web (and specifically Amazon) has turned up nothing. I'm looking for the "dj 45 version without rap in the introduction" of Ray, Goodman, & Brown's "Special Lady" for my station. Thanks for any help you can offer me in tracking down this (apparently elusive) recording!! ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
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Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 25 August 2013 at 5:13am
| I can't help with that CD, but I do recall when Rhino sent us a tape with the songs to be used on the Billboard "Hot R&B Hits" series, that they used the "non-spoken intro" version. We told them that they didn't have the proper commercial 45 version and they did end up using the correct one. IMO, that opening helps make the song special (pun intended). |
Posted By: 80smusicfreak
Date Posted: 25 August 2013 at 5:56am
| http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CQ5BR4/ref=asc_df_B000CQ5BR42488201?smid=AMBYWJHN5C0FS&tag=pgmp-1584-01-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395109&creativeASIN=B000CQ5BR4 - CD in question from 3rd-party sellers on Amazon |
Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 25 August 2013 at 2:40pm
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80smusicfreak, that's the same CD? I saw that one, but saw it was Warner Special and didn't have the same number... so I wasn't sure.
Paul, you may have a good point. I haven't heard the non-spoken intro version, and perhaps I would be better off continuing to play the commercial 45 version. (At least that one is easier to find on CD!) :-) ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: 80smusicfreak
Date Posted: 25 August 2013 at 3:45pm
Yep. The CD you want was actually sold by Time-Life as part of a 4-CD set in 1991 and made by Warner Special Products. Although the track listing isn't given on Amazon, "Special Lady" is track #12 on Vol. 1, which is titled Then Came You (after the 1974 Dionne Warwicke/Spinners hit, which is naturally also included on that volume). You can pick from either buying just the one disc or the complete 4-CD set from the various third-party sellers on Amazon. I believe those "ASIN" numbers given by Amazon are part of their own catalog system and NEVER match the ones on the CDs themselves. Complete track list here, courtesy of an eBay seller from 2010: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/time-life-great-love-songs-70s-80s-cd-119380649 - Track list |
NightAire wrote:Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 26 August 2013 at 10:30am
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is the commercial 45 an edit of the LP version, or does it simply fade before
the LP end bit? ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 26 August 2013 at 9:08pm
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David,
I'm pretty sure it is just an early fade. MM |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 26 March 2014 at 6:22pm
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LP version, runs 4:14 and includes rap in the intro
I have CDs with three different analog transfers of the LP version, with HUGE differences in sound quality. The best, by a country mile, is Rhino's Video Soul (1995). I can't tell if it's from vinyl or not - I hear a tiny crackle on the fade. Worse, and SIGNIFICANTLY worse, is Rhino's Smooth Grooves Vol. 3 (1995). There's pretty much no high end, and we know from Video Soul that there's plenty of high end on the original recording. I think I may hear some swirliness to the high end throughout the song - evidence of noise reduction? The same analog transfer is used on Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 8 On My Mind (1996) and Time-Life's 2-CD Body And Soul Vol. 3 Sweet Seduction (1998; digitally exactly 2 dB quieter). Even worse, and I didn't think this was possible until I heard it with my own ears, is the promo sampler Funk Essentials Soul Reggae Roots (1996). I can't think of many other tracks on a compact disc that sound worse than this one. The promo sampler says this tracks is from Polydor's Best Of; I don't know what Best Of sounds like, but I certainly hope it's better than the sampler. The difference is sound quality among these three is astonishing, so much so that I question if any or all are needledrops from vinyl. I defer to more talented ears than mine to determine if they're from tape or not. Commercial 45 version, runs about 3:38 and includes rap in the intro; is an early fade of the LP version Sounds really, really nice on Rhino's Billboard Hot R&B Hits 1980 (1996). Plenty of high end, and much more natural-sounding than any of the LP versions, including Video Soul. Pretty sure this one is from a tape source. swaitek's The A List Disc 3 (1994) is clearly from vinyl. Promo 45 version, runs about 3:41 and has no rap in the intro There's a cheapie 4-CD set from Time-Life called Great Love Songs Of The 70's And 80's (1991) that includes the promo 45 version. I think the discs were sold separately; this song is on Vol. 1 Then Came You. The sound is good, not great, roughly on par with Video Soul. I don't hear any hiss on the fade; could this be from vinyl, too? The fade is shaped a little differently than the commercial 45, and last a few seconds longer. ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |