The Buckinghams Complete Hit Singles
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Topic: The Buckinghams Complete Hit Singles
Posted By: Bill Cahill
Subject: The Buckinghams Complete Hit Singles
Date Posted: 11 September 2015 at 12:38pm
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Does anybody have any intel on this release on Varese Sarabande?
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 September 2015 at 12:56pm
All I know is what I read on the Hoffman and BSN boards, which is that the tapes Sony provided for the project are all stereo. Apparently, Varese requested both stereo and mono tapes, but they were told that Sony only could locate the stereo tapes. The mastering engineer stated on the BSN forum that he believed Sony was being lazy and probably didn't bother to even look for the mono tapes.
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 11 September 2015 at 2:44pm
I would have purchased this CD if it contained the mono
hit mixes.
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Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 11 September 2015 at 4:48pm
I have yet to listen to this new release, but on the back of the CD track 8 ("Mercy, Mercy, Mercy") is labeled mono single version. This release is also "supposed" to include the correct dj/promo edit of "Susan" but in stereo (if that is even possible). I always like to have Pat listen to these new releases and once he posts his findings in the database I usually decide to purchase or not, however I didn't wait this time. I'll have to sometime this weekend do some listening and comparisons. I'm sure if you stay tuned someone soon will chime in if there is indeed any "new" or "unique" versions and/or edits to be had on this disc.
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Santi Paradoa
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Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 14 September 2015 at 6:53pm
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You can read my review of this cd by clicking on the "reviews" tab.
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Posted By: VintageVarese
Date Posted: 15 September 2015 at 11:49am
The Buckinghams: The Complete Hit Singles
This new Buckinghams compilation features all of their hit singles from the 60's, including their #1 pop smash "Kind of A Drag". In addition, the album features "Don't You Care," "Mercy, Mercy Mercy" and the special radio edit of the hit "Susan." 2015 is the 50th anniversary of The Buckinghams, who continue to be an active touring band.
UPC:030206735185
Release Date: 09/11/2015
https://www.varesesarabande.com/products/the-complete-hit-si ngles
1. I’ll Go Crazy
2. I Call Your Name
3. I’ve Been Wrong
4. Kind Of A Drag
5. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
6. Summertime
7. Don’t You Care
8. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
9. Hey Baby (They’re Playing Our Song)
10. Susan (Radio Edit)
11. Back In Love Again
12. Where Did You Come From
13. This Is How Much I Love You
14. It’s A Beautiful Day (For Lovin)
15. I Got A Feeling
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Posted By: Bill Cahill
Date Posted: 16 September 2015 at 5:30am
Vic Anesini and Bob Irwin both did some nice work on
finding, remastering and remixing CBS material. I've
read a lot of articles and CD jackets that tell the
story about the CBS vault. From my reading, for the
longest time the people running the vault didn't find
much of anything. Maybe they really didn't know where
material was located, maybe it was because tapes
weren't filed well, or because once found, the tapes
would have to be kept track of (and sometimes not
returned), or when they were returned they'd have to
be re-filed (more work for them). Finally Bob Irwin
was allowed to go in and find material. That's how we
got the nice work on Simon and Garfunkel and the
Byrds. The Santana "Abraxas" original master was filed
as "Do Not Use" so of course, nobody used it. The Bang
multi-track masters weren't even there, they were
still sitting in Eileen Burn's basement, some in
unmarked boxes. The alleged reason why many of the
original CBS CDs sounded so terrible was because they
had been mastering material for years like this: Use a
master dub until it was nearly worn out, make a copy
of that worn tape, then use that tape until it nearly
wore out, make another copy, etc. This went on for
years, and it got so bad that the suspicion is that
the reason that reverb was added to the Simon and
Garfunkel tapes was to hide the drop outs. I suppose
it was better than trying to deal with the vault
people. Single masters for the Buckinghams and others
may indeed still be in there, but re-issue labels
probably need someone like Bob to go in and find them.
Or, master from vinyl.
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Posted By: TallPaulInKy
Date Posted: 21 September 2015 at 6:40am
In his review Pat mentions Kind of A Drag is the
"original mix". But I wonder is it the original stereo
version used by USA or the remix to simulate the
original done by Columbia to replace the remix on the
Greatest Hits LP/CD?
The original Kind Of a Drag album was stereo on USA, so
I could never figure why Columbia remixed the song for
the Greatest Hits LP.
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