Austin Roberts - Rocky
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Topic: Austin Roberts - Rocky
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Subject: Austin Roberts - Rocky
Date Posted: 13 December 2016 at 2:32am
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The 3:35 version on Rhino's Have A Nice Day Vol. 15 (1990) is from vinyl. There's a digital clone on Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 18 Hard To Find Hits (2002; 0.021 dB quieter).
The 3:44 version on Reader's Digest Music's 4-CD American Pie Great Tales And Sagas In Song (1998) is a rerecording, and is from a tape source. ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
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Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 10 August 2023 at 3:34pm
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So after all these years, has a tape source for "Rocky" ever been unearthed? Or has there at least been a better vinyl
transfer made? It seems the Rhino Have A Nice Day transfer has been utilized for every CD it appears on (excluding the rerecordings, of course) and that transfer seems to suffer from some groove distortion and the vinyl source might have been a bit off-centre as well. ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 10 August 2023 at 4:36pm
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Does the Rocky album on Qobuz use the same transfer? ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 10 August 2023 at 8:48pm
Yes, I did a transfer from a near mint LP back in 2007 and cleaned it up. I'm not sure if any officially released CDs have attempted a better transfer than the Rhino dub. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
LunarLaugh wrote:Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 11 August 2023 at 1:42am
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I know the son of the president of Private Stock Records (Larry Uttal) threw
out all the master tapes from storage in the early '80s because he didn't want to spend any more money and saw no future usage for the tapes. But here's what I don't get. Not only did Rocky go (approximately) top 20 in the UK, but I just learned that it went top 10 in Canada. Did the tapes for Private Stock get thrown out in those countries, too? Obviously, they'd be 2nd gen tapes sent originally, but still. It's hard to believe with top 10 hits in Canada and top 20 in the UK, there hasn't been a compilation CD in these countries with this song from tape. I know the UK comps use bad vinyl. But are there any Canadians here that can check any comp CDs for "Rocky" and if a tape was used? |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 11 August 2023 at 1:44am
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PS, like Aaron, years ago I also did a cleaning of my vinyl LP, which was in
really good condition, so if anyone wants something better than Rhino.... |
Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 11 August 2023 at 3:21pm
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Yes, EdisonLite (and aaronk), if you could share your cleaned up dubs, I'd be
interested! ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: C J Brown
Date Posted: 11 August 2023 at 3:51pm
| me too.................. |