Ashford And Simpson - Found A Cure
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Topic: Ashford And Simpson - Found A Cure
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Subject: Ashford And Simpson - Found A Cure
Date Posted: 15 October 2019 at 7:46am
"Found A Cure" peaked at #36 in late 1979. While 1985's "Solid" still gets some airplay on oldies specialty shows, "Found A Cure" has long since been forgotten.
LP version
The LP version appears on Capitol's Capitol Gold The Best Of (1993). Here, it runs 7:02, and clips a lot due to excessive compression/limiting.
The version on Rhino's 2-CD Video Soul (1995) is digitally exactly 1.43 dB quieter than Capitol Gold. We don't have many choices for the LP version on CD compilations.
45 version
The 45 version appears on Rhino's Disco Years Vol. 7 (1995) and Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 20 (1995). Both are digitally identical, and I'm not sure which appeared first. Here, it runs 3:43 and sounds great, with nice dynamic range, nice EQ, and seemingly low-generation source tapes. The following CDs use the same analog transfer as Disco Years Vol. 7 and Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 20:- Time-Life's Solid Gold Soul Vol. 15 1979 (1997) - differently EQ'd digital clone
- Simitar's Number Ones Soul On Fire (1998) - digitally identical
45 version with the first eight beats cut off
This seems to be a mastering error.
It first appeared on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 19 1979 Take Two (1991), where it runs 3:41. There's a digital clone on Time-Life's 2-CD Uptown Saturday Night Rock Steady (2007), where it's about 3 dB louder and likely adds a small amount of compression/limiting.
My recommendations
There's not much choice here, so grab whatever CDs you can find with "Found A Cure", except Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 19 1979 Take Two and Uptown Saturday Night Rock Steady, both of which cut off the first eight beats of the song.
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Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 15 October 2019 at 5:13pm
"Found a cure" is still pretty big on R&B oldies/urban
adult formats like The Groove on Sirius.
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Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 15 October 2019 at 5:34pm
I always liked this song.. Glad to know it’s still getting play somewhere.
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Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 16 October 2019 at 10:55am
Wounded Bird reissued all of their Warner albums after
initial Warner pressings dried up.
BBR in the UK issued all of their Capital and Warner
material again but with many bonus versions.
"It seems to hang on" and "Is it still good to you"
are ones adult R&B radio has always favored.
About 10 years ago, Rhino issued the double disc
Warner Bros. Years: Hits, Remixes & Rarities featuring
12" versions and new remixes that were faithful to the
original sound. It really started a whole movement of
going back to the masters and making a new dance
version. Tom Moulton and John Morales later got
involved with similar projects and those titles were
worth seeking out which was something in the past I
wouldn't consider.
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