Richard Marx-"Hold On To The Nights"

I went ahead and ordered the Japanese Ballads CD, and it does include the AC Edit of "Hold On To The Nights." Unfortunately, it sounds like an improperly decoded Dolby transfer. It's not necessarily bad sounding, but the Dolby issue makes it sound like a high generation tape and really exaggerates the highs compared with the 45.

Hey Andy,

I sent you a PM yesterday, but I'll answer your question here. The short answer is 'yes,' but I had to go back and de-construct my re-construction to figure out where it all came from. In my PM, I let you know I sent you my cleaned up promo 45, which is not totally accurate.

The main part of the song from 0:00 to 3:16 is identical between the AC Edit and 45 version. From that point forward, the mixes differ.

TM Century issued the AC Edit on both a HitDisc and GoldDisc, and to my ears this comes from a tape source. The trouble with TM's copy is that they tended to run all their songs through "No Noise," and I could hear the NR on their copy during the quieter passages, especially the ending.

For my re-construction, I used the normal 45 version from CD, TM's version from 3:16 to 3:50 (the loudest passage of the song where noise reduction could not be detected), and then my own cleanup from 3:50 to 4:21.

Edited by aaronk

Yeah, TM typically didn’t have any special sources that weren’t otherwise
available, so I don’t know if this version showed up on a promo sampler or if
this was a case where they got a DAT or reel copy directly from the label. All
I know is that the 45 is pressed on styrene and both sides of my copy get
distorted during the loud passage (the same passage I mentioned I used
from TM’s disc). Their copy doesn’t have a trace of vinyl noise or distortion
anywhere—just undesirable noise reduction, which isn’t necessarily heavy
but enough that I can hear it in places.