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Topic: dennis coffey scorpio
Posted: 24 December 2011 at 5:12pm

my commercial 45 for the dennis coffey song "scorpio"
issued as sussex 226 states the run time on the label as
3:59 and does indeed run that length and is faded 0:04-0:05
sooner than all the so called "45 length" versions in the
db.....this true vinyl 45 run time info s/b added to the
db.....

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Posted: 19 September 2019 at 6:22pm

I listened to and made a couple observations for "Scorpio" just now:

1) All CD copies sound like mud. My guess is that the master tapes suffered the safe fate as most of the other Sussex tapes, and they are gone. I've heard cassette tapes that sound better than what's available for "Scorpio" on CD.

2) The mono 45 is a simple fold-down of the stereo version. No dedicated mix was created, but it does fade sooner than the LP length.

I think I may have a pretty clean LP that I will try to pull and dub. Surely the original vinyl must sound better than what's on CD.

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Posted: 19 September 2019 at 9:13pm

Aaron's right; the CD versions don't exactly sparkle.

The following discs are listed as "45 length", and use the same analog transfer as Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 7 (1991):

Rhino's cheapie Seventies Smash Hits Vol. 5 (1993)
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 42 A Loss For Words (1995) - digitally exactly 0.9 dB quieter

I have the "LP length" on Rhino's Kurtis Blow Presents The History Of Rap Vol. 1 (1997).

All of the above have a nice dynamic range, no loudness/clipping issues, a reasonable EQ, no ticks or pops, and no evidence of noise reduction (the high end doesn't disappear on the fade).

So they could be much worse!

There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one Crap From The Past.

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Posted: 19 September 2019 at 9:42pm

It's true, it could be worse. If you look at the spectral view of any of the above CDs, you'll see that between 16 kHz and 22 kHz, it's pretty much nothing but tape hiss. Very high generation tapes on this one. Here's hoping for a nice vinyl source in my collection, which I'll gladly share :)

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Posted: 20 September 2019 at 1:18pm

Aaron,

The mono I seek is 4:01 and is on a CD called Instrumentals From Back In Da Day. Does anyone have that one listed in Pat's database? It is the only one in mono.

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Instrumentals-From-Back-In-D a-Day/release/11366523

I only have Ed's copy and I am unsure if he ripped it from this CD or not.

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Posted: 20 September 2019 at 4:37pm

I sent you the mono and stereo versions, carefully cleaned up from my vinyl LP. I think they sound quite a bit better than the existing CD versions.

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	my commercial 45 for the dennis coffey song "scorpio" issued as sussex 226 states the run time on the label as 3:59 and does indeed run that length and is faded 0:04-0:05 sooner than all the so called "45 length" versions in the db.....this true vinyl 45 run time info s/b added to the db.....
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aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 94	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 September 2019 at 6:22pm
	I listened to and made a couple observations for "Scorpio" just now: 1) All CD copies sound like mud. My guess is that the master tapes suffered the safe fate as most of the other Sussex tapes, and they are gone. I've heard cassette tapes that sound better than what's available for "Scorpio" on CD. 2) The mono 45 is a simple fold-down of the stereo version. No dedicated mix was created, but it does fade sooner than the LP length. I think I may have a pretty clean LP that I will try to pull and dub. Surely the original vinyl must sound better than what's on CD.
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Online Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 September 2019 at 9:13pm
	Aaron's right; the CD versions don't exactly sparkle. The following discs are listed as "45 length", and use the same analog transfer as Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 7 (1991): Rhino's cheapie Seventies Smash Hits Vol. 5 (1993) Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 42 A Loss For Words (1995) - digitally exactly 0.9 dB quieter I have the "LP length" on Rhino's Kurtis Blow Presents The History Of Rap Vol. 1 (1997). All of the above have a nice dynamic range, no loudness/clipping issues, a reasonable EQ, no ticks or pops, and no evidence of noise reduction (the high end doesn't disappear on the fade). So they could be much worse!
	There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one Crap From The Past.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 94	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 September 2019 at 9:42pm
	It's true, it could be worse. If you look at the spectral view of any of the above CDs, you'll see that between 16 kHz and 22 kHz, it's pretty much nothing but tape hiss. Very high generation tapes on this one. Here's hoping for a nice vinyl source in my collection, which I'll gladly share :)
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

PopArchivist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 June 2018 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote PopArchivist Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 September 2019 at 1:18pm
	Aaron, The mono I seek is 4:01 and is on a CD called Instrumentals From Back In Da Day. Does anyone have that one listed in Pat's database? It is the only one in mono. https://www.discogs.com/Various-Instrumentals-From-Back-In-D a-Day/release/11366523 I only have Ed's copy and I am unsure if he ripped it from this CD or not. Edited by PopArchivist

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 94	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 September 2019 at 4:37pm
	I sent you the mono and stereo versions, carefully cleaned up from my vinyl LP. I think they sound quite a bit better than the existing CD versions.
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop