"Here Come Those Tears.."- Jackson Browne

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   I've brought up in other threads that the first six Jackson Browne LP releases on the Asylum label were first issued on CD in the '80s and then later remastered in the late '90s. Since both pressings of each CD album appear identical on the outside, the only way to tell the difference between an opened copy of either pressing is by looking at the hub of the CD itself. If there's an "RE-2" etched among the matrix numbers, then it's a remastered disc. If no "RE-2", then it's an original pressing.   

At present, the database shows the LP length of Jackson Browne's "Here Come Those Tears Again" appearing on The Pretender CD (Asylum 107) with a run time of 3:36.  This matches what's on my original CD pressing.  However, the song fades out several seconds sooner on my remastered copy and thus runs only 3:33.  I do not detect any mix differences between the two, unlike on original/remastered pressings of at least one other Jackson Browne CD album release.  

For what it's worth, I prefer the sound quality on the original CD pressing of The Pretender as the dynamic range is fully intact (as opposed to the remastered disc which contains moderate compression/limiting) and no noise reduction is used.

Edited by Todd Ireland

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Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "Here Come Those Tears.."- Jackson Browne Posted: 16 April 2013 at 5:34pm
	I've brought up in other threads that the first six Jackson Browne LP releases on the Asylum label were first issued on CD in the '80s and then later remastered in the late '90s. Since both pressings of each CD album appear identical on the outside, the only way to tell the difference between an opened copy of either pressing is by looking at the hub of the CD itself. If there's an "RE-2" etched among the matrix numbers, then it's a remastered disc. If no "RE-2", then it's an original pressing. At present, the database shows the LP length of Jackson Browne's "Here Come Those Tears Again" appearing on The Pretender CD (Asylum 107) with a run time of 3:36. This matches what's on my original CD pressing. However, the song fades out several seconds sooner on my remastered copy and thus runs only 3:33. I do not detect any mix differences between the two, unlike on original/remastered pressings of at least one other Jackson Browne CD album release. For what it's worth, I prefer the sound quality on the original CD pressing of The Pretender as the dynamic range is fully intact (as opposed to the remastered disc which contains moderate compression/limiting) and no noise reduction is used. Edited by Todd Ireland

sriv94 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote sriv94 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 May 2020 at 6:43pm
	What's the run time of the 45, and where do you start the fade?
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eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 45	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 2020 at 11:01am
	Before this gets buried in the flurry of new and recycled posts, I'm interested in fade points and length.
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Yah Shure Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 11 December 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Yah Shure Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 May 2020 at 9:49pm
	I have both Specialty and Columbia Santa Maria DJ 45s, but only timed the stereo side of the latter, which states 3:27 and runs an actual 3:27.5. The fade isn't all that smooth. It starts at 3:09.5, then dips down noticeably 1.85 seconds later. From that point on, the fade is very, very gradual until midway through the word "comes" at 3:25.44, when it drops abruptly before fading out entirely after the word "again" at 3:27.5. That final "again" is just barely audible.