Helen Reddy "Angie Baby"

thecdguy wrote: I'm curious as to why a fade-in was even done in the first place and how it found its way onto a few of her hits comps.

The opening is a little hissy, so I think that's why the fade-in was done on her "Greatest Hits and More" comp in the 1980s, which was the very first Helen Reddy CD, and subsequent comps
just used that same digital master.

To CountryPD:

You make great points!!

I forgot to mention in my post that the 'Capitol Collectors
Series' are great PROVIDED THE ORIGINAL MIXES REMAIN
READILY AVAILABLE.

Although I like some remixes, I hate it when they become
the de facto standard.

Andy

I'm primarily referring to the country artists in the Capitol
Collectors Series. However one of my friends is a serious pop
music collector and told me that pop artists in that series have
similar issues.

To be specific the MONO & AAD STEREO versions
are generally OK. The problem is the ADD remixes.
Clearly they did not use the original analog stereo versions as a
guideline so the new ADD remixes they created sound very
different.

The Liberty Legendary Masters series suffers from the same
issues with ADD remixes.

Unfortunately for many years those ADD remixes were licensed
to other companies requesting those tracks. The ADD Capitol
remixes of Merle Haggard & Sonny James hits were used for
the 1966 & 1967 volumes of the Time/Life Country USA series.
Swinging Doors on the 1966 volume is actually an alternate take
rather than the hit version. There are other issues with several
volumes in that Time/Life series but those would belong in a
separate thread.

The ADD remixes for Merle & Sonny were also used for Razor &
Tie hit compilations and the Merle Haggard volume of the
Capitol "Ten Best Greatest Hits" series among others.

CountryPD wrote: For years the incorrect ADD remixes created for the Capitol Collectors Series were used on other compilations including a major Time/Life country series.

Hmmm, I've been eyeballing a set of those Capitol Collector's Series discs. I'm guessing I ought not pick them up?

Also, which Time/Life Country series are you referring to? I have a number of those on the shelf.

Pat has updated the database regarding this song. Thanks,
Pat!