![]() Simitar's Number Ones The '80s (1998 differently EQ'd digital clone of Cema disc)Īll of the above sound pretty good, except where noted.įinally, Sony Germany's 2-CD Pop And Wave Vol.Universal's Retro Lunchbox Squeeze The Cheeze (1997 differently EQ'd digital clone of Cema disc).Razor & Tie's Back To The '80s (1994 sounds very close to the Cema disc but is about 3 dB louder and clips a bit avoid).1 (1994 differently EQ'd digital clone of Cema disc) 4 New Wave Hits (1994 sounds great here likely a digital clone of Best Of) Cema's cheapie Greatest Hits Of The '80s Vol.1 1982-1983 (1999 digitally exactly 1 dB louder than Rock Of The '80s)Īlso based on track length, I'd say that these 5:03-ish versions all use the same analog transfer as Best Of: 1 (1992 sounds pretty good here - no obvious clipping (a problem with the later discs), but the waveform in the L channel clips a bit on the bottom, likely due to a bad A-to-D converter) I don't have either one.īased on track length (and with a good working history of the Priority discs), I'd say that the following are based on the Jive A Flock Of Seagulls CD: All of these include the 5:06 version with the noodly intro. (I think?) This is the version with the noodly synth intro for the first 40 seconds.ĭiscogs shows the release date for Jive's A Flock Of Seagulls CD as 1987, and for Jive's Best Of CD as 1986 for Europe and 1991 for the US. The 12" single ran 5:06, and replaced the 3:57 version on later pressings of the LP. The initial LP version is much harder to find than the other versions. The disc is a little quiet, and has about 6 dB of headroom on this track, but sounds just fine. This LP version is found on Arista's Perfect 10 Rides Again (1985). The initial LP version, appearing on early pressings of the vinyl LP, runs 3:57 and starts with the same opening cymbal hit as the 45. The 45 version on swaitek's 50-CD promo set The A List Disc 14 (1994) is from vinyl, and is probably from a TM Century disc - avoid. Rhino's Millennium New Wave Party (1999).Warner Special Products' 2-CD Punk (1996 has truncated fade - avoid does "punk" just mean "weird haircut"?).5 1982 (1994 differently-EQ'd digital clone) Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol.Warner Special Products' 2-CD Rockin' USA (1994).All the other instances that I have of the 45 version use the same analog transfer as this Rhino disc, including: It initially appeared on CD on Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. The 45 version of "I Ran" runs about 3:46. The version with the long intro has been standard on pretty much any CD release of the first album or on compilations of the band's material.Ĭondensed from a post of mine from the Pat Downey board ( ): I used to hear the extended intro version occasionally on the radio back in the day, and found it way back when on the Best Of LP that was eventually released. Regarding the long version of 'I Ran', the US LP had the video version of the song. The versions currently available are the most definite editions yet. I had the original Beehive UK CD's of the first two albums and the sound quality was very dull, especially on the Listen album. They are sometimes vast improvements in sound quality on the previous CD's, the first album being the most notable. They began a tour as the original line up soon after, though something happened and by the time they made it to my town (billed as the original line up), I was disappointed to see it was just Mike Score and his hired backup band.Īnd regarding CD reissues, I have the Cherry Red reissues of the first 3 and they are highly recommended. I recorded the episode to DVD back in the day, and even watched it a few weeks ago. Click to expand.Yes, they managed to get all 4 together. ![]()
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