Noticed on the recent Anglo American List the statement that all copies of Jean Carter on US Decca have an inherent sound fault - wish I'd known that earlier - always wondered why my mint (unplayed when I got it) demo copy played with a crackle - must have cleaned it dozens of times over trying to clear that crackle - but to no avail (and before anyone asks I've always used a 50/50 cut of isopropyl and distilled water without encountering any vinyl/styrene deterioration).

Got me thinking as to what other 45's have inherent sound faults - I've got a Tony Diamond on Blue Rock which doesnt play properly through each channel. Its fine if you crank up the volume and adjust the balance. Dont know whether that's an inherent fault or abuse by the prior owner !

Additionally, I've heard that some copies of Clara Woods on Imperial have a similar channel distortion fault.

Must be loads of others that you good folk can share which may help avoid a disappointment in the future.

Take care

John

Having heard the mastertape in the course of preparing the CD reissue of Kent's "I'm A Loser" CD I can confirm that this is a fault on the original tape. It doesn't actually slow down, though - that noise towards the end of the second line of the song must have somehow accidentally got onto the master when the string section was overdubbed as it's not on the 'underdub' (i.e. the version without strings) that was also on the tape.

It is indeed on all US and UK copies - and the Cd reissue too!

TONY

HI got a uk demo ,when I find it ,will listen intently ATB Stevie

Did anyone see the recent ebay listing of the deejay copy of Roosevelt Matthews on King? The seller talks about the condition of the record in great detail and mentions that the b-side (You Got Me Diggin' You) suffers from what he refers to as a cosmetic haziness in the vinyl, despite being unplayed storestock and playing like a virtually mint record. My copy is exactly like this too, but for years I had always assumed that someone had tried to 'polish' this side of the record with something they shouldn't have. I would be interested to know if anyone elses' copy of this 45 is the same, and whether this visual fault is repeated on the blue issues of the record.

As an addendum to the above I must state that the record in question plays so much better than any compiled version of either side: both the funk cut on King Funk or the ballad on both King Northern Soul or Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures 4 seem to suffer from efforts to remove extraneous noise from their source recording, whether it be from the mastertapes or dubs from disc.

Edited June 13, 200618 yr by garethx