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New BGO release...

Posted by Mike Slater <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Mike+Slater' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 6, 2016, 1:10 am

I just received and listened to the new 4-LP BGO release. I thought the sound quality was really good, even if it wasn't' truly remastered from the original tapes. They still sound better than the LP's because you don't get the ticks and pops from the vinyl. However, I had a few problems with this release. The biggest was the song" In A Mansion Stands My Love" on the "A Touch Of Sadness" LP. In one line of the song, a few words were edited out so that the line ends suddenly, throwing off the timing of the song completely. This does not sound like the disc has a skip in it. I played it a few times, and it sounds to me like the words were edited out. Has anyone else heard this on their copy? Also, when I got to the song "Bimbo" on the "On Stage" LP, it skipped like crazy, so I was forced to call amazon to exchange it for another copy. Larry, I read your review where you complained about the remastering, but you didn't mention any skips, so I'm hoping a new copy will play fine. I'm still curious about why a few words were missing from that one song...

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Posted by Ron McBride <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Ron+McBride' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 6, 2016, 5:06 am, in reply to "New BGO release..."

Mike, I got my copy last week. I too, thought the audio quality quite good. I'll have to pay more attention to "In A Mansion..." as I didn't notice what you did, on first play. My copy didn't skip so you must have just had a bad copy.

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Posted by Mike Slater <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Mike+Slater' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 7, 2016, 10:39 am, in reply to "Re: New BGO release..."

Thanks,Ron. My new copy should arrive today because they gave me one day shipping on the exchange. I'm glad to hear that every copy doesn't't skip. I hope I get a good one this time. Listen to "In A Mansion" though, and ser if yours is the same as mine, with the three words missing...

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Thanks, Ron. It's good to hear they are not all defective. I hope I get a good one this time. Have you checked the song to see if those three words are missing on your copy?...

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Sorry I repeated myself. I thought the first one didn't post...

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Mike, I'm not sure what I was thinking - I hadn't listened to "On Stage" yet when I responded. I did finish listening today and mine got stuck too - on "Bimbo". Makes me wonder if they all do. Reminds me, some years ago, I bought the Bear sets on Hank Snow. One of the cd's skipped, so I got a replacement for it and it skipped too!

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Posted by Mike Slater <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Mike+Slater' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 10, 2016, 1:53 pm, in reply to "Re: New BGO release..."

Apparently, there were just a few defective copies of this CD because I'll be receiving a good replacement copy soon. BGO is a great reissue label, and has released many great LP's on CD for the first time.

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Posted by Ron McBride <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Ron+McBride' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 4, 2016, 6:01 am, in reply to "Re: New BGO release..."

Mike, I assume your replacement copy was ok? My replacement was ok. Makes me wonder if the first run was just bad.

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Posted by Mike Slater <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Mike+Slater' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 10, 2016, 4:24 pm, in reply to "Re: New BGO release..."

Yes Ron, my replacement copy plays fine. I would imagine all these copies were from the first run though, since it's a brand new release. It's hard to say though because I really don't know how this works. Anyway, BGO told me that they will be doing another 4 LP set, probably sometime in the spring. These will be "My Cathedral", "Kimberly Jim", "Jim Reeves and Some Friends" and "The International Jim Reeves". Looking forward to it, although two of these have already been released on CD...

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Posted by Paul mechem <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Paul+Mechem' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 27, 2016, 7:19 am, in reply to "Re: New BGO release..."

I can understand the choice of "Kimberley Jim" as that was an import and was not easily available... but "the international"???? This has been released on several sets already... I would have thought a better choice would be "my friend", "missing you", or " JR writes you a record".

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