Modern Rock Dance

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Album Info

Release Date: 1999

Labels: Sony Music Special Products, Time Life Music

Made in U.S.A.

Track 1-8 is listed as "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" on the back cover/inner tray and inner booklet, but the actual track is only the single version of "Tainted Love" as evidenced by the track length. It is NOT the extended 12" version medley which runs close to 9 minutes.

Track durations obtained from software.

Mastering information:
Track 1-1 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Various - Billboard Top Hits - 1980 (Rhino R2 70675, 1992).
Track 1-2 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on The Romantics - What I Like About You (And Other Romantic Hits) (Epic 47043, 1990).
Track 1-3 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Various - Only in the 80's Volume One (Big Ear Music, 1995).
Track 1-4 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Various - Billboard Top Hits - 1983 (Rhino R2 70678, 1992).
Track 1-5 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Various - Totally '80s (Razor & Tie/Warner Special Products OPCD-4544, 1993).
Track 1-6 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Various - Rock Of The 80's Volume 4 (Priority P2 53684, 1993).
Track 1-7 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Various - Sounds Of The Eighties 1980-1981 (Time-Life R988-25, 1995), which in turn uses the same analog transfer (basically, it tracks extremely closely without being a digital clone) as the corresponding track on Go-Go's - Greatest (I.R.S. 44797 0059 2, 1990).
Track 1-8 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Various - Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits Of The '80s, Vol. 4 (Rhino R2 71697, 1994).
Track 1-9 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Stray Cats - The Best Of Stray Cats (10 Best Series, 1998).
Track 1-10 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Various - Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits Of The '80s, Vol. 6 (Rhino R2 71699, 1994).
Track 1-11 is a digital clone (digitally identical) of the corresponding track on Various - Greatest Rock Hits Of The 80's (MCA Special Products MCAD-20897, 1996).
Track 1-12 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Various - Rock Of The 80's Volume 4 (Priority P2 53684, 1993).
Track 2-1 is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Various - This Ain't No Disco - New Wave Dance Hits (Risky Business AK 57468, 1994).
Track 2-2 is a digital clone (0.5 dB quieter until 3:04, 2.5 dB quieter after 3:04) of the corresponding track on Various - Everything '80s (Razor and Tie/Warner Special Products OPCD-4560, 1995).
Track 2-4 is a digital clone (3 dB quieter) of the corresponding track on Various - Billboard Top Hits - 1984 (Rhino R2 70679, 1992).
Track 2-4 is a digital clone (1 dB louder) of the corresponding track on Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (Portrait 38930, 1983).
Track 2-5 is a digital clone (1.6 dB louder) of the corresponding track on Various - Night Beat (Warner Special Products OPCD-4515, 1988).
Track 2-6 has an unknown mastering history.
Track 2-7 is a digital clone (1.5 dB quieter) of the corresponding track on Berlin - Best Of Berlin 1979 - 1988 (Geffen 24187, 1988).
Track 2-8 is a digital clone (2 dB quieter) of the corresponding track on Various - Living In Oblivion (The 80's Greatest Hits - Volume 4) (EMI 28339, 1994).
Track 2-9 is a digital clone (3.5 dB quieter) of the corresponding track on Various - Rock Of The 80's Volume 4 (Priority P2 53684, 1993), which in turn uses the same analog transfer as the corresponding track on Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (Mercury 824 300-2, 1985). This disc, the Priority disc, and the original pressing of Songs From The Big Chair all have their left and right channels swapped.
Track 2-10 is a digital clone (digitally identical) of the corresponding track on Various - 18 Modern Rock Classics From The 80's (JCI/Warner Special Products, 1996) and is a digital clone (with EQ adjustment) of the corresponding track on Various - This Ain't No Disco - New Wave Dance Hits (Risky Business AK 57468, 1994).
Track 2-11 is a digital clone (2 dB quieter) of the corresponding track on Various - Rock Of The 80's Volume 5 (Priority P2 53721, 1993).
Track 2-12 is a digital clone (0.4 dB quieter) of the corresponding track on Various - Rock Dreams (Time-Life R105-40, 1993). Although Rock Dreams is missing the first 0.25 seconds of the song's intro, this disc (somehow) has the full intro intact.
(Confirmed in null tests performed by user crapfromthepast, July 2021.)

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