Rock Classics: The Originals

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Release Date: 1991

Labels: Warner Special Products, Time Life Music

There are two variants of this CD:

This release is likely the original pressing. Although this release has an "RE-1" in the matrix number; there isn't any evidence that there was an earlier release of this CD that lacked such an "RE-" designation in the matrix number. Track 13 is Richard Berry's "Louie Louie".

Various - Rock Classics: The Originals is a reissue (with "RE-2" in the matrix number). Track 13 is Don And Dewey's "I'm Leavin' It All Up To You".

Track 11 on RE-2 is a new analog transfer of the same source tape used on RE-1. Track 14 on RE-2 is a new analog transfer that fades about 16 beats earlier than RE-1. Track 15 is the 45 version on RE-2, but is a previously unreleased version from the 1991 CD "The Isley Brothers Story" on RE-1. Track 16 is a mono mix on RE-1, but a stereo mix on RE-2. Tracks 1-10, 12, and 17-22 of RE-2 are volume-adjusted digital clones of the corresponding tracks from RE-1. (Tracks 1 and 7 are 1.9 dB louder on RE-2. Tracks 2 and 10 are 2.4 dB louder on RE-2. Tracks 3 and 20 are 2.6 dB louder on RE-2. Tracks 4, 5, 19, 21, and 22 are 2.9 dB louder on RE-2. Tracks 6, 8, 9, 12, and 17 are 2.7 dB louder on RE-2. Track 18 is 3.1 dB louder on RE-2.)

Track durations obtained from software.