Dave Clark 5 Glad All Over Again

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What'south upwards with Dave Clark? Equally a long time hold out to the CD format he chose to release merely one "hits" CD. This would exist the perfect catalog for someone like Sundazed to release. Are their whatsoever key stereo masters of the "hits" that exist that weren't released?
Doc
You should invest in bootleg CD's of the DC-5 itemize or the original vinyl.
Ol' Dave wants too much money.
DCC tried like hell to get Dave to let us do a "Dave Clark Five 24 Karat Hits" in stereo.

Nosotros were simply off past nigh one million dollars.
I wholly invite anyone to challange me on this, but this is what I know...
Beginning of all, the DC5 CD that appeared 1st was the History of the DC5 which was a double CD ready out from Hollywood Records. Now, let'south preface that Dave Clark is a stickler for the rights to his songs, and the money and investment he was promised from Hollywood didn't come out to his liking, and then he pulled the CD fix from Elektra/Hollywood, causing many fans to become real ticked off once again from his business concern decisions.

Note also, that among Badfinger, Cameo/Abkco stuff and the Buckingham/Nicks CD (still left non released officially) the DC5 collection on CD was highly coveted from music lovers. Many DC5 bootlegs existed, much from Parlaphone vinyl.

From what I know, the collection AKA "History Of The Dave Clark 5" was supposed to be handled by some other label in the U.k., but no one wants to bear on information technology because of the huge advance, control and rath of Dave himself. "Show Me The Money" large-fourth dimension.

Well-nigh of the early stuff was released to MONO and Dave has the masters of everything (Steve, right me if I am wrongo) and insists on using the mono's as released. He was noted past being very upset at Ballsy Records for using bozo-stereo techniques, and I don't blame him for that. Was there Stereo masters? No, only funky electronically reprosessed ones, and heck I think I one time saw a "stereo" Parlaphone blue label (Columbia), and I'm nearly positive THAT was another hack stereo chore too (I don't ain information technology, so I donno). Don't even bother dropping the needle on them Epics unless they're the 45s!

For almost all of the all-time early DC5, I'm honest by saying it'll audio best that way. Dave also worked hard to go the sound he did on those songs, and I doubt you'll hear annihilation stereo on "Catch Us If You Can", "Glad All Over" or "Considering". Still, the wild wacky reverb and boomy stompy audio of the MONO on Hollywood is not bad.

Again, this is a stereo statement I could even have with myself, but if yous even have a CDR copy of the "History" set by Hollyood, consider youself fortunate plenty. I grabbed the 2CD ready when information technology was released, and just in fourth dimension. The set was available in 1993ish, and I think it was yanked in 1995. Woe be information technology, the fans, I'm sorry to say.

Don't bother Dave Clark about anything. He will sue your ass into a paste.
True plenty, Sckott, but all of the DC5 stuff was mixed to true stereo, and GOD, THE TAPES Audio WONDERFUL!!!!!!
Bummer, eh?

[ October 29, 2001: Message edited by: Steve Hoffman ]
Heh heh, we all posted at the same time, and I never knew anything was actually mixed to stereo, and so I was but going to correct my post once I read yours, Steve.
I can hear it now, Steve, and I'm sure it sounds mind-boggling. Did it manipulate the [sound of the] backing vocals, as searing every bit they always sounded?

Lucky. Bummer, yes. Big one.
The stereo mixes don't accept that over the top edge that the monos do, simply that'southward just equipment overload, hands done..
Also bad old Dave is such a coin grubber - he'd fit right in with the GRABKCO (oops, ABKCO) family of mono lovin' music mongers!
If anyone is still looking for information technology, the 2-CD DC5 drove is still available again from Collectors' Selection Music, $27.95 in the latest itemize.
Essential, even though the kickoff 47 tracks are mono.
Oh, truly a double bummer. Waaaahhhhhh!!!!!!! :-(
Actually the last three DC5 US LP'southward "v past 5", "You Got What Information technology Takes" and "Everybody Knows" were true stereo. In that location is a US two record set "The Dave Clark Five" and an United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland "Best Of The Dave Clark V" which contain 70's stereo re-mixes of many of the hits and these are the sources for the stereo tracks on the "greyness area" CD's that have appeared. It wasn't till the 'lxx's when afterwards sets, "If Somebody Loves You" and "Play Practiced Old R&R" and the above mentioned greatest hit set up earlier the U.k. saw whatsoever stereo releases of the Dave Clark Five. I'm just commenting on what was actually released in Stereo on LP in the U.k. and US.
On the stereo DC5 topic, the best of drove that came out in the Britain in '93 was on EMI and was just a unmarried CD, omitting a lot of the B sides and obscure (only great) album tracks on the Hollywood set. Interestingly enough, You've Got What It Takes was stereo on the UK disc, mono on the Hollywood ane. Go figure.
I have that two LP Epic ready, forth with the British EMI all-time of (blue label), and the stereo mixes on each are neat. One can merely imagine what Steve could have washed with the tapes.
Too bad Dave is property out for summit dollar for the reissue rights. Past the fourth dimension he inks the bargain, all of united states boomers will be dead or deaf. A fine marketing strategy. Prissy to know that he also holds the rights to the classic British Top of the Pops shows. Nosotros'll be seeing those on DVD Real shortly!
For those of us who aren't banking on Dave coming to his senses in the near term, the Stone-In-Beat sets from Germany, while vinyl dubs, seem to be about every bit good every bit we're going to get. (The characterization's website only announced an upcoming rarities set up-no details even so). As a big fan of the group in the 60s, I sprang for the complete set. When I saturday down and played them all, to be honest, I quickly came to the conclusion that the memory was far better than the reality: while the DC5 put out some classic music in the '60s, a LOT of the the LP tracks are filler and pretty unlistenable. The vast majority of the songs retread the old, you washed me wrong theme. Some classic stuff is mixed in there, too without a doubt, just lotsa chaff with the wheat. I doubtable that much of Dave's disenchantment with Hollywood was a result of the label's realization that an expanded CD release of, say, The DC5 Return, with outtakes of the grouping's archetype rendition of Zip A Dee Doo Dah, would not exactly set the charts on fire. Sad merely true: the DC5 is a prime candidate for the DCC handling of its 28 solid golden hits, but not much more.
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Yes, the Stone In Crush Cds ARE the best thing out there, however, they are all mono, at least up to the "5 x v/Everybody Knows" CD, which I dont accept. (I have the stereo LPs of both)
I'd urge all us DC5 fans to buy these while they are available. Its gonna exist a long twenty-four hours in hell before Dave comes to his senses and bug the LPs. These are the best substitute.

If you lot're looking for the STEREO DC5 hits, let me know, as I take 'em all.

Mikey
Correct me delight if I'thou wrong...Information technology seems the Rhinoceros website is ad this Dave Clark 5 collection.
It shows it was available as of v/15/01.
Rhino bought the Hollywood overstock.
Pat Forum Detective

DC5 Fans...There is also a "cheapo" CD put out by SONY Music Special Products (ten Song) in 1992 called Rock Goes To The Movies/Rockin' Is Our Bizness(A 22836). Information technology has "clean" STEREO versions of Whenever You're Around and Thinking Of You Baby. Worth picking upwards for sure! At that place is also an Animals song,on this CD, called "The Biggest Bundle Of Them All" in stereo. I don't think this song appears too ofttimes anywhere.
While we're on the subject of the DC5, does anyone else agree that the sound of the mono Epic LP's are crappy. Really squashed and narrow sounding, but the original 45's and even early on 70's 45 reissues are noticeably better. Even the 1971 compilation album with all the songs in stereo sounds lousy. Why is that? Some of the compilations that came out in Europe in the late seventy's on EMI's budget label Starline and Polydor, accept DC5 songs in stereo and sound wonderful. Hopefully 1 of these days nosotros'll go those songs in stereo on CD.
The stereo Epics (lps) are horrible. From what I retrieve, they're hollow and brilliant in the left, and deddend dry and deadening in the right. All of the Epic 45's I've heard and endemic were pressed with a lot of power, have a neat sound and sadly self-destruct under stylus [pressure level] of the times. So, when you become a used i, the background sounds scortched, only when I was doing higher radio, my 45 of "Over & Over" sounded but perfect on the old tube exciter employed at the time. I miss that time
I could hear the sound of the 45 billowy off the canatvileer (stylus stem) equally I took calls, with the sound all the mode down. Those grooves were grey and browbeaten badly. Sounded great, it was wild... weird likewise!
Don't know virtually all of the Rock-In-Beat DC5 CDs, but the $.25 & Pieces DC5 CDs are very overnice.
Sckott, I know exactly what you're talking about on the 45's. Right around that fourth dimension record companies like CBS starting using polystrene instead of vinyl to press 45's considering it was cheaper and the stampers didn't clothing out as chop-chop from constant heating and cooling, since polystrene is injection-molded instead of using steam heat. Polystrene 45's are very sensitive to heavy stylus weight and the grooves can be damaged a lot easier, especially if you try to back cue them.
Anyone upwards for mastering a DC5 CDR from the best stereo sources of the Top 20 hits?
I'cve got the vinyl, but no CD burner. I can send you a stereo minidisc if you're game.
The $.25 & Pieces CDs practise have liberal sprinklings of stereo (although probably largely sourced from Epic records).
Hullo DC fans, As far as stereo is concerned, Dave picks and chooses what songs he volition release in stereo and he has issued i or 2 new OLD hits in stereo on iTunes simply. He has posted 3 new albums entitled Unreleased Tracks Volumes I, Two, III.. One of them features "It'll Only Hurt For A Little While" from the Satisfied With Yous" album in true stereo for the starting time time. On another he features "Your Honey Grows Cold" (renamed from "Someone Find Me A New Dearest" from the "attempt Too Hard" anthology) in a super clean mono version that's crawly but is missing 1/2 of the showtime bass annotation intro. At that place's more than, check it out and let me know what you call back. Danny Zoe
In comparing the contents of two Rock-In-Beat releases, "The Dave Clark Five - All-time of True Stereo" (thirty tracks all stereo) and "The Dave Clark 5 - Greatest Hits" (30 tracks including 17 tracks in true stereo) against the much praised (and rightfully so) The All-time Of The Dave Clark 5: fourteen Million World Sellers" EMI/Purple'due south "Starline" series (SRS 5037) vinyl LP. Neither CD reissue includes the Starline's songs Red Balloon, Huckleberry Loma, Live In The Sky. Seems like even the gray area releases can't get information technology right.