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Originally Posted by rskjr on Billie Jean there's a blip at 3:45-3:46 on my MP3 copies of the 1982, 2001, and 2008 releases... it almost seems like it could be a very strange vocal "uh", but it sounds like an artifact. is that on the record? what is it? |
The noise at around 3'45" (left channel) is purely a vocal "uh", also repeated a few beats later.
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Originally Posted by AntManBee  The vinyl from Back In The Day sounds terrible - it's from a second generation master & is badly EQ'd - the 8 track cassette works best for me ;-) |
It was common for vinyl to be cut from the assembled (spliced) 2nd gen 1/4" 15ips master, itself from the orig 1/2". Any cassette version is likely from a 2nd if not 3rd generation, possibly even 4th generation, and often just 3 3/4ips or 7.5ips depending on the replicator.
In any case, kudos to the biggest selling album whose opening track is over 6 mins long, BJ itself being nearly 5 mins. Again: the strength of songs, arrangement & performance will always – always – trump industry/radio "requirements".