Radiant [Import]

Atlantic Starr | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 30, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ptg Records
• ASIN: B000NOK9TK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,890 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. When Love Calls

2. Think About That

3. Mystery Girl

4. Under Pressure

5. Does It Matter

6. Send For Me

7. Am I Dreaming

8. My Turn Now

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars MASTERED FROM VINYL! NOT THE REAL THING!, August 22, 2007

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Ovi "Os" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Radiant (Audio CD)

In regards to F. X. Johnson's review...The reason that that the sound quality is muffled and not crystal clear is because this and all other Cd's from this label PTG Records were mastered from VINYL! Hard to believe but true. These ARE NOT the real McCoys. If you go to the PTG website they have a small blurb where they brag about how they got such "great sound" with "state of the art" equipment from vinyl. I personally bought the STARPOINT reissues from this company and was very disappointed when I noticed that on the title track from the "ALL NIGHT LONG" CD the song cuts off several seconds too early and it's very apparent when Renee Diggs kept ad libbing until the fadeout. Now there's just a nasty chop and the song ends abruptly. ALL of the songs are like this. The reason for that I suspect is probably because they wanted to disguise the fact that it was mastered from vinyl as if they had let it fade out like it's supposed too you would hear all the rumble, ticks and pops and surface noise of the vinyl. Another dead giveaway was that their are no new mastering credits anywhere to be found in the CD booklets! So until UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP who holds the rights and the proper original master tapes decides to finally release the real CD I would urge anyone that cares about real quality to pass on this inferior product.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Bother!!, May 2, 2008

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Michael G. Smith II (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Radiant (Audio CD)

If I could've given this rating 0 stars, I would have. I love this album so the rating is not based on the album itself, but the product and the quality. This product is very decieving to CD collectors. It is a [...]!! NEVER BUY A PRODUCT FROM PTG RECORDS EVER!! The CD is from a vinyl record and not the original tapes! You can't play it too loud or you will hear distortion from the vinyl limit. This CD sounds worse than the old CD's reissued in the 80s. A standard CD you are supposed to hear the tape hiss when the song first comes on and when the song fades out. Some of the tracks you don't hear the tape and fades out too quickly to the next track. Pass on this buy. You're better off picking a copy of the viny from the used record store for 5 bucks and transferring it to CD yourself or wait until A&M or who ever has the rights will release a CD from the original master copies.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic 80's album!, August 15, 2007

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Eric Robinson "Big E" (DETROIT, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Radiant (Audio CD)

Atlantic Starr really layed it down on this recording. This title along with their other recording "Brilliance" was by far their best work. I remember my days at the roller skating rink back in da day when songs like "Send For Me, When Love Calls and Let's Get Closer" was slammin'. I'm just glad that this title is finally available on cd.