Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Flowers In The Dirt*

I did a quick search of this thread, but didn't find anything (not surprising given the size).

In listening closely on headphones this weekend, I noticed a slight glitch (digital or otherwise) on the 12" mix of "Figure of Eight" at the 2:34 point on the word "figure".

This is from disc 4 track 6.

Can anyone else confirm that they hear this as well? Thanks.

 

Well great, now I won't be able to un-hear it!

 

You have to confirm that it's there for me first!

 

That was a confirmation, I heard it too!

 

Fiddle sticks, man...just fiddle sticks.

 

Yup. Me too.

 

I hear it too, but I also hear it on the original CD single.

It can also be heard in the short version of the song (at 2:14) on the other CD single.

 

Sounds like they used the same digital files for all of these and because they never caught, never fixed it.

 

Maybe not from the production stand point but I’ve always felt from a writing stand point for Paul, it largely was.

 

Is the original vinyl version (from 1989-90) all fine?

 

Sadly I no longer have it so can’t comment on the 12 inch version. I had all the b-sides on either vinyl or CD and there was a lot that didn’t make it up from my move from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
So I can’t comment on it. I didn’t hear it before until it was pointed out here.

 

I might own it myself---but I'm away from my collection for a few days.

 

It's on both the regular Figure Of Eight CD single, and the 3 inch "Special Collectors CD".

Never noticed this before, to be honest I'm still getting to grips with the glitch on Magneto & Titanium Man, so this is a real emotional setback for me!

 

The glitch-like sound can be heard at 2:58.

 

Here it sounds like the glitch (at 2:34) was awkwardly removed!

 

OMG!!

 

Super minor tape drop out. No big deal.

If you listen to Jet closely, you’ll hear all kinds of glitchy popping sounds in the song except for the 1993 CD wherein they were digitally cleaned up. If you listen to With A Little Luck, there is a buzzer-like glitch in the song, in every single version. The glitch is audible at 1:14 in the video below. None of this bothers me.

 

It’s in the album version, too, in the same place, overlaying Paul’s “we” vocal at 1:14.

 

[QUOTE="Never noticed this before, to be honest I'm still getting to grips with the glitch on Magneto & Titanium Man, so this is a real emotional setback for me! [/QUOTE]

Has the Magneto glitch been fixed on the new 1cd release, does anyone know...?

For then I'll buy it.

 

I don't know for certain, but I think it's safe to say it hasn't.

 

It is not present on the hi-res unlimited remastered version of the song. Seek that out for the fix!

 

So the version I downloaded with the deluxe then?

 

What is the glitch? The only version of the Archive Collection remaster I’ve listened to is the hi-res unlimited file.

 

That should not have the glitch. Listen to it and see.

I don't know. I never decided to seek out the glitch, as I have the glitch-free one.

 

2 minutes 45 seconds, it very briefly skips through the word "forces", as though several hundredths of a second have been cut out.

Once you know it's there, it's very much there....