Tina Turner – Private Dancer

Label:	Capitol Records – CDP 546041
Format:	CD , Album, Club Edition, Reissue
Country:	US
Released:
Genre:	Pop
Style:	Disco

Tracklist

1	I Might Have Been Queen Producer – Rupert Hine	4:10
2	What's Love Got To Do With It Producer – Terry Britten	3:50
3	Show Some Respect Producer – Terry Britten	3:19
4	I Can't Stand The Rain Producer – Terry Britten	3:43
5	Private Dancer Producer – John Carter	7:14
6	Let's Stay Together Producer – Martyn Ware	5:16
7	Better Be Good To Me Producer – Rupert Hine	5:14
8	Steel Claw Producer – John Carter	3:50
9	Help Producer – Wilton Felder	4:32
10	1984 Producer – Martyn Ware	3:11

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Columbia House
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Capitol Records, Inc.
Pressed By – Digital Audio Disc Corp.
Glass Mastered At – DADC – DIDX 245

Credits

Design – John O'Brien (4)
Photography By – Peter Ashworth

Notes

Manufactured by Columbia House, 51 West 52 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 Under License from Capitol Records , Inc.

Similar editions:
- DADC pressing, DADC Code: DIDY 245 (this submission)
- DADC repress, DADC Code: DIDY 000245
- Pittman style matrix
- DADC pressing, newer glass master

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned): 077774604123
Barcode (Text): 0 7777-46041-2
Other (DADC Code): DIDY 245
Other (DADC Code): DIDY245
Matrix / Runout: DIDX 245 61B2 [DADC logo]® Made in USA - Digital Audio Disc Corp.

Other Versions (5 of 257)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Private Dancer (LP, Album)	Capitol Records	TINA 1, EJ 2401521	UK	1984
	Private Dancer (LP, Album, Stereo)	Capitol Records	ST-12330	Canada	1984
Recently Edited	Private Dancer (Cassette, Album, Dolby HX Pro B NR)	Capitol Records	4XT 12330	Canada	1984
Recently Edited	Private Dancer (LP, Album, Picture Disc, Stereo)	Capitol Records	TINA P1, EJ 2401526, EJ 24 0152 6	UK	1984
Recently Edited	Private Dancer (CD, Album, Stereo)	Capitol Records	CDP 7 46041 2	UK, Europe & US	1984

Reviews

classicmelodies Apr 7, 2025
Edited one month ago

Got this today as a cheap backup for my original, which has nice low volumes and full dynamics and sounds wonderful. This one must be a much later reissue... technically it's definitely a remaster as 8 tracks are raised to the maximum without being compressed, except for Private Dancer itself which is compressed for the louder parts and Steel Claw is heavily compressed, looks like a modern brick-wall job. Capitol were early adopters of such nonsense and without labeling them as remasters.Oddly though, when I run an analysis it's got a DR of 12 and 'Steel Claw' at 9, which is decent by today's standards.

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Analyzed folder: C:\Audio Work\Private Dancer CRC\
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR11 -0.20 dB -12.99 dB 01 Tina Turner - I Might Have Been Queen.wav
DR12 -0.20 dB -13.93 dB 02 Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It.wav
DR13 -0.20 dB -14.58 dB 03 Tina Turner - Show Some Respect.wav
DR13 -0.54 dB -15.98 dB 04 Tina Turner - I Can't Stand The Rain.wav
DR12 -0.20 dB -15.07 dB 05 Tina Turner - Private Dancer.wav
DR10 -0.89 dB -13.46 dB 06 Tina Turner - Let's Stay Together.wav
DR12 -0.20 dB -14.30 dB 07 Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me.wav
DR9 -0.20 dB -10.39 dB 08 Tina Turner - Steel Claw.wav
DR14 -0.97 dB -17.65 dB 09 Tina Turner - Help.wav
DR12 -0.54 dB -15.53 dB 10 Tina Turner - 1984.wav
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Number of files: 10
Official DR value: DR12

As for sound quality itself, 'Queen' always sounds muddy so hard to tell a difference, 'What's Love' sounds a bit dull, not as clear as my early version. 'Respect' definitely missing some high end. I wonder if they applied some NR when they maximized the volume. Damn. Title track sounds nice though, so it's uneven mastering. I don't know who's to blame for this. I suspect it's Capitol and not Columbia House. Awhile back I set out to get a nice early copy of 'Double Fantasy' "before it was remastered" and got a Capitol version first, which had tracks up to 100% and compression. Carried the same "CDD pre-mastering by" credit as the Geffen version which I got next, which was way quieter and more dynamic, and sounded better in my opinion. I think Capitol was the first to start maximizing volume, and did it without noting that the mastering had changed.

If you actually read this, you may be wondering then, what version is my early copy. It is Tina Turner - Private Dancer variation 4, with S 1-5-6 CAPITOL JAX