"The Reflex" - Duran Duran

my commercial 45 issued as capitol 5345 states on the label "the dance mix-edited" version with a listed run time of 4:25 but actually runs 4:28......i listened to the 45 next to the "decade" cd version and i don't hear any pitch difference at all.....the differences are that the cd version starts the fade in later and fades out earlier than the 45 version......this accounts for the time differential...i've sent an mp3 of the actual vinyl 45 to some editing experents on the board to see if the missing intro and outro can be pasted on to the 45 version from the full length remix version......also, it should be noted that the 45 came, not with a standard picture sleeve, but a 6 way folded poster!!!









Edited by edtop40

I ran across a compilation on which the single version has what is apparently a reconstructed intro in which they got an edit point slightly wrong. During the fade-in, after the first vocal "ta na na na", there is an extra 25 milliseconds of sound between the cowbell triplets. That is, you hear 3 high cowbells in quick succession, then 3 low cowbells, and the distance between the 3rd high and 1st low is about 265ms on this comp, whereas everywhere else it's about 240ms. It's nothing you'd ever hear, but the visual shift is obvious when zoomed in with an audio editor.

All other copies I have of this version, and the 12" Dance Mix it's edited from, have the correct 240ms timing.

The compilation is Casey Kasem Presents America's Top Ten Hits - 1980s: New Wave's Greatest Hits.