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Todd Ireland 
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 Topic: "The Reflex" - Duran DuranPosted: 20 August 2008 at 9:40pm |
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The actual commercial 45 run time of Duran Duran's "The Reflex" is 4:26. (Timing info courtesy of abagon. The stated time on the record label is 4:25.) The only reason I post this is because nearly all "45 version" appearances of this song in the database run 4:21-4:23.
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eriejwg
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Posted: 20 August 2008 at 10:12pm |
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Do all the 45 versions in the database run faster than the 45, or fade earlier?
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Posted: 20 August 2008 at 11:21pm |
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I posted in another thread a long, long time ago that the 45 version on CD sounds like it speeds up in places. I wonder if this speed issue is not present on the vinyl 45.
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eriejwg
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Posted: 21 August 2008 at 6:05am |
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I just slowed my copy from Greatest down to match the 4:26 run time. Parts of the track sound too slow now, while other parts sound more normal.
So, that doesn't work... lol. |
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eriejwg
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Posted: 21 August 2008 at 6:12am |
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Since the 45 is an edit of the dance mix, has anyone tried editing the dance mix to match the 45?
Not that I wanna try, lol, but wondering if the dance mix has sped up portions. |
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crapfromthepast
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Posted: 21 August 2008 at 7:09am |
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The original LP version runs at 126.2 BPM throughout. I have my copy on Time-Life's Modern Rock - Mid-'80s, and it's also on a Canadian collection from PolyTel called Rock Of The '80s.
The LP version was not the hit, not by a longshot. The EMI folks enlisted Nile Rodgers to completely overhaul the song for the 45, and he's the one responsible for pretty much all the hooks in the song. He's also the one responsible for speeding up the tape toward the end of the song. The 45 starts off around the same tempo as the LP version (125.4 BPM), and runs at that tempo until the 1:13 mark. Then, it speeds up gradually and consistently right through to the end of the song, when it's all the way up at 129.5 BPM. It's a deliberate effect, not an anomaly, and it's right there on the 45 and every version of the 45 remix that's ever come out on CD. Offhand, I can't think of any other hit song that does this. It's not just a tempo change, but the pitch changes as well, making this version kinda impossible to actually play live. Don't know if the 12" is sped up like this, though. |
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Hykker
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Posted: 21 August 2008 at 7:35pm |
Depends on your market. Both CHRs in Boston played the album version. I don't recall hearing the 45 version very much if at all when the song was current. |
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Posted: 21 August 2008 at 10:06pm |
That answers my question. Thanks! I guess there must be another reason that the vinyl 45 times out differently than the CD. I wonder why they would deliberately speed the song up gradually? |
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eriejwg
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Posted: 27 August 2008 at 12:36pm |
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After getting in a commercial 45, it runs 4:26 as well. In my opinion, I think all versions running 4:23 fade out 3 seconds earlier than the 45.
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Posted: 27 August 2008 at 5:16pm |
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great info, crap.....i didn't realize that was the case regarding the speed....and john, you are right....the 45 does run longer than all the db entries....
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