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I expect you to uphold your new name by posting many new threads regarding '90s songs! BTW, I hope this isn't just some feeble attempt to make yourself look younger. :)
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I just obtained Hitmakers Volume 110, and it has yet another alternate mix of "This Is How We Do It." (For those who are unaware of the Hitmakers series, these were various artists promo CDs sent out by Hitmakers magazine to radio stations to promote the latest pop/top 40 releases.)
This version runs 3:51 and has a new jack swing beat to it. The disc does not label the name of the mix, and given that it was released on February 17, 1995, there's speculation it could've been an early alternate mix that Def Jam eventually scrapped before releasing the single and LP. In an email exchange between me and AndrewChouffi, he said one of his local top 40 stations played this mix.
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I've read through the thread and am curious about the
different versions on the 2 promo cds PRCD 6912-2. What
are the alternate lyrics/vocal take? How would one
distinguish which version they are listening to?
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aaronk wrote:
I just obtained Hitmakers Volume 110, and it has yet another alternate mix of "This Is How We Do It." (For those who are unaware of the Hitmakers series, these were various
artists promo CDs sent out by Hitmakers magazine to radio stations to promote the latest pop/top 40 releases.)
This version runs 3:51 and has a new jack swing beat to it. The disc does not label the name of the mix, and given that it was released on February 17, 1995, there's speculation it could've
been an early alternate mix that Def Jam eventually scrapped before releasing the single and LP. In an email exchange between me and AndrewChouffi, he said one of his local top 40 stations
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I would make the case that this Hitmakers version might be an early alternate mix as the vocals are exceptionally clear. For the longest time I always thought the lyric went,
"Ever since I was a lower K-C," but in this version it is plain as day when he says "Ever since I was a lower case 'G'."
In the other versions I hear a lot of bass distortion covering up everything. Which seemed to be the style of the day.
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The release timeline is interesting. Hitmakers 110 has a date of February 17, 1995. According to Wikipedia, the official Def Jam single came out February 6, 1995 (before the Hitmakers disc). Another possibility is that it was an "exclusive" remix given only to Hitmakers, even if they didn't label it as such.
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What are the alternate lyrics/vocal take? How would one
distinguish which version they are listening to? I see
someone on discogs is selling the alt lyrics for over $125
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The alternate vocal take has the exact same lyrics, but there are
several places where it sounds off-key—enough to make you think
“oooh, that was a sour note.”
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aaronk wrote:
The release timeline is interesting. Hitmakers 110 has a date of February 17, 1995. According to Wikipedia, the
official Def Jam single came out February 6, 1995 (before the Hitmakers disc). Another possibility is that it was an "exclusive"
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What sort of lead time did Hitmakers (and other non-official promo samplers) require to compile and manufacture their CDs? We
received any number of these at our station back in the 90s, and it wasn't uncommon for them to have a song before we were
serviced by the label for it, which tells me they'd heard thru the grapevine about upcoming releases that may not have been
finalized yet.
I remember a different sampler series around that same time using a version of Gina G's "Ooh Ah Just A Little Bit" with a cold
ending which we received several months before the official release. We'd added it to our Saturday night mix show, and just kept
playing that version (actually, the cold ending suited the song better) during its chart run.
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Hykker wrote:
I remember a different sampler series around that same time using a version of Gina G's "Ooh Ah Just A Little Bit" with a cold
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Do you remember the name of that series? I'd be interested in looking that one up.
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According to some notes and if you can find a copy, the 3:00
cold end was also on this CD -
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JsgAAOSwvmhhoxLH/s-l1600.jpg
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eriejwg wrote:
According to some notes and if you can find a copy, the 3:00
cold end was also on this CD -
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JsgAAOSwvmhhoxLH/s-l1600.jpg
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Thanks John! I'm looking at the listing now but don't see it on the page(s).
Perhaps it is on a different disc? I'm going to look over a few sites and see which issue it appeared on.
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The disc John G. linked to is the one we used back in '96.
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Regarding Gina G., the cold ending version also appears on the 2-track commercial CD single and is labeled "Eurovision" version.
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