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Todd Ireland
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Here's an odd item I'm hoping someone can help shed some light...
I used to own a cassette copy of the Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. album. Though my cassette LP is long gone, I'm certain the song "Glory Days" contained a fade, but it was not like the one found on Springsteen's Greatest Hits (Columbia 67060) CD. I clearly recall listening to the cassette thinking the fade was strange because it began about one minute before the song ended; was long and drawn out; and you could actually hear the song end cold before the fade out was complete! In other words, the song ran approximately 4:14 like the 45 and CD album but contained this long fade at the end. I have never heard this faded version of "Glory Days" anywhere but on the cassette.
My question is, does anyone have a cassette or vinyl LP copy of Born in the U.S.A. who can 100% verify this strangely faded version of "Glory Days"?
Edited by Todd Ireland on 23 November 2005 at 10:08am
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Todd,
my vinyl "Born In The USA" album had the long fade you describe for your cassette. I always thought it was odd that they did this drawn-out fade only to reveal the cold ending at an extremely low volume.
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I only own the CD, but I never understood why they faded it either. Even though it's not a drawn out fade like you guys are describing, you can still hear the cold ending on the CD's fade out, too.
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I always assumed that the 45 contained the fade and the LP contained the full cold ending. I am listing to the "Born in the USA" LP right now and was so surprised to hear the fade out just like the 45. I know I have heard the full version (no fade) before but where??
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chendagam wrote:
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It's possible that you heard it played in its entirety on the radio, and the station's audio compression adjusted the levels to eliminate any evidence of a gradual fade.
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I remember MTV playing the video a LOT back when the song was a
hit. The video contains the full, unfaded version.
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I thought for sure that I had a copy of it but you may be right Aaron. I must have just assumed that MTV played the video using what I thought was the LP version. All these years I just assumed that it was a dumb attempt on CBS to create a 45 version by fading it out. Hmmmm
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So what's the verdict with this one? I still can't believe the LP and 45 are exactly the same. After all these years I never noticed it? Wikipedia says 2 versions are out there: 4:15 (album version) 5:26 (full version). I'm assuming they are talking about the demo version with the extra verse? I would think the cold ending version will be a few seconds longer than the album version (around 4:20 or so).
My question is does the cold ending LP version exist anywhere on CD or vinyl? Maybe a promo 12"?
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I was able to "undo" the fadeout by using my copy from "Born In The USA." I had to use a slight amount of hiss reduction at the very end, since the volume was very low during the final few seconds. If you need a copy, let me know. It sounds great!
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Hi Aaron that would be great! I still think it's crazy that this fade out version is on the album that way.
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