https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:45:52 +0000 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 15:53:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1485 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=61730&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#61730 Author: promojunkie
Subject: 1485
Posted: 06 September 2022 at 3:53pm

Back during the height of the song's popularity, Z-100 in
NY played an edit of the LP version that I had taped off
the radio back then and then recreated using editing
software years later. I've never found this edit on vinyl
or cd so it might have been an in house edit. It's also
possible a shorter LP edit made it to promo 45 and was not
labeled correctly.    

Edited by promojunkie]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2022 15:53:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=61730&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#61730 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=51228&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#51228 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 1485
Posted: 08 February 2019 at 9:44pm

Not that I know of.]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:44:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=51228&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#51228 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=51226&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#51226 Author: Ron S
Subject: 1485
Posted: 08 February 2019 at 4:46pm

So there is no such edit of the LP version?]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:46:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=51226&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#51226 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=41800&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#41800 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1485
Posted: 09 July 2014 at 10:02pm

I finally obtained the US promo CD single for "Diamonds." For those interested in an abundance of remixes, here are the details:

CD 17476/DX 1792
1. Cool Summer Mix (6:18 listed & actual)
2. Cool Summer Dance Mix (5:53 listed & actual)
3. Cool Summer Instrumental (5:25 listed & actual)
4. Cool Summer Dub Version (4:21 listed & actual)
5. Cool Summer 7" Edit (3:52 listed; 3:51 actual)
6. Dance Mix (6:46 listed & actual)
7. Instrumental (5:13 listed; 5:12 actual)
8. Beats Dubcappella (3:12 listed & actual)]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2014 22:02:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=41800&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#41800 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=25636&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#25636 Author: abagon
Subject: 1485
Posted: 27 March 2010 at 8:10am

FYI.

I own the "Dance mix" on the 12" vinyl "Diamonds." A&M SP-12231 (U.S. pressing) 1987.

Side A Diamonds "Dance Mix" actual 6:44, listed 6:45
Side B 1.Diamonds "Instrumental" listed time 5:10 2.Diamonds "Beats Dubcappella" listed time 3:10


"Rise" on "The Very Best CD" released in Japan in 1993 is an "edit of the LP version." (NOT the 45 version.)
"Rotation" on the CD is the same as the U.S. commercial 45.

--abagon
]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:10:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=25636&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#25636 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=25621&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#25621 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1485
Posted: 26 March 2010 at 10:32pm

Gene pointed me to a place on the 'net where I was able to listen to the "Dance Mix." Yes, the short US promo has a short version of this mix. On first listen, it appears that the short US promo cannot be edited from this mix, though, because of additional samples on the "Dance Mix" that are not present on the dj 45. I didn't actually try it or do any close comparisons, but I'm pretty familiar with the short dj 45 remix, and I don't think it can be done.]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:32:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=25621&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#25621 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=25618&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#25618 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1485
Posted: 26 March 2010 at 9:52pm

Gene, I've never owned any copies of the promo CD or Japanese CD, so I really can't say for sure if any of those mixes match the short US promo 45. All I can definitely say is the short US promo does not have the same mix as the UK Design of a Decade 2-CD set.

I've never tried to re-create that promo version; I simply dubbed it from a mint 45. You might be right that it's an edit of the "Dance Mix." I just don't have the "Dance Mix" on CD or vinyl to compare.]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:52:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=25618&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#25618 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=25617&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#25617 Author: NightAire
Subject: 1485
Posted: 26 March 2010 at 9:42pm

The 3:53 version on the "Very Best Of" import IS the edit of the Cool Summer mix.

The album version (which apparently is what appeared in the commercial 45?) appears to be a different mix from the DJ short edit.

The video mix sounds different to my ears, but I'm hearing it on YouTube off a video tape recorded off MTV who knows how many years ago... so who knows what processing they may have added. It appears to run about 4:30. (The video is chopped, so this might be album length.)

Based on this entry in Discogs.com, it looks like the 45 MIGHT be the edit of the dance mix.

Unfortunately, this edit only appears on this British vinyl release from 1987. None of the other 12"s from that time have it.

IF the 45 can be edited from the dance mix, does anybody have the edit points?

If not, could somebody clarify if the DJ short edit has ever shown up on CD anywhere?

Wikipedia suggests the CD promos mentioned here contained the Cool Breeze mixes, not the short DJ edit.

I'm SO confused! :-(

Edited by NightAire]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:42:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=25617&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#25617 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=12854&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#12854 Author: Gary
Subject: 1485
Posted: 21 November 2007 at 6:30pm

eriejwg wrote: Reviving this one, found "Diamonds" on what I presume is an import called Very Best Of. Run time is 3:53, which doesn't match the 3:58 in the database, but the collection also includes the 45 versions of "Rise" and "Rotation." "Diamonds" sounds very different from the LP version. This would concur with Aaron's findings.

I have this cd if I could be of any help here.]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:30:25 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=12854&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#12854 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=12838&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#12838 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1485
Posted: 21 November 2007 at 1:07pm

eriejwg wrote: I'm not sure now if the version on Very Best Of is a truncated fade, or an attempt to create the "cool summer edit."

I'll have to take back my earlier statement about the promo being an edit of the "Cool Summer Mix." Actually, it's not the same mix at all. I don't own that Japanese promo CD (or the US promo, which has the same 8 tracks), but the correct mix might be on there. The promo 45 simply lists "Diamonds," then in smaller print under the title "Radio Edit." The remix credits read "Remixed by Steve Hodge for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc."

Originally, I thought this was the same as the "Cool Summer Mix Edit," but after a quick comparison, I realized that it's not. It looks like the same remix credits are on the 12" "Dance Mix" version, so perhaps the promo is an edit of that mix.

Edited by aaronk]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:07:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1485&PID=12838&title=herb-alpert-diamonds#12838