https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:00:09 +0000 Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:20:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4274 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=4274&PID=54667&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#54667 Author: AutumnAarilyn
Subject: 4274
Posted: 09 June 2020 at 6:20pm

It was played when they did mix specials but I don't
remember it as a current or alternate.]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:20:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=54667&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#54667 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=54659&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#54659 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 4274
Posted: 09 June 2020 at 1:35pm

edtop40 wrote: i have the uk 3" cd single issued as mca dmca1310 which contains the below tracks 1-rapacious edit (3:41 listed; 3:40 actual) 2-the rapacious mix (7:08 listed; 7:08 actual) 3-extended version (6:49 listed; 6:48 actual) if any one needs these tracks for comparison purposes, drop me a pm..

I have the rapacious edit. I could swear this was played on the radio here in NY in the 80s and 90s. Anyone else confirm?]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2020 13:35:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=54659&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#54659 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38039&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38039 Author: aaronk
Subject: 4274
Posted: 17 June 2013 at 7:51pm

Brian W. wrote: It's not HitDisc, anyway, it's Hitmakers, which was apparently a magazine also. They would issue samples every four weeks, it looks like. "Top 40 CD Sampler, Volume 8, July 8, 1988." It's definitely not a vinyl dub on this disc. It runs an actual 4:07.

Andrew is correct about the sources for HitDisc. They did use vinyl for
many of their sources.

Hitmakers is interesting, though, because I have never detected vinyl
sources for any of their early discs, yet they issued quite a few songs
that I've never seen on promo cd single. They must have had label
connections that provided them with DAT copies.]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:51:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38039&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38039 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38038&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38038 Author: edtop40
Subject: 4274
Posted: 17 June 2013 at 5:07pm

i have the uk 3" cd single issued as mca dmca1310 which
contains the below tracks

1-rapacious edit (3:41 listed; 3:40 actual)
2-the rapacious mix (7:08 listed; 7:08 actual)
3-extended version (6:49 listed; 6:48 actual)

if any one needs these tracks for comparison purposes, drop
me a pm..

]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:07:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38038&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38038 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38036&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38036 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 4274
Posted: 17 June 2013 at 4:38pm

AndrewChouffi wrote: To Brian W: HitDiscs issued in that period oftentimes were vinyl dubs! Now I'm not saying that "Don't Be Cruel" was a vinyl dub, because I don't have that particular HitDisc. TM Century in the early days of HitDisc would transfer the radio version of a cut from the best available source they received; whether CD promo, DJ 45, or promo 12-inch of the radio edit. Andy

It's not HitDisc, anyway, it's Hitmakers, which was apparently a magazine also. They would issue samples every four weeks, it looks like. "Top 40 CD Sampler, Volume 8, July 8, 1988." It's definitely not a vinyl dub on this disc. It runs an actual 4:07.

Edited by Brian W.]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:38:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38036&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38036 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38033&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38033 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 4274
Posted: 17 June 2013 at 9:10am

To Brian W:

HitDiscs issued in that period oftentimes were vinyl dubs!

Now I'm not saying that "Don't Be Cruel" was a vinyl dub, because I don't have that particular HitDisc.

TM Century in the early days of HitDisc would transfer the radio version of a cut from the best available source they received; whether CD promo, DJ 45, or promo 12-inch of the radio edit.

Andy]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:10:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38033&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38033 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38032&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38032 Author: 80smusicfreak
Subject: 4274
Posted: 17 June 2013 at 6:12am

No U.S. promo CD single for "Don't Be Cruel" is listed in Gregory Cooper's 1998 book, Collectible Compact Disc Price Guide 2, either - and it's quite thorough (up through '98, anyway)...

However, it DOES list two commercial 3" CD singles for the song, both imports: One from the U.K. (MCA DMCA-1310); the other from Japan (MCA 10P3-6037). Sorry, but the book doesn't give the contents of either...]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:12:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38032&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38032 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38029&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38029 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 4274
Posted: 16 June 2013 at 11:17pm

I do have the 45 version it on a HitDisc (or the like) from that period.]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:17:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38029&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38029 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38026&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38026 Author: aaronk
Subject: 4274
Posted: 16 June 2013 at 7:55pm

I also don't have a promo CD for "Don't Be Cruel," and I've never found one. I have promo CDs for all the other hits from that album, though.]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:55:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38026&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38026 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38018&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38018 Author: 995wlol
Subject: 4274
Posted: 16 June 2013 at 4:49pm

Loveland wrote: was there a U.S. Promo CD for "Don't Be Cruel"?   Discogs doesn't list one, but surely there was one?

All of the singles following Don't Be Cruel saw US promo CD5 releases, but I've never seen any indication that it had one. Promo CDs were still a bit hit-and-miss in the summer of '88.]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:49:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4274&PID=38018&title=dont-be-cruel-bobby-brown#38018