https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:16:11 +0000 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:36:07 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4579 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=4579&PID=64914&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#64914 Author: garye
Subject: 4579
Posted: 06 July 2024 at 1:36pm

And the promo edits the lyrics with some quick splicing.
Anyone like to hear it let me know.]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:36:07 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=64914&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#64914 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=64880&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#64880 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 4579
Posted: 22 June 2024 at 6:24pm

The 4:09 version that first appeared on CD The Platinum Collection (1994) is just an edit of the 12 inch version.

Specifically, it's 0:09-1:16 and 1:31-4:33 of the 12 inch version, edited on the downbeats, with about a 20-second-long fade that ends at the 4:33 point.

It does seem be the UK 45 version, which is consistent with all the other 45 mixes that appear on The Platinum Collection.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Sat, 22 Jun 2024 18:24:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=64880&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#64880 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=64877&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#64877 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 4579
Posted: 22 June 2024 at 5:19pm

The version that runs 4:09 could very well be the original UK 45. Here is a UK 45 where the listing reads: Label states time as 3:54 but its actual time is 4:09.

https://www.discogs.com/release/18950995-Blondie-Heart-Of-Gl ass

Also, here is a recent UK various artists compilation where the note for the song reads: Original Single Version

https://www.discogs.com/release/24523415-Various-Now-Yearboo k-79

I believe this explains why that 4:09 edit appears so often on CD.]]> Sat, 22 Jun 2024 17:19:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=64877&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#64877 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=27778&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#27778 Author: bwolfe
Subject: 4579
Posted: 14 September 2010 at 5:49am

I don't know Brian, maybe I'll find out on my own...
Talking to yourself is fun...]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:49:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=27778&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#27778 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=27760&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#27760 Author: bwolfe
Subject: 4579
Posted: 11 September 2010 at 4:47am

What about the version on Pure Disco 3 that was released back in the 90s?
I'm throwing this one out to the experts.]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 04:47:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=27760&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#27760 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=27759&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#27759 Author: Indy500
Subject: 4579
Posted: 10 September 2010 at 7:48pm

There is a demo version under the original title "Once I Has A Love" on the Platinum Collection Cd. It runs 3:56. And a version of "Once I Had A Love" -- produced by Mike Chapman from the Parallel Lines sessions -- appears as a bonus track on the Parallel Lines remaster running 3:14.
This track first appeared on Blonde and Beyond (3:11) but now includes a drumstick into. And may be remixed from the original tapes as it sounds much clearer.

Edited by Indy500]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:48:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=27759&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#27759 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=20980&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#20980 Author: MMathews
Subject: 4579
Posted: 13 February 2009 at 2:50pm

Hi

Hmm, well, i did see the video in '79, but i realize that i always saw it on TV - so it would be better to say it was more or less that "version"..meaning it had the strong beat like the single, but had the LP version ending. So i'll go with likely different mix, but roughly the same edit/structure.
I'm glad they did it though, because i wanted the punchy mix with the rest of the original ending.

-MM]]> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:50:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=20980&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#20980 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=20979&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#20979 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 4579
Posted: 12 February 2009 at 8:55pm

MMathews wrote: Ok, for the other mix on The Best Of Blondie i believe was not created for that album, but i was happy they issued it on there. That is the mix that was in the original '78 video for the song. (Yes, there was a video.)

Hmmm... my UK Best Of Blondie CD has "Special mix for this album by Mike Chapman" listed underneath the producers' credits for "Heart Of Glass", "In The Flesh", and "Sunday Girl". It's not small print either - it's listed three different times and is supposed to get your attention on the back cover. The Best Of Blondie LP originally came out in '81, I think. Was the video out when the single was big, or did it come out later?]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:55:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=20979&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#20979 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=20978&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#20978 Author: Hykker
Subject: 4579
Posted: 12 February 2009 at 6:10pm

MMathews wrote: As mentioned above, the first issue of Parallel Lines had the original mix (i thought it ran about 3:48, not 4:20, Hykker, can u confirm that time?)

Well you were closer than I was...listed time on PL is 3:54. I didn't have the record handy at the time I made my first post.]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:10:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=20978&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#20978 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=20977&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#20977 Author: MMathews
Subject: 4579
Posted: 12 February 2009 at 4:17pm

Hi folks,

Oh, I'm such a Blondie fan and this single was soo huge for me when it came out.

Ok, for the other mix on The Best Of Blondie i believe was not created for that album, but i was happy they issued it on there. That is the mix that was in the original '78 video for the song. (Yes, there was a video.)

As mentioned above, the first issue of Parallel Lines had the original mix (i thought it ran about 3:48, not 4:20, Hykker, can u confirm that time?) and the original mix had the softer drum track, and instrumental ending.

I think what they did at remix time was remix the LP version punching up the bass drum big-time, and brought out the synths more, including the intro, and let it run a bit longer. This would be the creation of the video version, later issued on the Best-Of.
Then they mixed the 12" Disco version with less of the synth effects and the long looped ending repeating over and over.
And, as mentioned above, they edited this version for the 45. I guess they felt this was the hit mix to use, and i guess history says they were right.
They then re-issued the album with the 12" replacing the original mix. (I bought that too!)

Now, for Andrew: i too wanted the original LP version on CD, and was pleasantly surprised when i found my CD i bought does indeed have the original mix. It is an early cd issue of the album.
It says clearly on the back "Disco Version" with a time of 5:50, as does the disc itself. But, in fact they used the first album master to press the disc, so it contains the original. Now, it does run 3:48 and i thought that matched my old vinyl but i no longer have the vinyl to compare. The disc info is:
Catalog# F221192 on both spine and disc, and is dated 1985.
It contains no bonus tracks like subsequent re-issues of the album have. Happy hunting.

-MM    ]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:17:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4579&PID=20977&title=blondie-heart-of-glass#20977