https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 17:01:47 +0000 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:32:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9270 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=9270&PID=54141&title=iyaz-solo#54141 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9270
Posted: 15 April 2020 at 2:32pm

We can only show one time in the Pop Annual, so I try to
use my discretion on which time to show. Since we used
the times of the commercial 45s from 1955-1989, I will
usually go with the commercially available version, unless
it's like the 12" singles I mentioned in my previous post.
Of course, there could always be exceptions. Again, it's
sometimes a judgement call.]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:32:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54141&title=iyaz-solo#54141 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54140&title=iyaz-solo#54140 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9270
Posted: 15 April 2020 at 1:19pm

Paul C wrote: The 3:13-3:14 version was the digital single. Rich, is your copy of the Replay album a US pressing? I can't find any evidence that it was released in the US and it is not listed in the database.

There are no US pressings of Replay. It is only available as an import as I am fond of the remixes on it, which is why I got it. Also TM Primecuts refers to the 3:21 of Solo as with intro, indicating there was a version without the intro, which is the one on the promo.]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:19:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54140&title=iyaz-solo#54140 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54139&title=iyaz-solo#54139 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9270
Posted: 15 April 2020 at 1:14pm

Paul Haney wrote: I actually time each and every song every single week. I don't go by the time of the file, as there can be a second or two (or more) of silence at the end. I time from the time the song actually starts and ends (that may account for the 1 or 2 second differences).

Interesting! I'm almost done with the 2010 top 40, I can post my html list (thanks to crapfromthepast for his great mp3tag HTML assistance). Like I said I include the radio edits which were not always out on CD but were available to radio stations. I can usually accept a 1 to 2 second difference like you said. Its usually the Glee stuff that ends in acapellas lol!

You are correct now its basically digital downloads (which I keep up with Paul every week thanks to promo only and by paying for the clean/explicit versions each week). Sometimes it can be downright hard to assemble because you would think every track would be available but some are not even released clean at all. It makes me realize the CD is becoming more and more something of the past in terms of single releases.

Still what I asked before about the radio edits, is it because they are not commercially available at times that those are not included in the times in the annual?

]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:14:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54139&title=iyaz-solo#54139 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54138&title=iyaz-solo#54138 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9270
Posted: 15 April 2020 at 12:19pm

We collect everything that makes the Hot 100 and Bubbling
Under charts. Nowadays, of course, that means digital
downloads. I actually time each and every song every
single week. I don't go by the time of the file, as
there can be a second or two (or more) of silence at the
end. I time from the time the song actually starts and
ends (that may account for the 1 or 2 second
differences).

Back in the day, if we got an official promo CD single, I
would use that as the "official" piece in our collection.
That's what happened with "Solo". As you probably know,
sometimes only a 12" single was commercially available
and often times that would have an extended version, so
the CD promo would always trump that. Basically, I just
used my judgement on which version was the correct one.
I think I did a pretty good job of it. Of course, I'm
always open to fixing any errors that may be discovered.
Thanks to this board, I've corrected a lot of times in
the Pop Annual over the years!

Edited by Paul Haney]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:19:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54138&title=iyaz-solo#54138 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54137&title=iyaz-solo#54137 Author: Paul C
Subject: 9270
Posted: 15 April 2020 at 12:14pm

The 3:13-3:14 version was the digital single.

Rich, is your copy of the Replay album a US pressing? I can't find any evidence that it was released in the US and it is not listed in the database.
    

Edited by Paul C]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:14:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54137&title=iyaz-solo#54137 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54136&title=iyaz-solo#54136 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9270
Posted: 15 April 2020 at 12:10pm

The 3:14 single is available on Amazon.]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:10:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54136&title=iyaz-solo#54136 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54135&title=iyaz-solo#54135 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9270
Posted: 15 April 2020 at 11:59am

Paul Haney wrote: "Solo" was a hit during the era when we were getting a lot of promo CD singles. Yes, the time is taken from that promo CD as it was the version I was hearing on the radio at the time.

With all this time due to this panademic, I am painstakingly matching your 2010 top 40 annual listing (doing each year of the 2010s) in the annual with the actual audio lossless file. Sometimes Paul you take me to school and I discover a promo I did not know existed!

I didn't want to step on your toes but where do the running times you post in the annual come from? Also I know that a lot of radio edits are not commercially available (and some were) yet the annual makes no reference to them because of this? Some songs can't fade early in 2010 (think Glee, especially Like A Prayer) and some songs run a second faster then your printed time. Overall your 2010 is very accurate unless a radio edit exists, in which case that becomes the go to version in my collection....

Always interested in your thought process...



Edited by PopArchivist]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:59:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54135&title=iyaz-solo#54135 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54133&title=iyaz-solo#54133 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9270
Posted: 15 April 2020 at 3:55am

"Solo" was a hit during the era when we were getting a lot
of promo CD singles. Yes, the time is taken from that
promo CD as it was the version I was hearing on the radio
at the time.]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2020 03:55:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54133&title=iyaz-solo#54133 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54130&title=iyaz-solo#54130 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9270
Posted: 14 April 2020 at 5:28pm

OOPS, my copy of REPLAY runs 3:01, not SOLO.]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:28:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54130&title=iyaz-solo#54130 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54127&title=iyaz-solo#54127 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9270
Posted: 14 April 2020 at 4:24pm

3:01? Not aware such a version exists....no the 3:14 is on a CD promo. ]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:24:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9270&PID=54127&title=iyaz-solo#54127