https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 14 May 2026 20:10:25 +0000 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:14:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=935 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=935&PID=19770&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#19770 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 935
Posted: 14 November 2008 at 11:14am

Just to echo Jim's post above, even though it's over two years old...

When I started work at my college station in 1986, all the pop stuff was on promo 45s; there were no promo CD singles. When I finished in 1990, virtually everything was on promo CD singles, and the promo 45s had dried up. Jim's percentage breakdown above is exactly right!

We were lucky enough to get serviced by Atlantic, and I was lucky enough to nab the Year In Review CDs for those years. A nice perk of the position!

Nice to know I have the entire run of the series - if you want to know what we're talking about, I have scans of the front and back covers and the CDs for all 12 years here - http://crapfromthepast.com/favorites/compilations/atlantic/i ndex.htm]]> Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:14:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=19770&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#19770 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=19768&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#19768 Author: edtop40
Subject: 935
Posted: 14 November 2008 at 10:40am

my commercial 45 issued as atlantic 89336 does not state a version on the label but does list a run time of 4:45, but actually runs 4:44.........so everyone knows, the "hits" cd clips the end of the song, while the 45 fades out completely.....the version on the cd "invisible touch" has the properly fade, non clipped version










Edited by edtop40]]> Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:40:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=19768&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#19768 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4909&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4909 Author: elcoleccionista
Subject: 935
Posted: 13 May 2006 at 8:15am

Nice! Thank you for sharing.]]> Sat, 13 May 2006 08:15:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4909&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4909 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4905&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4905 Author: jimct
Subject: 935
Posted: 12 May 2006 at 10:53pm

At the end of each year, between 1987 and 1998, Atlantic Records would put out a promo-only, usually 16-track CD called "Atlantic's Year In Review: 19**". The first one is my most valued (PR-2187-2). 1987 was a transition year in the change-over from promo 45s to promo CD singles. 1987: 1/3 on CD, 2/3 on 45; 1988: 2/3 on CD; 1/3 on 45; by 1989; over 95% were on a promo CD single. The 1987 Atlantic hit sampler DOES have the "Land Of Confusion" (Remix/Edit), also listed here at (3:53) but actually (3:49) as Pat correctly states. 1987 also had the "Casanova", "Fascinated", and the "Don't Disturb This Groove" single mixes not yet issued as promo CD singles. Atlantic was very good at including popular hit remixes on these annual comps, so keep this option in mind as a possible resource for those years (eBay, maybe) and for that label, although not suitable for Pat's database due to their commercial unavailability. They'll probably cost you, though.

Edited by jimct]]> Fri, 12 May 2006 22:53:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4905&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4905 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4875&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4875 Author: elcoleccionista
Subject: 935
Posted: 11 May 2006 at 3:25pm

Interesting, I gather this edited remix is not available on CD?]]> Thu, 11 May 2006 15:25:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4875&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4875 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4872&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4872 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 935
Posted: 11 May 2006 at 12:16pm

Thanks for the confirmation on that promo Pat.

This "old man" still has a few tricks up his sleeve:)]]> Thu, 11 May 2006 12:16:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4872&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4872 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4871&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4871 Author: Pat Downey
Subject: 935
Posted: 11 May 2006 at 11:39am

For an old man like you Paul I must say your memory hasn't yet failed you. There were indeed two different promo dj 45's issued for this song, one is the standard (4:45) version and the other was a remix with an actual run time of (3:49) not (3:53) as stated on the record label.]]> Thu, 11 May 2006 11:39:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4871&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4871 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4869&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4869 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 935
Posted: 11 May 2006 at 9:35am

I remember playing a promo 45 on my college radio station of "Land of Confusion" which ran about 3:55 vs the commercial 4:45 version. The sleeve had a big sticker that said something like "Special Edited Remix". I preferred this version to the regular version.

Anyone else remember this one?]]> Thu, 11 May 2006 09:35:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=935&PID=4869&title=land-of-confusion-genesis#4869