https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:40:11 +0000 Mon, 17 Jul 2023 07:50:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=978 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=978&PID=63296&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#63296 Author: 995wlol
Subject: 978
Posted: 17 July 2023 at 7:50am

NightAire wrote: Dont-Mean-Nothing">The 7:27 length mix, which also lists itself as being from the LP (the LP mix as mentioned above is only about 4:42).

7:27 is just an error on the labels. I own this 12" and it
is just the LP version on both sides.]]> Mon, 17 Jul 2023 07:50:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=63296&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#63296 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=63289&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#63289 Author: NightAire
Subject: 978
Posted: 15 July 2023 at 9:17pm

I find (allegedly) two extended versions of this song on 12" vinyl:

The Extended Rock Mix

and

The 7:27 length mix, which also lists itself as being from the LP (the LP mix as mentioned above is only about 4:42).

It doesn't appear either version appeared on the CD single at the time, and I can't find a re-release of the album that includes either one as a bonus track. I also can't find it on digital services such as Qobuz.

Does anybody know if these versions every made it from tape to the digital realm without passing through vinyl first?]]> Sat, 15 Jul 2023 21:17:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=63289&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#63289 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=15974&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#15974 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 978
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 1:25pm

Aaron, appreciate your expertise. Ordered a promo 45 yesterday.]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 13:25:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=15974&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#15974 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=15972&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#15972 Author: aaronk
Subject: 978
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 1:20pm

The promo edit is the one you heard on the CHR station in Florida, Rich. To answer the question of editing, it cannot be recreated from the longer LP version, because at the place where the guitar solo transitions to the "lots of promises" section, there is unique audio.]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 13:20:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=15972&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#15972 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=15962&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#15962 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 978
Posted: 06 May 2008 at 6:48am

To RichM921,

Please don't forget that 'American Top-40' oftentimes used the option of custom edits of songs back in the 70s & 80s to be able to better fit timings of commercial stopsets.

Andy]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 06:48:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=15962&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#15962 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=15952&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#15952 Author: RichM921
Subject: 978
Posted: 05 May 2008 at 1:39pm

I remember hearing two different edits of this song.

An edit played on our local CHR at the time WSRZ (Z-106) Sarasota, FL went from the guitar solo into "Oh, lots of promises in the dark..." thus eliminating the third verse.

Then a completely different edit was heard on "American Top 40." It basically removed the second verse. It went right from the first "...sign it on the bottom line" into "Hollywood can be so lonely..." leaving the third verse in tact.

I don't know which one appeared on the single. I remember the jukebox at the local Pizza Hut had this 45 with "Don't Mean Nothing (Radio Edit)" as the "B" side. I never felt it was worth investing a quarter to play it though.]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 13:39:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=15952&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#15952 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=15948&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#15948 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 978
Posted: 05 May 2008 at 11:07am

Can the DJ edit be recreated from the LP version? Am looking for edit points, if possible...]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 11:07:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=15948&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#15948 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=5134&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#5134 Author: aaronk
Subject: 978
Posted: 24 May 2006 at 9:32am

I noticed that Pat added the comment "commercial copies were all (4:02)," so I asked Ed about his commercial 45. Ed reports that his runs (4:41) like the full length CD. Are there two different commercial 45s, or should the comment read "commercial copies were all (4:41)"?]]> Wed, 24 May 2006 09:32:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=5134&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#5134 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=5126&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#5126 Author: jimct
Subject: 978
Posted: 23 May 2006 at 3:43pm

My promo 45 happens to have the labels on the incorrect sides. My (4:41) version actually runs (4:39), and the other side says "(Edit)(3:59)" after the title, and actually runs (4:02).

Edited by jimct]]> Tue, 23 May 2006 15:43:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=978&PID=5126&title=richard-marx-dont-mean-nothing#5126