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Todd Ireland 
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 Topic: "Have You Seen Her" - Chi-LitesPosted: 27 July 2007 at 3:11pm |
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Based on information provided in the database, it can be deducted that the 45 and LP of The Chi-Lites' "Have You Seen Her" run 5:08. Given that this song became a big hit in 1971, I suspect most radio programmers back then would have deemed this run time too lengthy for a Top 40 format. That said, do any of our esteemed veteran DJs and promo 45 experts know if a shorter edit or length of "Have You Seen Her" was supplied to radio stations, especially on the AM side? If so, what is the promo 45 run time(s)?
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BillCahill
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Posted: 28 July 2007 at 6:17am |
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I have searched high and low for an edit on that one but I don't remember hearing one, and I have yet to find one. Early fades at radio or home made edits are all that I am aware of. DJ copies that I have seen are full length. I'm still looking though.
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bwolfe
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Posted: 25 January 2013 at 6:56am |
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I thought of this old topic today when I heard this song.
Wasn't there a radio edit that took out all the speaking parts? Maybe I'm imaging this. |
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the way it was heard on the radio
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jimct
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Posted: 25 January 2013 at 7:38am |
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bwolfe, are you asking here is if a promo 45 "radio edit" ever existed as an
instrumental? (By you saying "radio edit that took out all the speaking parts?") Personally, I can't imagine why Brunswick would ever create such a version. Why would radio want one? And even if the label was going for a "Soulful Strut, redux" (which removed Barbara Acklin's vocals from a 1968 45 release called "Am I The Same Girl"), the label added piano to the Acklin instrumental track, prior to its 45 release.) The answer: No Did you mean to ask the opposite? As in, "Wasn't there a radio edit that took out all the instrumental parts? The answer: No Both my promo and stock 45s include the same version. Any song running over 5:00 in 1971 would surely be a candidate for creation of a possible "in-house radio edit version." However, I have never heard one. |
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bitman
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Posted: 25 January 2013 at 10:02am |
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I presume that bwolfe is referring to one of the narritive sections...perhaps the one at about the 3:50 mark. After that narrative, at about the 4:15 mark, the song is basically one long fadeout to 5:08, so it could be dumped most anytime after that
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Hykker
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Posted: 26 January 2013 at 9:09am |
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I do remember hearing a version of this where the spoken
narrative at the beginning was shortened. This was on a station that used one of the Drake-Chenault formats ("Solid Gold" I think), so I suspect that it was a D-C edit. There were many custom edits in that format. There were a lot of songs in the early-mid 70s like this one that had what I called the "infinite fade"...made it easy to backtime to network news. |
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Posted: 19 February 2013 at 7:17pm |
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The Brunswick DJ 45 is full length and Stereo. Flip side is identical to a stock copy. Checked several station archives in depth to find out.
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I turn up the good and turn down the bad!
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Bwci Bo
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Posted: 24 September 2014 at 5:53pm |
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Over half of the database entries for this song state "contains extra instrumentation not found on the 45 or LP".
Can someone please tell me what and where this extra instrumentation is, please? My only copy of this song is lifted from a CD that is not listed in the database and I am trying to identify whether it's the correct 45 version or not. Thanks in advance. |
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Posted: 24 September 2014 at 6:44pm |
Listen to the first verse narration: One month ago today I was happy as a lark But now I go for walks To the movies maybe to the park You know that fuzz guitar during the intro? On the 45 and LP version, it stops playing just before the beginning of this verse. On the "extra instrumentation" version, the fuzz guitar plays all the way through the above four lines, although it gradually bows out during the fourth one, then is silent for the remainder of the verse. Edited by Yah Shure |
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Bwci Bo
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Posted: 24 September 2014 at 7:03pm |
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Thanks Yah Sure.
Is the fuzz guitar gone completely during the first verse narration? Or is it just mixed down lower, yet still audible? I've had a listen to a couple of vinyl 45s on YouTube and the guitar is still present on those. Unless I am missing something here? |
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