Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind

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   I have the UK 45 (Warner Bros. K 17582) - it runs 3.55. This version fades in about 0.5 - 1.5 second before any of my CD's with '45 length' do (they differ slightly). It also fades out 1 - 2 second before the CD's. At the very start there is a wind blowing (I think). Can anyone tell me if the US 45 also have this noise near the beginning?    

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Oddbjorn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 November 2007 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oddbjorn Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind Posted: 17 March 2008 at 1:18pm
	I have the UK 45 (Warner Bros. K 17582) - it runs 3.55. This version fades in about 0.5 - 1.5 second before any of my CD's with '45 length' do (they differ slightly). It also fades out 1 - 2 second before the CD's. At the very start there is a wind blowing (I think). Can anyone tell me if the US 45 also have this noise near the beginning?
	OddNor

Pat Downey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 01 October 2003 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pat Downey Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:04pm
	The US dj promo does have the wind on the introduction.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:05pm
	Does anyone have the U.S. commercial 45 version who can determine if the wind sound effects in the intro run longer than on CD?

Oddbjorn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 November 2007 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oddbjorn Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 March 2008 at 6:04am
	I compared the UK45 with the version on the CD TimeLife 'Classic Soft Rock - Ride Like The Wind' in WavePad. The intro on the 45 (before the music start) is 04.87, while it is 02.31 on the CD. I think I have to correct myself - the whole intro is a wind effect -but there is another, very short sound just after the beginning. I can not tell what it is.
	OddNor

abagon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 March 2008 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote abagon Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 March 2008 at 7:55am
	I confirmed my stock commercial US45.Christopher's vocal starts at "0:35.747". The 45 running time is "3:50" And I did this tune on US LP,too.His vocal starts at "0:33.645".Therefore LP's introduction is shorter than US45. Oddbjorn:Thank you for the great topic.

Oddbjorn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 November 2007 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oddbjorn Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 March 2008 at 4:46am
	On the UK45 the vocal starts at 35.897. On the TimeLife CD mentioned above it starts at 33.580. So the UK45 and US45 seems to be much the same (UK45 run a few seconds longer), while the LP and most of the CD's (perhaps all) have a shorter intro. The soundeffect which I mentioned above is around 0.6 (You have to turn up the volume to hear it). Thank you all for Your help to clearify this.
	OddNor

abagon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 March 2008 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote abagon Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 July 2008 at 10:49pm
	As the run time info: The actual 45 running time is (3:50), the listed time is "3:54" on the record label. (Warner WBS 49184)

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 123	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 February 2011 at 7:29pm
	There must be two pressings of "Ride Like The Wind," because Ed just sent me a dub of his US 45. The vocal starts at 0:35, just like abagon's, but Ed's copy runs 3:55. This lines up with the timing for the "45 length" CDs in the database.

Jody Thornton Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 May 2008 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jody Thornton Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 February 2011 at 2:46pm
	Does the 45-rpm disc fade off before the long sustained "Ruuunnnnnnnnnnn" that Christopher sings at the end? I know most radio stations never aired the song that far to the end. Just curious.
	Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario)

abagon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 March 2008 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote abagon Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 February 2011 at 8:02am
	I sent mp3 files of both the 45 and LP to Aaron, and asked him the analysis. Aaron wrote: "I think it would cause confusion to label it as "version." It's only a second shorter on the intro, and the audio level is very low at that point." I agree with him. Many thanks for the opinion, Aaron! --abagon