"Goodnight Vienna" - Ringo Starr

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   Now that iTunes has Ringo's catalog (although a few albums are missing), I noticed that his song "(It's All Down To) Goodnight Vienna" is now available digitally.  There are two versions of the song--one runs (2:34) and seems to be the LP version from the Goodnight Vienna LP, the other (3:01) and is labeled "Single Version" but sometimes those listings on iTunes aren't accurate.  Which is what I want to check.

Is the (3:01) version in fact the 45 version?

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sriv94 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote sriv94 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "Goodnight Vienna" - Ringo Starr Posted: 29 August 2007 at 7:41am
	Now that iTunes has Ringo's catalog (although a few albums are missing), I noticed that his song "(It's All Down To) Goodnight Vienna" is now available digitally. There are two versions of the song--one runs (2:34) and seems to be the LP version from the Goodnight Vienna LP, the other (3:01) and is labeled "Single Version" but sometimes those listings on iTunes aren't accurate. Which is what I want to check. Is the (3:01) version in fact the 45 version?
	Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken.

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 August 2007 at 11:17am
	Doug, my commercial 45 has a listed time of (2:58) and an actual time of (2:57), so the iTunes time appears to be at least somewhere in the neighborhood.

BillCahill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote BillCahill Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 August 2007 at 9:14am
	Here's what I have for the line up of the new Ringo CD: Audio Track Listing: 1. Photograph 2. It Don’t Come Easy 3. You’re Sixteen (You’re Beautiful And You’re Mine) 4. Back Off Boogaloo 5. I’m The Greatest 6. Oh My My 7. Only You (And You Alone) 8. Beaucoups Of Blues 9. Early 1970 10. Snookeroo 11. The No-No 12. (It’s All Down To) Goodnight Vienna 13. Hey Baby 14. Weight Of The World 15. A Dose Of Rock ’N’ Roll 16. King Of Broken Hearts 17. Never Without You 18. Act Naturally (with Buck Owens) 19. Wrack My Brain 20. Fading In and Fading Out Edited by BillCahill

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: 30 August 2007 at 1:45pm
	It's great to finally see a comprehensive collection of all of Ringo's Top 40 hits on CD! This also marks the first time "Wrack My Brain", Starr's final Top 40 single, has been made available on CD in quite a while.

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: 30 August 2007 at 6:23pm
	By the way, the actual run time for "It's All Down to (Goodnight Vienna)" on the new Ringo Starr Photograph: Very Best of CD (Capitol 93827) is 3:00. I just checked.

davidclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 25	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidclark Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 August 2007 at 5:06am
	did the 45 contain the count-off?
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jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 August 2007 at 8:53am
	Yes, David, my commercial 45 does feature the countoff. It may also be sped up a little. I intend to purchase the new "Very Best Of" CD any day now. I'll compare/contrast my 45 version against this new CD appearance, and will report back soon with my findings.

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Online Points: 82	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 September 2007 at 6:20pm
	For the "Dose of Rock 'n Roll", does this new CD contain the dj 45 B-side version or the regular version?

Paul C Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 October 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul C Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 September 2007 at 9:19am
	I downloaded the song from iTunes and it is indeed the U.S. 45 version, which is a splice of the two versions that appeared on the Goodnight Vienna LP. In most other countries, the commercial 45 was identical to the first LP version. The version on this CD of the 45's B-side, "Oo-Wee", is the LP version, of which the U.S. commercial 45 was an edit. Edited by Paul C