Whitney Houston - "So Emotional"

The US 45 is an easy edit of the LP version from Whitney. Here are edit instructions:

Keep 0:00.0-2:05.3 of the LP version.
Edit on downbeat.
Keep 2:21.4-4:16.2 of the LP version.
Put a 32-beat sinusoidal fade from 4:00.1-4:16.2.

In the mixdown the edit appears at at 2:05.3 and the fade starts at 3:43. Total length is about 4:02.

Note that the true US 45 is a little faster than the CD.
The true 45 is 119.5 BPM and the CD is 119.1 BPM, so you'll need to increase the pitch/tempo of the CD by about 0.3%.

I didn't hear much of EQ difference between the 45 and the Whitney CD. I thought both sounded a bit cold and shrill - it's not exactly a warm-sounding recording.

I have a promo CD single for this (ASCD-9641). Our station played Cut 3 of this 6-track promo. Timings are off for most of the tracks, so I'll provide full details:

1-Single Version (listed 4:00; actual 4:01)
2-Extended Remix (listed 7:45; actual 7:51)
3-Edited Remix (listed 4:36; actual 4:25)
4-Dub Version (listed 5:10; actual 5:13)
5-Bonus Beats (listed 4:24; actual 4:26)
6-The Voice (listed 4:10; actual 4:17)

Ditto what Hits Man said!

Perhaps, Pat could have a special area of the forum just for 45 edit instructions... ;)

jimct wrote: Our station played Cut 3 of this 6-track promo. 3-Edited Remix (listed 4:36; actual 4:25)

I just realized that Arista used this remix for the stock single
in the UK (Arista 43). I'd never heard this mix until I played
this 45, earlier this week. My local stations only played the
LP or US single version.