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Indy500 
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 Topic: "Maniac" -- Michael SembelloPosted: 26 May 2009 at 5:32pm |
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Is there any difference between the 45 and the soundtrack version other than the 45 plays slightly longer?
My 45 is too scratched up to listen for mix differences. |
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AndrewChouffi
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Posted: 26 May 2009 at 7:55pm |
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The 45 is a different mix; most notably the vocoder sounds after the first chorus.
Please note: I'm only going by memory. Andy |
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Posted: 26 May 2009 at 8:45pm |
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Thanks, I got out that 45 and knowing what to listen for you can really hear it. My 45 plays right along with the soundtrack version on CD so it isn't a speed issue but that distinctive sound (vocoder) sounds to be at different pitches on the two versions and where it appears in the mix during the guitar solo on the soundtrack version it is completely absent on the 45.
Definitely a version difference. Edited by Indy500 |
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budaniel
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Posted: 27 May 2009 at 2:46pm |
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the 45 mix is a remix with heavier percussion--I only have that mix on CD with no info about who remixed it, but I always believed it to be an alternate short mix of the Jellybean 12" mix, but the 7" mix is even noticeably different than the 12". Back in the day, radio stations in NY played the album mix mostly, although one station eventually started playing an edit of the 12" mix.
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Posted: 27 May 2009 at 3:04pm |
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Are the non-soundtrack entries in the database the 45 version?
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Posted: 27 May 2009 at 7:19pm |
They must be, although I only own 3 of the CDs with a no version indicator in the database...those are the 45 version (Class Reunion 1983 and the Disco Nights titles). Actually, the database notations are somewhat confusing. I thought that the Flashdance soundtrack was the official LP release of "Maniac", with the 45 being released as a single off this album in a different mix. Seems like a classic case of "45 version" and "LP version" distinction to me, but the database makes no notation on the 45 versions. |
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budaniel
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Posted: 29 May 2009 at 1:27pm |
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actually, it might be done that way because what we're calling the 45 version is probably the version that was on Michael Sembello's Bossa Nova Hotel album. Therefore, the 45 version IS the LP version just not the "flashdance soundtrack LP version."
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Posted: 29 May 2009 at 1:59pm |
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Hi All,
LP versions for this song can be confusing - It was first released on the Flashdance soundtrack, so that was the first LP version. It was then released on the 45, remixed. This was the "hit" version. It was then released on Sembello's album "Bossa Nova Hotel", and they used the 45 mix on this album. And yes i too was from NY (long island) and i remember hearing both versions, the AC stations tended to play the soundtrack LP version, and the Hot Top 40 stations tended to play the 45 mix. The 12" mix was the 3rd version released and is a unique mix different from both of the others. The 45 mix is not an edit of the 12", but the 12" is a more pumped up mix similar to the 45 with the extra percussion, and of course extended. After it was a big hit, Z-100 (the big top 40 station in NYC "the flame-thrower!" as they would say..) had switched over to an edit of the 12" mix, and they started doing that quite often with other hits. Hope that helps! -MM |
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Posted: 29 May 2009 at 7:44pm |
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My 12" singles are packed away right now due to some renovations I'm doing on the house, but I don't recall the 12" of "Maniac" being much more than a minute longer than the 45. WROR in Boston played this version regularly during its chart run.
"Flashdance" by Irene Cara was 8 min + on the 12" and contained an extra verse that was not on either the 45 or the album. |
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Posted: 29 May 2009 at 11:29pm |
It does. |
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