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aaronk 
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 Topic: Laura Branigan - Self ControlPosted: 13 October 2007 at 12:11am |
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Although the database does not currently have any information on this, the hit "Self Control" by Laura Branigan runs exactly (3:56) on the 45. CD run times range from (3:59) to (4:06). I do not have the vinyl LP to be able to verify the LP length.
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Todd Ireland
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Posted: 15 August 2008 at 7:48pm |
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Thought I'd bump this thread back to the forefront to see if anyone has the Laura Branigan Self Control vinyl LP from 1984 on Atlantic who can pass along the title track's run time?
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mstgator
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Posted: 18 June 2009 at 4:18pm |
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Bumping again to see if anyone has any info on the vinyl LP length. The current CD version of Self Control features the now common 4:06 version (with the guitar solo in the intro that's missing from the single). I only ask because I recall hearing an even longer version back in 1984, although that may have come from the 12" single.
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Todd Ireland
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Posted: 19 June 2009 at 12:39am |
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Glad you brought this up, mstgator... I remember hearing "Self Control" with the edited intro many times on the radio (especially AC stations) back when the song was a hit. I guess I'd always presumed this to be a DJ edit, but it sounds like you're claiming this is also representative of the commercial 45 version. If this is the case, then the database will need to be updated to show which CDs contain the 45 version (if any) and which contain the LP version.
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Roscoe
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Posted: 19 June 2009 at 6:08am |
Actually there were two different commercial 45 versions, one with the guitar intro and one without. I remember this because I bought the 45 pretty soon after it was released and it contained the guitar intro, which was my favorite part of the song. My girlfriend at the time bought the 45 a couple of weeks later and didn't have the guitar intro. She was so mad that she returned the 45. |
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abagon
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Posted: 19 June 2009 at 8:01am |
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Nice finding!
I found a dub of the "Self Control" LP in my cassette library. (Probably, this tape is a source from a Japanese pressing LP.) And I compared it with the commercial 45 (Atrantic 7-89676). "Laura" starts singing at :08 on my 45. This version doesn't have the guitar intro. Thank you. I make an unnecessary addition. A Japanese pressing 45 of the "Self Control" have the guitar intro. But this is the same as the LP version. --abagon |
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Roscoe
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Posted: 19 June 2009 at 8:29am |
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Can someone comment on how the guitar-less intro version was done? Is it just an edit or was something different done to the mix? I vastly prefer the guitar version, but it has been 25 years (!) since I heard the shorter version and I'm just curious.
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abagon
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Posted: 19 June 2009 at 11:43pm |
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Roscoe:
You're right! There are 2 pressings of the "Self Control" commercial 45. I have found the other US commercial 45 in my spoiled 45 box! This has the guitar intro. But I was not able to clock the actual running time and I couldn't play the first 1:00. Because this 45 is a warp condition. But I could confirm that this 45 has an early fadeout than the LP (about :11). (With guitar intro) ATLANTIC 89676 ST-A-46164-1 The listed time 3:55 (Without guitar intro) ATLANTIC 89676 ST-A-46368-1 The listed time 3:50, the actual running time 3:56 the description of "Edit" on the record label. --abagon |
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Yah Shure
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Posted: 20 June 2009 at 8:35am |
Abagon, my ST-A-46164-1 commercial 45 runs an actual 3:56. The label states a time of 4:08, which differs from your 3:55-labeled copy. Both sides of my DJ 45 also state 4:08. Its matrix numbers are ST-A-46164-1 and ST-A-46164-2. |
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Posted: 20 June 2009 at 8:53am |
Hmmm, and it also reveals that Harold "Axel F" Faltermeyer apparently spelled his name differently in '84, lol... |
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