Big Audio Dynamite II - "Rush"

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   A big modern rock hit from late 1991 - it got a ton of airplay on KJ104/Minneapolis, but was completely unknown in many other parts of the country.

I have the Edit on The Album Network Tuneup #70, dated August 12, 1991, with an actual run time of 3:08.

The LP version has a ridiculous (brilliant?) break in the middle with some a cappella dialogue and sampled '60s-era-style keyboard playing for about a minute, before the song properly resumes.  This version got zero airplay, as far as I can remember.

The LP version is quite common, though, and turns up on these CDs I have:

Billboard - Top Modern Rock Tracks, 1991 (Rhino R2 72651, 1997, runs 4:17)
Modern Rock - Early '90s (Time-Life R828-11, 2000; runs 4:17; digitally identical to Billboard CD but missing some record scratching from sampled drum loop (!))
The Best Of Modern Rock Volume 2 (Realm 3CD 9276, 2002; runs 4:16; compressed/maximized mastering - avoid if possible)I discovered that the edit is quite easy to reproduce, so here are instructions (using the timing from the Time-Life CD):

Keep 0:00.0-1:33.4 of the LP version.

Edit point hard to describe, but is exactly 1.6 seconds before the music stops completely at the break.

Remove 1:33.4-2:43.1 of the LP version.  The section you're removing is 1:09.6 long.

Keep 2:43.1-4:20.1 (end) of the LP version - this section starts with the word "and".

The true LP version has a very abrupt fade from 4:14 to 4:18 (that's 3:05-3:09 after you remove the break), while the true edit has a more gradual fade from about 2:56 to about 3:08.  I personally like the abrupt fade, but if you want to recreate the edit as on my promo CD, put a fade from 2:56 to 3:09.

Your mixdown will run 3:08 (or 3:10 with outro silence), with an edit at 1:33.4.

Edited by crapfromthepast

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crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 61	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Big Audio Dynamite II - "Rush" Posted: 13 March 2008 at 8:39pm
	A big modern rock hit from late 1991 - it got a ton of airplay on KJ104/Minneapolis, but was completely unknown in many other parts of the country. I have the Edit on The Album Network Tuneup #70, dated August 12, 1991, with an actual run time of 3:08. The LP version has a ridiculous (brilliant?) break in the middle with some a cappella dialogue and sampled '60s-era-style keyboard playing for about a minute, before the song properly resumes. This version got zero airplay, as far as I can remember. The LP version is quite common, though, and turns up on these CDs I have: Billboard - Top Modern Rock Tracks, 1991 (Rhino R2 72651, 1997, runs 4:17) Modern Rock - Early '90s (Time-Life R828-11, 2000; runs 4:17; digitally identical to Billboard CD but missing some record scratching from sampled drum loop (!)) The Best Of Modern Rock Volume 2 (Realm 3CD 9276, 2002; runs 4:16; compressed/maximized mastering - avoid if possible) I discovered that the edit is quite easy to reproduce, so here are instructions (using the timing from the Time-Life CD): Keep 0:00.0-1:33.4 of the LP version. Edit point hard to describe, but is exactly 1.6 seconds before the music stops completely at the break. Remove 1:33.4-2:43.1 of the LP version. The section you're removing is 1:09.6 long. Keep 2:43.1-4:20.1 (end) of the LP version - this section starts with the word "and". The true LP version has a very abrupt fade from 4:14 to 4:18 (that's 3:05-3:09 after you remove the break), while the true edit has a more gradual fade from about 2:56 to about 3:08. I personally like the abrupt fade, but if you want to recreate the edit as on my promo CD, put a fade from 2:56 to 3:09. Your mixdown will run 3:08 (or 3:10 with outro silence), with an edit at 1:33.4. Edited by crapfromthepast

MMathews Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 August 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MMathews Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 March 2008 at 8:17pm
	Hi all.. Just wanted to chime in with the song got plenty of airplay in NY at the time, and still does here in New England as well! And yes, I always have only heard the edited version on the radio. When i bought the CD of the album, the sudden 60's style interlude was like a pause for a commercial then song resumes. I seem to recall the edit showing up on a v/a comp somewhere but i'm not sure. -MM

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: 14 March 2008 at 8:56pm
	In 1991-1992 I attended a tiny college in the hills of West Virginia during my freshman year and the campus radio station featured a hardcore alternative rock format. (Let me tell ya, I got exposed to some WEIRD, WEIRD music while working at that station.) During my on-air shift, I did my best to pick out music selections that leaned more mainstream. So Big Audio Dynamite II's "Rush" was one track I frequently played from the band's commercial vinyl LP The Globe. (That's right, the station insisted on stocking its music library with as many vinyl records as possible because too many DJs were stealing the CDs!) Funny thing is, the first five or six times I played the song, I faded it out right before the spoken dialogue passage because I actually thought that break marked the beginning of the next track! I eventually figured out that I was fading the song too early so I layed off the volume slider and started letting the track play out in its entirety. My point to this story is that there was at least one tiny college radio station in America that actually did play the LP version of "Rush", but it was probably too insignifiant to matter given that our estimated listenership couldn't have totaled more than 500! Edited by Todd Ireland

crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 61	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 March 2008 at 9:51am
	MM & Todd - Good stories! Back then, the LP version was a TOTAL train wreck on a dance floor, so whenever I did live stuff, I had to make sure I had the edit... If you're having trouble with the edit, send me a PM and I'll fire off my copy of the edit; I may have to fix the times in my post above, depending on what source CD you use for the LP version.