Young MC - Bust A Move different versions

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   This topic is concerning some songs that for whatever reason, usually licensing-related, aren't readily available in their original version.

This is one example where the version that is available on streaming and on vinyl (I recently bought an LP from Amazon) and likely CDs, too, is not the same version we remember hearing on the radio or on media that was released at the time the song was current. 

On Apple Music and Spotify, Bust A Move is just slightly different. It's about 95% the same. But the samples used in the background and some other instrumentation are different. If you recall, the "haa .... heee" samples that run through most of the song sound a certain way but on the currently available versions, they are just a bit different sounding.

My guess is they couldn't get licensing or royalties paid for that sample and just went with a new, similar sounding one.

This is the version I recall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4FXhkm6Nw

This is the version that's now available on streaming and other media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wet0f9sA0eU

I think this is also similar for PM Dawn's Set Adrift on Memory Bliss.

Ultimately, I wonder if anyone could help me find a clean copy of the original version. Or a way to know if a CD or record is an earlier pressing.

Thanks!

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TimmyWA Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 August 2020 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote TimmyWA Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Young MC - Bust A Move different versions Posted: 2 hours 44 minutes ago at 3:45pm
	This topic is concerning some songs that for whatever reason, usually licensing-related, aren't readily available in their original version. This is one example where the version that is available on streaming and on vinyl (I recently bought an LP from Amazon) and likely CDs, too, is not the same version we remember hearing on the radio or on media that was released at the time the song was current. On Apple Music and Spotify, Bust A Move is just slightly different. It's about 95% the same. But the samples used in the background and some other instrumentation are different. If you recall, the "haa .... heee" samples that run through most of the song sound a certain way but on the currently available versions, they are just a bit different sounding. My guess is they couldn't get licensing or royalties paid for that sample and just went with a new, similar sounding one. This is the version I recall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4FXhkm6Nw This is the version that's now available on streaming and other media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wet0f9sA0eU I think this is also similar for PM Dawn's Set Adrift on Memory Bliss. Ultimately, I wonder if anyone could help me find a clean copy of the original version. Or a way to know if a CD or record is an earlier pressing. Thanks!
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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: 153	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 1 hour 56 minutes ago at 4:33pm
	This is the first I've heard of this, and it's true! A sad product of the streaming era. It's easiest to tell the difference in the intro. The original mix (and the only one I've heard since 1989) has little high-pitched rattles consistently in the background. The rerecorded mix has completely rerecorded instrumentation (guitars and samples and everything), and has no such little high-pitched rattles. The original mix is on Qobuz as part of a two-track single ("Bust A Move" / "Got More Rhymes") and on a 20-track Deluxe Edition of the Stone Cold Rhymin' album. The rerecorded mix is on Qobuz on the 13-track version of Stone Cold Rhymin'. I didn't spend any time with the other 12 tracks. If you're willing to buy a CD, I guarantee that any CD with the song will have the original mix. The rerecording didn't exist when CDs were in fashion. Some common compilations that include the hit version are Rhino's Instant Party Disc Extra Strength (1999), Rhino's Millennium Hip-Hop Party (1999), and Sandstone's Rock The First Vol. 3 (1992). Those are high quality collections, and should be the least expensive of what's out there.
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aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 250	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 1 hour 27 minutes ago at 5:02pm
	There are a ton of re-recordings of “Set Adrift” on Spotify, but the original LP version is also available on the parent album. The LP mix is slightly different than the hit radio mix, but it’s the same vocals and mainly same instrumentation. The awful sounding re-recordings, also crediting PM Dawn as the artist, don’t use any of the original instrumentation or vocals. My guess is that Prince Be (lead vocals) had already passed away (June 2016) by the time those re-recordings were done. It’s what you might expect to hear at a karaoke bar. Truly horrible sounding. At least with “Bust A Move” they kept the original lead vocal. It’s still not the same as we remember, but it’s nowhere near the PM Dawn atrocity.
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