Gin Blossoms - Allison Road

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   TM Century's CHR HitDisc and GoldDisc has "Allison Road 94" instead of the LP version.  At the time I was in radio, we played this cut from HitDisc, so it was the only version we ever played.  Was this the more commonly played version on CHR?

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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: 265	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Gin Blossoms - Allison Road Posted: 19 June 2011 at 6:24pm
	TM Century's CHR HitDisc and GoldDisc has "Allison Road 94" instead of the LP version. At the time I was in radio, we played this cut from HitDisc, so it was the only version we ever played. Was this the more commonly played version on CHR?
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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: 163	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 June 2011 at 4:43am
	We played the LP version in Tucson at the time.

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	Aaron, although we did play most of their tunes on-air, I don't recall us ever playing "Allison Road". I believe "Allison Road 94" was A&M's effort to create, if you listen to it vs. the LP version, sort of a "Pop Remix" for the song. (I'll bet the band wouldn't exactly love my description!) And, since it was the fourth and final song serviced to CHR from their huge "New Miserable Experience" CD, A&M probably just wanted to give radio a more "Top 40 friendly option", as they went still deeper into the album. I actually prefer "94" myself. Here is my promo CD single's details, with the label "hedging their bets": -Gin Blossoms-"Allison Road" (31458 8202 2) 1-LP Version (listed 3:18; actual 3:17) 2-Allison Road 94 (listed 3:21; actual 3:19)

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: 163	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 June 2011 at 8:04am
	The band had a penchant for re-recording many of their songs from scratch, each time with more and more polish. "Hey Jealousy" and "Found Out About You" were originally recorded for their 1989 indie release, Dusted, and they're really raw on that release. By the time they started releasing the '94 versions on the promo CD singles, the tracks were super-glossy. But in a good way, to my ears.

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	The left and right channels for a handful of tracks from the New Miserable Experience album are reversed on the "Outside Looking In" Best of compilation from 1999.
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