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Gary 
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 Posted: 19 October 2017 at 5:57pm |
Great stories! I compared the 45 version that someone supplied me with the version I have on Radio Daze - the Radio Version runs 3:52. The Radio Daze version runs 3:56. It looks like it might be a fade difference. |
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Santi Paradoa
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Posted: 20 October 2017 at 12:08pm |
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I guess I did mix up the two tracks (not all pretty girls are nice girls). I do have the Radio Daze disc so I guess that is the one I will go with if that recent Arista Singles set has the song at a slower speed. This is what happens when the folks that compile these CDs don't have the vinyl 45s to compare the tracks to. It's no wonder they often have incorrect speeds and/or lengths (simply because they use the listed time on the single instead of the actual time).
If it's not an edit but simply an early fade then I'm fine with a good sounding track that runs just a few seconds longer than the 45 (I'm not a stickler if the file is simply four seconds longer than the single was). Edited by Santi Paradoa |
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EdisonLite
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 1:14am |
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As far as MM's "Arista Singles" set on Real Gone Records, I do know they were diligant about trying to use single mixes. I know because someone involved with the project reached out to me and asked me to supply 3 45 transfers to make sure what they had on tape matched the singles. So I know that was the case, but I can't speak for "Pretty Girls".
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PopArchivist
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Posted: 12 hours 54 minutes ago at 12:00am |
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Another top 40 hit missing from the DB:
The actual 45 version runs 3:51 based on a 45 prof dub. I don't have a copy of what appears to have made a CD in the US: The Complete Arista 7'' Singles (2017) Real Gone Music – RGM-0636 https://www.discogs.com/release/10826457-Melissa-Manchester-Through-The-Eyes-Of-Love-The-Complete-Arista-7-Singles It is also available digitally on the Essential Melissa Manchester - The Arista Years through Amazon, Qobuz and Tidal. That appears to match the 45 prof's dub. My guess it is the same source as the CD release in 2017 above, as this was digitally made available in 2018. https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Melissa-Manchester-Arista-Years/dp/B07GVL1LV1 The LP version is self titled. The LP version runs 4:03. It was released in 1979 on LP and released in 1988 on CD Arista – ARCD 8142 https://www.discogs.com/release/716291-Melissa-Manchester-Melissa-Manchester Also on the VA Comp Radio Daze Rhino Records (2) – R2 71890 https://www.discogs.com/release/7367012-Various-Radio-Daze-Pop-Hits-Of-The-80s-Volume-One Edited by PopArchivist - 12 hours 51 minutes ago at 12:03am |
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Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD."
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