Hall & Oates-"Some Things Are Better..."

jimct wrote: Pat, the database currently says that commercial 45s state (3:50) as the run time. My commercial 45 states a run time of (4:02). Deadwax is "PB-14035-A", with a crossed out "1", and then a "2" right next to it. FYI. both sides of my promo 45 also state run times of (4:02).

Jim,
Do you have an actual run time of this song from your 45? I can't find mine.

Thanks!

Is the 7" simply an early fade, an edit, or a completely different mix?

Working with most of the music video, I've come up with two edit points (one certain, the other guessed) and an early fade.

Using the track from the album Big Bam Boom (which has about a second silence on my copy; if you've trimmed yours, you'll need to adjust these times):

1) Take out 2:28 - 2:44. It sounds to be right on the downbeat, trimming the musical bridge to half its original length. I'm confident about this one; it's edited this way on the music video.

2) Take out :01 - :17. This is a guess as my copy of the video starts almost immediately into the lyrics, but I used the opening downbeat to splice into the second half of the opening bars... can anyone with the 45 confirm this edit for me?

3) Take an early fade. Because I like to fade completely out at the end of a phrase, mine actually ends up running 4:04 in length... but since it's for use on a radio station, the segue will happen MUCH earlier anyway... I can't imagine a listener being able to tell.

Hope this helps somebody... and hope to get some feedback on how to trim the intro! Thanks.

Edited by NightAire

Good info, MM! Thank you!!