Stevie Nicks - I Can’t Wait
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Topic: Stevie Nicks - I Can’t Wait
Posted By: Gary
Subject: Stevie Nicks - I Can’t Wait
Date Posted: 03 October 2006 at 5:45pm
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Does anyone know what the difference between the 45 and lp version of Stevie Nicks "I Can't Wait"? My 45 is so full of pops and hisses I can't convert this one to cd.
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 03 October 2006 at 6:07pm
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it IS a remix and cannot be re-created from any cd currently available..... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 03 October 2006 at 6:18pm
| Does anyone have a copy of this they burned to cd or an mp3 in good shape? I am willing to trade. |
Posted By: Roscoe
Date Posted: 03 October 2006 at 9:44pm
You are correct that the 45 cannot be recreated from any CD. Actually, though, only the first :28 are remixed. The remainder sounds like the same mix to me, although there is an edit after the second chorus that omits most of the "how will we feel 20 years from now" bits. I tried editing the intro from the 45 onto the CD version to recreate the 45, but the sonic differences between the 45 and CD were too obvious. |
edtop40 wrote:Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 13 July 2007 at 3:17pm
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Pat:
Regarding "I Can't Wait" by Stevie Nicks, the database currently states: (dj copies of this 45 run (4:01) the) I'm sure there was a technical error that caused this comment to trail off. I thought I'd bring this to your attention so you can re-type what the rest of the comment is supposed to say. |
Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 14 July 2007 at 3:34pm
| The comment should read to the effect that the (4:01) dj copy is called the "soft intro" while the (4:14) version is called the "rock intro". |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 09 November 2007 at 11:24pm
EDIT: Please disregard the information in this post. It was later discovered (see below) that the record company put the labels on the wrong side of the promo 45. The "Soft Intro" is the 4:01 version with unique audio on the intro. The "Rock Intro" is the 4:14 version that is an edit of the LP version. DISREGARD THIS: I'm looking at the labels of the promo 45, and this information is actually reversed in the database and in Pat's post. The 4:01 version is the "Rock Intro," and it's also labeled as "Edit of LP Version" on the sleeve. The 4:14 version is the "Soft Intro." The sleeve is actually mislabled, though, because the "Soft Intro" is the "Edit of LP Version." ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 01 February 2008 at 6:56am
| Since I can't seem to find a promo from any sellers online, was the stock 45 the most played version of this song back in the 80's? I can't remember what version we played. |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 8:38pm
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my commercial 45 issued as modern 99565 does not state a version, other than "vocal" but it is identical to the "rock intro" dj 45 version with a run time on the label as 4:01 and does indeed run that length ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Roscoe
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 9:14pm
I'm getting confused on what the "rock intro" version sounds like. I have owned 2 or 3 commercial 45s of this song over the years, and they all begin with a synth intro that consists of the melody of the chorus with no percussion. When the percussion kicks in at :14, there is a spoken line "How will we feel 20 years from now", then "Yes I know you" sung by the backup singers. This intro is unique to the 45; the LP version begins with an acapella "I can't wait" line heavily reverbed and repeated. Does the above describe the "rock intro" version? My copy's matrix is 79 95657 but doesn't indicate a specific version; it just has a notation "* Alternate version of song available on LP "Rock A Little". |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 10 May 2010 at 7:21am
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CORRECTED INFO: Roscoe, you are correct that the "Soft Intro" (commercial 45) has a synth intro. This audio is unique to that version.
The other version issued on a promo 45, the "Rock Intro," can be re-created using the LP version. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 22 April 2013 at 5:39pm
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I just received the promo 45, which includes an insert noting the label errors. It reads:
"Due to an error in the printing of the labels, the first copy of the single that you received had the intros reversed. This corrected copy is printed in the way it was always meant to be. Rock Intro - 4:14 Soft Intro - 4:01" I am a little confused by Aaron's comment below because the 4:01 version labeled as the "Soft Intro" is clearly the version which includes the unique synth intro. The "Rock Version", on the other hand, includes the standard LP intro. In fact, it is (correctly) referred to on the outer sleeve as "Edit of LP Version - Rock Intro".
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 22 April 2013 at 8:42pm
After all these years, the confusion is finally cleared up :) The copy of the promo I was looking at had the 45 labels reversed in error. Therefore, when I played the side labeled "Rock Intro," it played the version with the synthesizer at the beginning (commercial 45 version with unique audio). Now we know that this was a mistake by the record company, and it's the "Soft Intro" version that has the synthesizer beginning. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 27 November 2020 at 11:44am
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To re-create the "rock edit," (side A of the radio promo) starting from the album version from Rock A Little:
Remove about the first five seconds, basically cutting the run of keyboards in half. Fade from silence to Stevie's first vocals... and it sounds to me like a linear fade up to "I will love you..." From what is left, delete about 13 seconds from 2:57 to about 3:10, on the downbeat. That's it! The LP fade appears to match the single (although the video I used cuts off the very last "how can I love you?" that Stevie sings on the LP version before silence). My file became 4:17, which suggests either the 4:14 length is a little short or the single runs a little faster than the LP version. I'll leave that decision up to someone with vinyl to compare. Based on the YouTube video of the single I used, the single is at: 0:00 -- faster than the LP version 1:30 -- in sync with the LP version 2:00 -- slower thank the LP version 3:30 -- in sync with the LP version It's hard to imagine this is intentional. Is it stretched tape? A bad turntable? A bad CD of the LP? I don't know. ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: garye
Date Posted: 27 November 2020 at 8:41pm
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Wiped out first post I made on this since I found the
music files. Here is what I have: the 3:51 song is from The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks. It is an edit that is a little different mix of the soft side of the Promo single. Number 2 is the promo mix of the rock intro, but it fades at 4:01. Now it gets interesting. Version 3 says video version at 4:17, which should be the rock version. The last one I have is "Time/Space version remix at 4:37 and is a dance version with major differences from any other version. Hope I didn't muddy the waters too much! |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 28 November 2020 at 12:09am
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Gene - Using Aaron's files as a reference:
The 45 runs 125.8 BPM until the last little bit of the song, which runs at 125.4 BPM. The promo 45 runs at 126.0 until 0:41, then 125.8 BPM until the last little bit of the song, which runs at 125.4 BPM. If the version on Timespace (1991) is truly the LP version, then it runs at 125.5 BPM until about 0:45, then at 125.4 until the last little bit of the song. I wouldn't worry much about the slight difference in tempos. This all strikes me as normal variations in tape machine speeds. This was very common in the age of drum machine and analog tape decks. ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 28 November 2020 at 9:14pm
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GaryE: Are you saying there was a promo version that was an early fade of the "rock intro" (which is an edit of the LP version)? I never came across such a thing; I'd be interested to know your source.
CFTP: That's good news. I know some people want to get the tempo / pitch exactly right on single versions and I just didn't have enough info to confirm how close the LP version was to the single. :) ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: garye
Date Posted: 29 November 2020 at 9:42am
The info I have says "single edit from LP rock version". I can send you all the edits I have if you PM me. Listening to each should give you an idea what each version is. |
Posted By: BSharp
Date Posted: 14 March 2022 at 2:57pm
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Just a note because it's not mentioned here: The single-disc version of the 2019 Rhino release "Stevie Nicks – Stand Back" contains the 45 "Soft Intro" edit of "I Can't
Wait" as well as the single versions of Stevie's other hits. It's worth picking up to get all the right versions. https://www.discogs.com/release/13422776-Stevie-Nicks-Stand-Back - https://www.discogs.com/release/13422776-Stevie-Nicks-Stand- Back |