Rufus-"Tell Me Something Good"
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Topic: Rufus-"Tell Me Something Good"
Posted By: jimct
Subject: Rufus-"Tell Me Something Good"
Date Posted: 31 May 2007 at 3:53am
| My commercial 45, which is stereo, has a listed time of (3:30), but an actual time of (3:33). |
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 19 March 2012 at 5:19pm
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my commercial 45 for the rufus & chaka khan song "tell me
something good" issued as abc 11427 states the run time as 3:30 and runs that length and matches the "soul hits of the 70's " cd perfectly......could there be two pressings?.......my run out groove info is '16544- s'....this 45 was issued also as abc 12010 which i also have and the run out groove info there is 'abc-11427-a- 16544-s'.....this 45 also runs 3:30 and matches the cd perfectly as well... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 04 March 2017 at 5:22pm
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I don't have the song on vinyl, which means that I'll have to get someone else to verify my hypothesis:
The 45 was released originally on ABC 11427, and was rereleased on ABC 12010. I believe that one of these has a little reverb added, while the other is dry. The LP version is dry. Listen really loudly in headphones to the opening guitar chords, and if my hypothesis is true, you should be able to hear a distinct difference in an A/B test. I'll write up the rest of this post assuming that my hypothesis is correct. If it turns out to be wrong, I'll do some major fixing in a subsequent post. LP version without reverb (4:36) I have the LP version on just one CD - Realm's mail-order 3-CD Ultimate Funk Classics (2002), which sounds quite nice. It runs 4:37 here. This disc doesn't seem to be in the database; I'll be happy to supply more ultaimtely funky info if you need. 45 version with reverb (3:30?) The oldest CD I have the reverb 45 version on is Razor & Tie's 2-CD Those Funky '70s (1990). It sounds OK here, but there are better choices for the song. There's a better analog transfer on Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 13 (1991). It sounds great here. The same analog transfer is used on:
45 version without reverb (3:33?) I have this on only two CDs. It sounds terrific on Rhino's In Yo' Face Vol. 2 (1993). MCA's 3-CD Soul Train 25th Anniversary Hall Of Fame (1995) is mastered way too loud and clips a lot. I can't really tell if the mastering is based on In Yo' Face Vol. 2. My recommendations For the LP version, I don't have enough discs to make a clear recommendation. It seems to be on a bunch of MCA-label compilations, so pick one. For the 45 version with reverb, go with Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 13 (1991). For the 45 version without reverb, go with Rhino's In Yo' Face Vol. 2 (1993). ------------- 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: davidclark
Date Posted: 29 May 2017 at 12:03pm
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ed,
Could you please take a listen to your two 45s to see if one is indeed the dry version? I have both versions (not the 45s), and the reverb on the one is obvious from the start. I am curious if it was the reissue that contained the reverb (seems to make sense, as the first 45 may have been a straight edit from the LP version (which is dry), but then again.... ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 01 June 2017 at 3:02pm
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Reverb on my 45 too. ------------- |
Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 10 December 2022 at 3:14am
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Just to throw a wrench into this one, I found a 45 playing with the original
catalog number (ABC 11427) that is also without reverb (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr6rsD5ySHA). Here's one playing with reverb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_HL0BpLM2o. So it seems it was first issued with the reverb, then without, then again with a new catalog number (ABC 12010) without. Sheesh! ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 11 December 2022 at 11:38am
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Everything is rushed and nothing is filed properly.
Different folks working as well account for a messy history. Does anybody notice a trend of using this song in an inspirational afternoon segment? The syndicated Bobby Bones country show did this and about six months later WBLS did this (after a shake-up). |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 11 December 2022 at 12:01pm
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Which version is the hit version...with or without reverb? ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 12 December 2022 at 6:05am
I remember the reverbed version on the radio and bought the 45 with reverb on it. It was a few months later when I heard the album and it was very dry and I realized the 45 was an out-of-sequence edit. At first the album version seemed strange-sounding to me, but I quickly learned to like it... Andy |
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