duran duran "ordinary world"
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Topic: duran duran "ordinary world"
Posted By: edtop40
Subject: duran duran "ordinary world"
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 4:25pm
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my commercial cassingle issued as capitol 44908 contains a non described version as the A-side which runs 5:39 and is identical to the full length cd/album version running 5:39 from the cd
(S) (5:40) Capitol 98876 Duran Duran .....the db states that the dj edit running 4:39 is the same as the 45 version.....pat, is it possible you're referencing the promo 45 and NOT the commercial 45 for your data....or is this another instance where the vinyl 45 and the cassingles have different versions and running times on them.....can anyone confirm this..... ------------- edtop40 |
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Posted By: cmmmbase
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 6:41pm
| Ed - there was a "for jukeboxes only" 45 for Ordinary World (on Capitol 56945), and yes, the listed time is 4:41. There was no "promo" 45. |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 8:22pm
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so, the commercial 45 was NOT the same catalog number as the cassingle...so that should be noted in the db....that the official single/cassingle version is the same as the full length cd/album version and not the 45 version..... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: MCT1
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 8:09am
Capitol/EMI treated the "For Jukeboxes Only!" series, in which the vast majority of its 45s were released from about 1992 onward, as a distinct series from their regular commercially released cassette/CD singles. The "For Jukeboxes Only!" 45s generally have different A-side/B-side combinations and different catalog numbers. They often couple the A-sides of two distinct cassette/CD singles, and actually used their own unique catalog numbering system for most of the series' existence. How common it was for the versions of songs used to not match the commercially released cassette/CD singles, which I know is the main item of interest on this board, I'm not sure. In the post-1992 era, Capitol/EMI 45s did release a few scattered 45s which weren't part of the "For Jukeboxes Only" series, and did parallel commercially released cassette/CD singles. These were few and far between, though. The few Capitol/EMI 45s from the mid/late '90s that were released with picture sleeves were typically among them. |
edtop40 wrote:Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 09 August 2012 at 8:31am
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Ran across a shorter edit for this and I'm trying to
figure out where it came from. For the true "single edit", starting at 1:20 on the downbeat in the middle of the word "survive", there's a 12-beat break with some acoustic guitar and hi-hat before the vocals kick in. On Hot Hits Pop Vol. 7, the break starting at 1:20 is shortened to only 4 beats, and eliminates the acoustic guitar/hi-hat part before going back into the vocals. It also fades about 8 seconds earlier than the true "single edit". This version runs 4:27. Anyone know where this shorter edit originated? |
Posted By: Smokin' TomGary
Date Posted: 09 August 2012 at 5:12pm
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I have promo CD single DPRO-79588 with 3 versions:
Cut 1 Single Edit (4:41 listed and actual) Cut 2 Acoustic (5:05 listed; 5:06 actual) Cut 3 LP (5:39 listed; 5:36 actual) |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 25 December 2017 at 11:54pm
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I just received another US promo CD single for "Ordinary World," and it contains the version that Ron describes above. The section from 1:23 to 1:30 of the 4:41 "Single Edit" is edited out, and it fades earlier. Two other unique details about this promo are that it contains an "AC Edit" as track 2, and it's a 2-CD set. The second disc in the set is the Decade greatest hits package that came out a few years earlier. I assume the tracks on the Decade CD are identical to the retail version, as the disc has the same catalog number (CDP7 93178 2) and track list.
DPRO-79607 1. Single Edit (listed 4:28; actual 4:27) 2. AC Edit (listed 4:28; actual 4:30) 3. Acoustic Version (listed 5:05; actual 5:07) 4. LP Version (listed & actual 5:39) Doing some comparisons between the tracks, I noticed the "Single Edit" is not actually an edit of the LP version. It's a unique mix throughout. The most notable difference is that this mix has an electric guitar after the second chorus, whereas the LP version has an acoustic guitar. The "AC Edit" is an edit of the LP version, although there's a crossfade at one of the "edit" points and not just a straight cut. ------------- 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: Underground Dub
Date Posted: 26 December 2017 at 11:39am
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Thanks for the info, aaronk. Interesting that they packaged these edits with the entire Decade CD.
If I recall correctly, one of the "Electric Barbarella" promos sandwiched a ton of previous hits between its Edit and Album Versions. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 26 December 2017 at 12:09pm
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I wasn't working in radio quite yet when "Ordinary World" was released, so I don't know the back story on that promo. My guess is that it was a reminder to programmers about all the hits they previously had, while also giving radio stations a nice CD copy to use for their gold library. Their previous album Liberty from 1990 didn't yield any top 40 hits, so Decade from 1989 served as a nice career summary. ------------- 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: radiofan16
Date Posted: 26 December 2017 at 11:38pm
The Single Edit(with the short acoustic passage) was what was used for the video, the electric guitar solo after the final verse is moved back to after the second chorus and the ad libs from acoustic solo on the LP are added. Curious to hear the AC version. |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 25 August 2019 at 1:01pm
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How common were the "For Jukeboxes Only"
45's in terms of them being available in stores? I spent many hours in various record stores in my area and never saw any 45's with that label on them. In fact, by the time this song was on the charts, pretty much all of the stores I went to seemed to have stopped selling 45's altogether. By that time, Cassette and CD Singles had taken over as the main Singles configurations. |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 25 August 2019 at 4:14pm
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For being available in stores? I'd venture: never.
I subscribed to a record pool at the time, and I'd receive them in the mail as part of my subscription. The early '90s had killed off the 45s almost entirely from all the stores I frequented back then. In Tucson, there was one little mom-and-pop shop that could order 45s for me, but they were ridiculously expensive (compared to the price of a used CD), and I only bought one or two from the shop. The "For Jukeboxes Only" 45s weren't available, even if I wanted to order them. ------------- 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: eric_a
Date Posted: 25 August 2019 at 5:46pm
I bought a bunch from my mall store, The Wall, from 1993-1996. We were in a small town in New York but they were part of a bigger chain -- though not sure if they Trans World Entertainment had acquired them yet -- so I suspect they had them available fairly widely. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 25 August 2019 at 6:47pm
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I also remember buying a "For Jukeboxes Only" 45 from a mall store in the mid '90s. I think it might have been "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol. ------------- 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: thecdguy
Date Posted: 26 August 2019 at 4:09am
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I bought a bunch from my mall store, The Wall, from
1993-1996. We were in a small town in New York but they were part of a bigger chain -- though not sure if they Trans World Entertainment had acquired them yet -- so I suspect they had them available fairly widely.[/QUOTE] I worked for The Wall during the years you mentioned. I don't remember seeing 45's come in to the warehouse or seeing any in their stores, but it's entirely possible I just didn't notice any the times I went. Maybe the section they had of 45's were small enough to the point where they didn't catch my attention. On the other hand, by the 90's I don't remember seeing very many 45's in Sam Goody or Tower Records, either. |
Posted By: torcan
Date Posted: 27 August 2019 at 4:28pm
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My experience with the "For Jukeboxes Only" 45s is that
they were an easy get. My friend who owned a record store near Syracuse NY regularly got them in, ordered them from his distributor at will and they were basically the same price as other label's 45s. I've got dozens of them. Over the years I've also seen them in record stores in Western New York and also the Toronto area. I always thought they were easily available everywhere. Go figure. |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 27 August 2019 at 5:26pm
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The "For Jukeboxes Only" 45s were easy for us to get here
at Record Research. Our wholesaler stocked them all. IIRC, most were Country hits at the time. |