AMBROSIA - "Biggest Part Of Me"
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Topic: AMBROSIA - "Biggest Part Of Me"
Posted By: abagon
Subject: AMBROSIA - "Biggest Part Of Me"
Date Posted: 21 May 2008 at 8:03am
| The actual 45 running time is (5:23) ,The listed time is"5:26" on the record label.(Warner WBS 49225) |
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Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 21 May 2008 at 8:10am
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Great tune. Prefer the DJ edit myself (which fortunately is gettable on CD since you can't make the DJ 45 from the stock 45). ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Posted By: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 24 May 2008 at 11:53am
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I actually found this on promo vinyl today at an antique shop. Near mint condition. Times to something like 4:30 on the label.
------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 24 May 2008 at 6:59pm
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Oooops! Make that 3:58 :D
------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: Bill Cahill
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 4:47am
| FYI I believe that the short version has always had a nasty hum on it. 50 or 60 cycles. |
Posted By: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 5:09am
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Oh really? I know the pitch is raised a tad. The LP version does sound crisper, but I find the "edit" is more to the point.
That's why I like single edit better, because they hit home in terms of delivery. I know a lot of people hate the edit for "Beginnings" by Chicago for example. But I don't know, I think for oldies or gold stations, it gets all the good parts, and delivers it quickly. But I'll have to listen for the hum on my single. I don't engage a sub-sonic filter on my turntable, and my PSBs go down to a respectable 31 Hz so I should hear it. ------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 9:20am
My main beef with the 45 edit of Chicago's "Beginnings" is it completely eliminates the entire jam session featuring the Peter Cetera led "only the beginning" verse repeated over and over. To me, that's the catchiest part of the song! |
Jody Thornton wrote:Posted By: prisdeej
Date Posted: 19 January 2018 at 7:05am
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The dj version says (edit) next to the title. What differs from the commercial version? ------------- DJ L. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 19 January 2018 at 7:49am
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The commercial 45 included the full 5:23 version. The promo has a 4:08 edit. ------------- 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: prisdeej
Date Posted: 19 January 2018 at 8:13am
Yes, that I knew. Just wondering if the 4:08 edit has unique audio. ------------- DJ L. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 19 January 2018 at 8:41am
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Oh, nope, it's just a straight edit, as far as I remember. ------------- 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: sriv94
Date Posted: 19 January 2018 at 1:32pm
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Not quite. The stock 45/LP version has a vocal over where the edit
takes place, so you can’t extract the DJ 45 from the stock version. ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 19 January 2018 at 2:22pm
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Doug, you're right. I thought I had made my own promo edit of this, but it actually comes from one of the database CDs that has the promo 45 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: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 24 January 2018 at 5:52am
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I tried once making a straight edit back in the 90s and it didn't come out too badly. But I'm glad I found the promo a decade ago.
:) ------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: KentT
Date Posted: 28 January 2018 at 12:21pm
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I am lucky enough to own the DJ Promo, and have had my
copy for years. ------------- I turn up the good and turn down the bad! |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 8:30am
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Last night, I made my own edit of the song using a 10-second segment of the promo 45 where the unique audio is. All the CD copies I have this on are very hissy sounding. I'm not sure if it's a high generation tape or improper Dolby settings, but the promo 45 does not sound like this. ------------- 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: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 10 July 2018 at 5:28am
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One radio station in Toronto tried editing into the sax solo, so that they could bypass the issue of the improvised note overtop the edit point.
Kinda worked. ------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 10 July 2018 at 6:05am
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Delete this post :)
------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: Scanner
Date Posted: 13 March 2024 at 5:42pm
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This song recharted in 2005 on Billboard's AC chart. Was
this the original version or a remix? If the former, why did the song rechart? If the latter, why was it redone? |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 14 March 2024 at 6:10am
In our most recent AC book (1961-2006) we stated that the version that charted in 2005 was a reissue of the original version on Rhino (which issued a Greatest Hits album by Ambrosia). However, I just looked at the charts and it states (2004 Remix) on Warner. So now I'm thinking that it was indeed the remix that charted. I'll have to investigate this one some more and if we ever get around to updating the AC book, I can make the correction. |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 14 March 2024 at 6:19pm
| David Pack did a solo version in 2005. |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 15 March 2024 at 3:02pm
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The mastering history for the promo 45 version ("Edit", printed 3:59, actual 4:07) is very straightforward.
It first appeared on CD on Heartland Music/Warner Special Products' 2-CD Magic Moments (1992), where it runs 4:07. It does have some high-end EQ artifacts, which over-emphasize the hi-hat and give the snare a pleasant ring, but weren't part of the actual recording. (We suspect faulty NR decoding, maybe?) The same analog transfer is used on:
In principle, the "Edit" should be just one edit (that removes 2:21 to 3:05 of the LP version) and an early fade, but the 3:05 portion of the LP version includes the end of a sung note that isn't present on the "Edit". ------------- 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: Scanner
Date Posted: 15 March 2024 at 7:16pm
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Is this the 2005 charted version?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLN6sfCnMbI |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 15 March 2024 at 7:51pm
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From 2005-2018, I subscribed to TM PrimeCuts and also
subscribed to their Smooth Jazz series since that genre was great for dinner music at weddings back then. This is the version I have on a Smooth Jazz disc and it's labeled as David Pack (not Ambrosia.) He off course was their lead singer. https://youtu.be/61gF2Vorxc4?feature=shared ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 16 March 2024 at 4:02am
Yes! Andy |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 16 March 2024 at 4:41am
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After some more investigating, it appears that the version that Scanner posted the link to is the 2005 charted (AC) remix by Ambrosia.
David Pack DID record a new version in 2005, but his recording came out some months after the Ambrosia remix charted. I will update the info in our next AC book (if it ever happens). |