"Don’t Leave Me This Way"- The Communards
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Topic: "Don’t Leave Me This Way"- The Communards
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Don’t Leave Me This Way"- The Communards
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 8:56am
| Though not listed in the database, the Communards' "Don't Leave Me This Way" peaked at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986. I was wondering if anyone can provide run time information for both the 45 and vinyl LP. I'm trying to determine if there's a difference between the two and, if so, is it a difference of length or version? |
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 4:21pm
| The actual run time of the vinyl 45 is (4:35), and it is an edit of the (6:26) LP version. I don't know the printed times, though. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 7:20pm
| Thanks for the run time info, Aaron. But if I may ask... Is your LP run time based on the vinyl LP or the original 1986 U.S. pressing of the Communards' self-titled CD? The reason I ask is because at least one reviewer on Amazon has complained that "Don't Leave Me This Way" runs 6:26 on the 1986 U.S. CD pressing, yet only clocks in at 4:51 on the 1993 remastered import CD reissue. Another reviewer though claims the 4:51 time is reflective of the original vinyl LP version, though he doesn't mention if this is based on the U.S. or U.K. LP release (if there's even a difference between the two). That said, I just want to make 100% sure that we're dealing with the U.S. vinyl LP run time here. So do we know for certain if it's 6:26 or 4:51? |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 9:27pm
| Todd, the listed time of my commercial 45 states (4:36). I have also presently been hunting for that Communards CD, and just about all the CDs I've seen happen to tack what I recall was a 6:00+, "12-inch version" of "Don't Leave Me This Way" as a CD bonus track, with the shorter version of the song appearing earlier on the same disc. Problem is, the copy of the U.S. commercial 12" single I am currently holding in my hand has a listed time of (7:50). I am still trying to locate my original LP for you, Todd. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 28 November 2008 at 8:56am
| The (6:26) version is from the 1986 US CD pressing. I am not sure about the actual vinyl LP run time. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 28 November 2008 at 7:46pm
| Thanks, Jim and Aaron. I've decided to go ahead and order the Communards self-titled import disc. In the meantime, if anyone can furnish the vinyl LP run time, I'd appreciate it! |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 29 November 2008 at 9:16am
Todd, the original 1986 U.S. vinyl LP (MCA 5794) has a listed and actual time of (4:50). BTW, this was a big, big hit on my college radio station at the time and we almost always played the longer 12" version. |
Todd Ireland wrote:Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 30 November 2008 at 9:54am
| Thanks, Paul! It's beginning to look like the Amazon reviewer is right about the vinyl LP featuring a different version of "Don't Leave Me This Way" than the 1986 U.S. CD pressing. |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 03 December 2008 at 6:33pm
| Todd, I'd been wanting this CD for a while anyway, found a reasonably priced original U.S. CD (MCA/London MCAD-5794), and received it today. And as the Amazon reviewer correctly stated, this copy does have both a listed and actual (6:26) version of "Don't Leave Me This Way". So based on our buddy Paul Haney's obviously-correct U.S. vinyl LP timing report of (4:50), it is now confirmed that the original U.S. LP and the original U.S. CD of this album include different length versions of the song. |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 04 December 2008 at 11:36am
| I timed the original LP version and it indeed runs (4:50). I've edited my post above accordingly. |
Posted By: budaniel
Date Posted: 04 December 2008 at 11:54am
| I always assumed the 6:26 version from my original 1986 CD was the full length recording, even if it was edited down for the Lp release. The phenomenal 12" version runs 11 minutes, with a 13 minute remix on the flip side. |