Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
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Topic: Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
Posted By: eriejwg
Subject: Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
Date Posted: 24 March 2009 at 11:38pm
| Question...can the DJ version running 4:03 be recreated from the 4:27 version? |
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Posted By: eric_a
Date Posted: 25 March 2009 at 8:31am
| I believe so - I cut my a version to match the dj single, but the record was too noisy to check the edit by phasing. I recall an edit in the intro, and there was probably another cut or two. If no one has more info, I can dig out my edit. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 25 March 2009 at 3:08pm
| Yes, it can be recreated from the long version. Send me an email :) |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 26 March 2009 at 6:43am
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It should be noted in the database that the 4:26-4:27 version is the 45 length. ------------- |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 02 March 2015 at 4:32pm
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During early 1976, I remember hearing the full intro, stock 45 length of
"Disco Lady" 98% of the time on CT Top 40 radio, right from when it was first added to the playlist. (I think AT 40 played the edit, but that wasn't unusual for that show.) Am I unusual in that regard? Do most of you remember hearing the edited intro version on your local Top 40 station, which was on both the mono/stereo sides of all promo 45 copies I've ever seen or owned? I know that mid-70's Columbia would often send stamped stock 45 copies as re-service promo 45 copies. Or CT Top 40 radio could've surely carted up the longer, stock 45 version off of his "Eargasm" LP. So radio having access to the stock 45 version wouldn't be very difficult. But something's just not adding up for me here. I'm thinking that at least *some* (4:20) Columbia 10281 promo 45 copies had to be made/sent out to radio in 1976. Anyone have any thoughts/information? |
Posted By: Smokin' TomGary
Date Posted: 02 March 2015 at 6:32pm
| I have Columbia white label promo 45 3-10281/JZSS 161063 (deadwax JZSS 161063-1H) Mono/Stereo "Edited Version" with a listed time of 3:50 and actual time of 4:00. |
Posted By: Bill Cahill
Date Posted: 02 March 2015 at 8:14pm
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I remember in Albany N.Y. only hearing the DJ edit on
the radio, I thought that was the way it was supposed to sound until I picked up a stock copy much later. |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 03 March 2015 at 7:32am
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My copy agrees with Tom's.
As for what version got the airplay, I can't say. I'd just relocated to another city for my "day job" and wasn't working in radio at the time. Never really paid enough attention to know whether or not the edit was played. |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 03 March 2015 at 9:37am
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WLS/Chicago played the edit. ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 03 March 2015 at 3:27pm
My local radio station only played the full length 45/LP length. I never even heard of a shorter version until the CD age. ------------- |
jimct wrote:Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 04 March 2015 at 12:34pm
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Thanks for all the responses.
I more carefully reviewed hit songs from 1/76 to 1/77, to compare the 45v vs longer 45v's and/or LPv's I heard as the go-to current version on my #1 local Top 40. There were a number of them, such as the (4:53) "Love To Love You Baby", the (5:15) "She's Gone", the LP versions of "Fooled Around And Fell In Love", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "Lowdown", "Baby I Love Your Way", "Take It To The Limit", "A Little Bit More", and "Evil Woman". Since they weren't matching my stock 45 versions, that fact jumped right out at me back then. Whereas, in the case of "Disco Lady", it never did, because I wasn't in radio yet, and what they were playing on-air happened to exactly match my stock 45. Thanks for helping me finally get up to speed on what most Top 40 listeners were hearing on radio in 1976! |
Posted By: Bwci Bo
Date Posted: 23 November 2015 at 1:28am
| Can anyone shed any more specific details on how to recreate the dj edit, please? |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 24 November 2015 at 4:57am
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Duane, I have just shot out the DJ 45v to you, for your analysis. My
recollection was that the most notable differences between the stock and promo 45 occurred early, in the song's opening seconds, during the long-ish instrumental intro. But please feel free to share more precise details here, after you've given what I sent you a listen. |
Posted By: Bill Cahill
Date Posted: 24 November 2015 at 5:16am
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It was an odd edit. Most songs, when edited would be cut
from a 4 bar intro to 2, in this case I believe it's cut from 4 to 3 (and not an great edit either) plus at least one more edit later in the song. |
Posted By: Bwci Bo
Date Posted: 24 November 2015 at 3:53pm
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Having just heard a copy (thanks to a fellow board member), I agree that it's an odd edit. It doesn't sound smooth at all, either. It's one of those edits that if you were trying to recreate from instructions, you'd really need to have a copy of the original handy to ensure you nailed it.
Anyway, that's another one off the list. :-) |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 13 November 2016 at 8:43am
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Heard the promo edit for the first time this morning. That edit on the intro is terrible.
"Disco Lady" was my favorite song of 1976 and FWIW, I only recall hearing the full 45 version on the radio. Of course, it's possible that I heard the DJ edit, but just blocked it from my memory. Did I mention that edit on the intro is TERRIBLE:) |
Posted By: Fastphilly
Date Posted: 16 November 2016 at 2:14pm
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I have the promo 45 and when I first heard the edit intro I thought it was
a skip. Played the mono side and that confirmed it was a lousy edit. |