Styx - Show Me The Way
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Topic: Styx - Show Me The Way
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: Styx - Show Me The Way
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 9:10pm
| My TM Century library contains a 4:04 version of "Show Me The Way." This version must be edited in some way, because it has a cold ending. Currently, there are no promo versions noted in the database. |
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 10:01pm
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Aaron, here's my promo CD single info:
-Styx-"Show Me The Way" (75021 7438 2) 1-LP Version (listed 4:35; actual 4:34) 2-Edit Version (listed 4:08; actual 4:07) 3-A/C Mix (listed 4:08; actual 4:07) FYI, I will shoot you out cuts 2 & 3 for your evaluation/analysis. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 04 August 2010 at 9:09pm
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Jim, thanks for sending over the cuts for analysis. My TM copy runs shorter than yours, because they have lopped off the first 2 seconds. They did this often on songs that have a fade-in intro, most likely in attempt to make on-air playback sound tighter.
In comparing the Edit and A/C versions, there is a noticeable mix difference on the A/C Mix. Starting at 1:53, they have brought the keyboards louder in the mix and lowered the electric guitars. Other than that, the two versions are the same. |
Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 06 August 2010 at 10:35pm
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As the Gulf War was starting (and ending, lol) at about this time, I remember a version of this on the radio that contained clips from soldiers (I think) saying hello to family at home, maybe kids talking about love or peace or something...
...Anyway, I was just wondering if this was an "official" release from the label or if it was a radio industry remix that got passed from station to station. Either way, does anybody know if a copy is floating around anywhere to day? It was quite moving at that moment in time... ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 06 August 2010 at 10:47pm
| Yes, it's called the WAVA Desert Shield Mix. I used to have a copy at one time, dubbed from a TM Century HitDisc. I know it was issued on HitDisc, but I'm guessing they received it from WAVA-FM, a station in Washington DC that used to be CHR. |
Posted By: Bwci Bo
Date Posted: 07 June 2015 at 6:33pm
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Can anyone provide edit points to create the 4:07 "Edit Version" from the longer commercial 45 version, please?
Thanks in advance. |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 09 November 2018 at 9:26pm
If you could find it much appreciated Aaron. I could not even find it on CD anywhere... |
aaronk wrote:Posted By: radiofan16
Date Posted: 11 November 2018 at 4:27am
Here it is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQw-QGmusQE&frags=pl%2Cwn - Styx Show Me The Way(Desert Storm Mix) |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 11 November 2018 at 8:38am
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Thanks for the video link but I need a copy from a CD or lossless source. Youtube quality is compressed and lossy. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 November 2018 at 11:00pm
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I likely have the original HitDisc that it appeared on. It's possible that TM Century's HitDisc was the only widely distributed disc. I highly doubt A&M ever pressed it up on promo CD. ------------- 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: 23 March 2020 at 1:09pm
| Since we're on the subject of the "Desert Storm" mix of "Show Me The Way", I was wondering if anyone here was working in radio in the Philly area at the time this version came out (early 1991). I seem to remember one of the Top 40 stations (I believe it was Eagle 106.1) that also played similar versions of George Michael's "Mother's Pride" and Oleta Adams' "Get Here", with talking inserted from soldiers and their relatives or friends. I do remember them playing the Styx song in the Desert Storm Mix, but I was just wondering if anyone else remembers the other two versions. I don't know if they were ever on any TM Discs and I couldn't find anything on them on YouTube. |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 09 June 2024 at 9:58am
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Deleted. ------------- Dan In Philly |