Mike + The Mechanics - Silent Running
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Topic: Mike + The Mechanics - Silent Running
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: Mike + The Mechanics - Silent Running
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 9:56pm
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Is the 45 version of "Silent Running" just a later, quick fade in and early fade out of the album version? That's what I seem to remember, but I wasn't sure if there were any edits in the middle.
As a side note, the video on YouTube runs about 5:12, and it retains the cold ending of the LP. Obviously, this was a unique edit for the video only. (Actually, it sounds like a crossfade toward the end.) |
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Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 19 September 2010 at 2:22pm
| No, there is an out of sequence edit, which if I remember correctly, copies the first chorus and puts it before the first verse. I don't remember the other edit details off hand. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 19 September 2010 at 8:37pm
| Thanks for the details. I have it on a TM disc, but I don't have any faith that it's actually correct. If anyone would be kind enough to send a 45 dub, so that I can check it, that would be great. Too many of their '80s "single versions" are not correct. |
Posted By: abagon
Date Posted: 19 September 2010 at 11:12pm
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aaronk.
I sent an MP3 file of "Silent running (U.S. commercial 45") from new e-mail address. --abagon |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 20 September 2010 at 7:21am
| Abagon, thank you very much! I really appreciate it! |
Posted By: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 22 September 2010 at 1:43pm
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I imagine that during the "swoosh" sfx at the 45-rpm's opening, the lead up music (on the LP) would not be present either right (except for the first two sixteenth notes prior to the downbeat)? So could you even edit it down from the LP version?
------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 22 September 2010 at 3:05pm
| Actually, it does a quick fade in just before the two sixteenth notes, and you can hear the tail end of the lead up music. |
Posted By: prisdeej
Date Posted: 02 August 2011 at 9:48pm
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Bumping this back up. Does the 45 dub match the version on TM Century? ------------- DJ L. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 02 August 2011 at 11:08pm
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For all intents and purposes, yes. It is a homemade edit, though,
because it goes slightly out of sync with the 45 at the edit points. ------------- 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: 03 August 2011 at 10:50am
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Sounds to me like an early fade, is their an edit elsewhere? ------------- DJ L. |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 03 August 2011 at 11:34am
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For what it's worth, the version on The "A" List Disc
35 (1994) runs 4:13 with the outro silence (probably a second or two less without the silence). It's most likely a clone of the TM Century version. Going through my notes, I noted to myself that there are edits at 0:16 and 0:31. I can't tell if those edits are present in the original LP version or if they came from TM's editing, but there they are. (This is a marginally useful post, at best...) |
Posted By: prisdeej
Date Posted: 03 August 2011 at 8:34pm
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Thanks, crap. Yes, from reading everything here, I'm convinced the "A" List Discs and TM Century use the same edits. ------------- DJ L. |
Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 27 March 2021 at 1:52am
Just wanted to drop in my two cents for clarification purposes. The 45 edit of "Silent Running" eliminates the opening 54 seconds of the LP version and begins with a quick fade up to the first downbeat of the instrumental chorus that kicks off the song itself. Then there is an edit halfway into that instrumental intro chorus (starting around 1:08 of the LP length) that drops in the second half of the first sung chorus (about 2:07 to 2:22 of the LP) before returning to the first verse. Interestingly, this new sung intro section is actually repeated later in the first official chorus so you'll hear it twice in the 45 edit. ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |
995wlol wrote:Posted By: kaqueno
Date Posted: 17 June 2022 at 7:10am
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Hi Guys, Returning to this topic of "Silent Running" by
Mike + the Mechanics, it is worth clarifying the information: Versions: LP: 6:14 US 45: 4:10 UK 45 (#1) - aka single edit: 5:20 (with the intro sung by Paul Carrack and cold ending) UK 45 (#2) (?) - aka single edit 2: 5:20 (without the intro sung by Paul Carrack and cold ending) Video Version: 4:20 approx. (5:14 full video) (with the intro sung by Paul Carrack and cold ending, with crossfade toward the end, unique edit for the video only) There are other edited versions for the greatest hits: - Hits (1996) 6:10 (LP version with intro a few seconds shorter) - Favourites: The Very Best Of (2000) 6:10 (LP version with intro a few seconds shorter) - Mike + the Mechanics: The Singles 1985-2014 (2014) 5.47 (missing the first :28 of the LP version) - Genesis: R-Kive (Box Set) (2014) 5:47 (missing the first :28 of the LP version) - Mike + The Mechanics – Silent Running - Master Series Collection (2018) 5:46 (missing the first :29 of the LP version) Carrack's Hits: - Paul Carrack – The Carrack Collection (1993) 6:14 (LP Version) - Paul Carrack – Twenty-One Good Reasons: The Paul Carrack Collection (1994) 4:10 (US 45) - Paul Carrack – Carrackter Reference (1999) 5:21 UK 45 (#1) - Paul Carrack - The Story So Far... (2006) 4:13 (US 45) - Paul Carrack – Collected 4:12 (US 45) I hope this information is useful, greetings ------------- Marcelo - Argentina https://www.mixcloud.com/marcelo-guzman4/ - https://www.discogs.com/user/kaqueno/collection |