Timmy Thomas "Why Can’t We Live Together"
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Topic: Timmy Thomas "Why Can’t We Live Together"
Posted By: Brian W.
Subject: Timmy Thomas "Why Can’t We Live Together"
Date Posted: 29 December 2005 at 4:38am
| Whitburn lists 3:28, database lists both 3:30 and 3:23 length as being 45 version. Perhaps version on "Can You Dig It" should say "truncated fade"? |
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Posted By: Moderator
Date Posted: 29 December 2005 at 6:30am
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Brian, by truncated fade I do not mean "faded early", I mean the fade is interrupted or "truncated" in a fashion that to the ear would be the equivalent of a dropout - one which ends the song.
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Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 29 December 2005 at 4:17pm
| Oh... Well, at any rate, fading seven seconds early is enough to make note of in the database, in my opinion. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 29 December 2005 at 7:13pm
| Do we know the actual vinyl 45 run time of "Why Can't We Live Together"? Whitburn may say 3:28 but his run times are often based on the time printed on the record label and therefore not always accurate. Does anyone have a 45 copy who can check for us? |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 29 December 2005 at 7:32pm
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i have the actual 45 and it runs 3:30.........it is just an early fade of a cdr version i have........i don't know where i got it from but the cdr version i have and the 45 are identical except for the fade to 3:30 ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 29 December 2005 at 7:32pm
| Toldja toldja toldja! |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 29 December 2005 at 7:41pm
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also a note...the 45's face does NOT state any run time at all ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 10 August 2013 at 1:39am
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to bring this tune forward, the database did not get updated for that 3:23
version. Also, ed states his 45 runs 3:30 not 3:28 (but is under the 3 second rule to not warrant individual song version entries). Does the 45 indeed simply fade earlier than the LP version? If so, why is it "version" and not "length"? Perhaps due to Pat's feeling that if the LP "ending" is substantially different from the 45, it gets "version" and in this song's case, the LP ends with the organ playing quite different from the 45 part of the song. ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 10 August 2013 at 11:12pm
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David, the commercial 45 of Timmy Thomas' "Why Can't We Live Together" is indeed an early fade of the LP length. I don't know if there are two different commercial 45 pressings, but the 45 dub I have is in mono and runs 3:28.
By the way, has anyone ever heard this song on anywhere in decent sound quality? The sonics are hissy and dull on every source I've come across. |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 11 March 2014 at 2:17pm
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Where does the fade begin on the 45? ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 11 March 2014 at 8:17pm
That's the way the recording is. It was done on the cheap. The fade starts at 3:21 exactly. ------------- |
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