gerry rafferty days gone down...
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Topic: gerry rafferty days gone down...
Posted By: edtop40
Subject: gerry rafferty days gone down...
Date Posted: 16 April 2011 at 12:55pm
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i think the gerry rafferty song "days gone down (still got
the light in your eyes)" issued as united artist 1298 might have been touched on in the gerry rafferty thread, but the db should be updated to reflect the actual run time of the vinyl 45 as 3:57 and is an edit of the 6:29 full length cd/lp version.....thanks for the edit, aaron, from along time ago... ------------- edtop40 |
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Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 08 June 2015 at 8:57pm
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I reverse-engineered Aaron's edit. This one wasn't simple - it has out-of-sequence edits, repeated sequences, an edit right in the middle of the fade, and somehow sounds seamless. I tip my headphones to the engineer at EMI (or United Artists?) who originally cut this one down.
The LP version sounds great on the UK '80s-era EMI Night Owl CD, where it runs 6:29. (I also highly recommend the UK '80s-era EMI City To City disc, which also sounds great. At some point, they were sold together as a 2-fer.) Here are instructions for recreating the 45 edit from the UK '80s-era EMI Night Owl CD: You'll need to cut out five segments from the LP version, then assemble the segments end-to-end, then add the fade. There's no other way to do it, because you'll need to add a fade that extends over more than one segment. Don't count the beats on this one - just follow the times and make your edits just before the beat. Segment 1 Extends from 0:00.0 to 0:46.8 of the 45 edit and LP version Segment 2 Extends from 1:02.4 to 1:47.8 of the LP version Extends from 0:46.8 to 1:32.2 of the 45 edit Segment 3 Extends from 2:50.3 to 4:46.4 of the LP version Extends from 1:32.2 to 3:28.3 of the 45 edit Segment 4 Extends from 3:17.4 to 3:40.5 of the LP version Extends from 3:28.3 to 3:51.4 of the 45 edit Segment 5 Extends from 3:25.2 to 3:32.9 of the LP version Extends from 3:51.4 to 3:59.1 of the 45 edit Fade 40 beats long Extends from 3:39.6 to 3:59.1 of the 45 edit ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 09 June 2015 at 5:28am
| Just an FYI, the actual title of this song is Days Gone Down, not Days Gone By. |
Posted By: 80smusicfreak
Date Posted: 09 June 2015 at 8:56am
Or, if you believe the U.S. cassette of the song's original parent album, 1979's Night Owl, it's actually "Days Gone Down (Still I Got the Light in Your Eyes)" - and that goes for both the front and back of the cover insert, as well as on the cassette itself! That always threw me, because I've owned the cassette since the late '80s. I never bought the 45 or LP, and when I first noticed the different subtitle in Joel Whitburn's chart books some 25 years ago, my first instinct was to believe that Whitburn & Record Research were the ones who had it wrong - but nope, further investigation revealed it was actually the folks at Rafferty's label, Liberty/UA, who botched it on the cassette. (Indeed, the actual lyrics in the song are "You still got that light in your eyes.") U.S. cassette on eBay w/ excellent photos: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gerry-Rafferty-Night-Owl-1979-Cassette-Rock-/111391472850?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ef72fcd2 - GERRY RAFFERTY - "Night Owl" (U.S. cassette) The U.S. 8-track also had the different subtitle, so the vinyl LP was in the minority. U.S. 8-track on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/GERRY-RAFFERTY-NIGHT-OWL-8-TRACK-TAPE-/301627361972?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item463a644ab4&nma=true&si=qlWfqsXbqXBV2Zu%252FJfVu%252BQKmAUY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 - GERRY RAFFERTY - "Night Owl" (U.S. 8-track) Oh, and just to be fair, ed isn't the first person to make the "Days Gone By" mistake. While I don't have either version myself, I noticed there's a Gerry Rafferty compilation from 2006 on the Raven label out of Australia, and it seems that while the cover art on current copies correctly shows the title as Days Gone Down, the originals gave it as - yep - Days Gone By! On eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Best-of-1970-1982-Days-Gone-Down-by-Gerry-Rafferty-CD-May-2006-Raven-/131521884920?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e9f50b2f8 - GERRY RAFFERTY - "Days Gone Down" CD (original botched cover art) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Best-Of-1970-82-Days-Gone-Down-Gerry-Rafferty-CD-Used-Very-Good-/151609431381?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item234ca05555 - GERRY RAFFERTY - "Days Gone Down" CD (corrected cover art) |
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