stevie wonder higher ground
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Topic: stevie wonder higher ground
Posted By: edtop40
Subject: stevie wonder higher ground
Date Posted: 30 December 2011 at 8:29pm
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my commercial 45 for the stevie wonder song "higher ground"
issued as tamla 54235 states the run time on the label as 3:10 and does indeed run that length......the import 2 cd set contains the 3:44 lp version while the USA counterpart contains the 3:10 45 version.....another fyi for the board ------------- edtop40 |
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Posted By: Archives Guy
Date Posted: 24 October 2022 at 3:46pm
| Is the single version an early fade or are there edit points? |
Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 24 October 2022 at 5:24pm
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My notes indicate the 45 edits out a verse from 1:48 to 2:19 and fades earlier
than the LP. ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: mjb50
Date Posted: 24 October 2022 at 8:24pm
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The database says Definitive Collection has the 3:10 45 version, and Number 1s has the 3:44 LP version.
The version on my copy of Definitive Collection seems to be the 45 version, fading out at 3:10, and the section from 1:48 to 2:19 is indeed missing (at 1:48 the lyric is "lovers" instead of "teachers"). My copy of Number 1s is a digital reissue. There, the song runs 3:45, but it's not the LP version. It has the same section cut out as on Definitive Collection, and instead of fading out by 3:10, the fade starts at 3:05 and the music goes on longer than the album version. Are the actual CDs this way too? |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 24 October 2022 at 9:07pm
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It seems that the CD version of Number 1s has the same edit that's on the digital issue.
The LP version fades from 3:27 to 3:42, at which point the next song on Innervisions starts. The Original Musiquarium collection from 1982 extends farther than anything previously released to that point, fading from 3:35 to 3:47. But Number 1s goes way beyond those two versions (maybe to the end of the performance?) If you were to splice back in the 1:48-to-2:19 that's edited out of the 45, the version on Number 1's would fade from 3:35 to 4:16! ------------- 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: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 26 October 2022 at 6:34am
Wow, I would love a 4:16 version of "Higher Ground" ! Does anyone know if it exists anywhere on an import or digital service? Andy |
crapfromthepast wrote:Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 26 October 2022 at 5:26pm
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You'll have to edit together such a version yourself using the LP version from Innervisions and the "extended fade" single edit
off of Number 1s. ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 26 October 2022 at 8:02pm
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Thanks Ron for letting us know about this extended single
mix. It was a compilation with an ugly cover that I didn't give a second glance at. Even if I saw the timing, I would have thought it was an early fade. |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 27 October 2022 at 5:37am
Yeah, I feared that. I'm good with editing, but I'm not excellent at inserting passages with different EQs, different compression levels and different peak limiting... Andy |
Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 28 October 2022 at 8:55am
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I can probably make it happen if nobody has done so yet, but I don't have the #1s disc. ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |
Posted By: nlgbbbblth
Date Posted: 07 November 2022 at 12:56am
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Would be nice to see a proper CD reissue for Innervisions.
As I recall, all four singles had shorter 45 versions so that would be the ideal place to gather them up. |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 07 November 2022 at 5:15am
There were three singles issued in the U.S. I noticed you are currently in Ireland; were there 4 singles released on 'Innervisions' over there? Andy |
Posted By: nlgbbbblth
Date Posted: 07 November 2022 at 10:48am
Hi Andy We (and the UK) got He's Misstra Know-It-All. The is an edited version of 3:25 on the UK promo 7". |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 07 November 2022 at 5:06pm
Thanks Paul - yes, I forgot that was a big hit in some other markets! Andy |