George Michael promo CD singles
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Topic: George Michael promo CD singles
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: George Michael promo CD singles
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 4:49pm
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I have some George Michael promo DJ CD singles that are not yet accounted for in the database. I reported info. on these singles a while back in the message thread titled: "'DJ Edits' additions...":
GEORGE MICHAEL - FREEDOM (Columbia CSK 73559) 1) ALBUM VERSION - 6:30 2) EDIT - 5:19 My conclusion: DJ CD copies of this single run (5:19) and (6:30); commercial copies run (6:28) GEORGE MICHAEL/ELTON JOHN - DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME (Columbia CSK 74086) 1) EDIT - 4:27 GEORGE MICHAEL/ELTON JOHN - DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME (Columbia CSK4287) 1) DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME - 5:46 My conclusion: Some DJ CD copies of this single run (4:27), while others run (5:46); commercial copies run (5:47) GEORGE MICHAEL & QUEEN - SOMEBODY TO LOVE (Hollywood PRCD-10323-2) 1) RADIO EDIT - 4:37 2) ALBUM VERSION - 5:16 My conclusion: DJ CD copies of this single run (4:37) and (5:16); commercial copies run (5:16) GEORGE MICHAEL - JESUS TO A CHILD (DreamWorks PRO-CD-4818) 1) SPECIAL RADIO EDIT - 4:14 GEORGE MICHAEL - JESUS TO A CHILD (DreamWorks PRO-CD-4786) 1) RADIO EDIT - 6:04 2) LP VERSION - 6:50 My conclusion: Some DJ CD copies of this single run (4:14), while others run (6:04) and (6:50); commercial copies run (6:50) |
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Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 7:30pm
| Huh... I just bought the Special Radio Edit for "Jesus to a Child" a few weeks ago, Todd. I knew there was more than one promo, but I'd assumed the Radio Edit was the same as the Special Radio Edit. Interesting. |
Posted By: eric_a
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 9:57pm
| Just out of curiosity, did any of the singles from FAITH have radio edits for radio? I have most of the 45s and 12" singles, and I've been surprised that several, especially "One More Try" and "Father Figure", were released as 45s running 5:30+. Did radio play edits? |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 11:19pm
| I don't recall ever hearing an edited single from the Faith album on the radio, not even the very long "One More Try." |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 12:28am
| Though there may not have been an official edit for the single "Faith", all the stations I listened to edited out the string/classical part of the intro and came in at the guitar strumming. |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 2:31am
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Don't forget that "Monkey" was a special promo/commercial MIX.
Andy |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 5:34am
| I don't recall ever hearing an edited version of "Father Figure" or "One More Try" on the radio either. As for "Faith", I do remember hearing the song on the radio both with the organ fade-in intro and without the organ intro. I don't know if a promo 45 was ever issued without the intro intact, or if DJs simply cued the song to the point where the acoustic guitar starts strumming. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 1:22am
| I also have never heard of any official edits of the Faith singles mentioned above; however, TM Century issued the "Faith" edit with the intro chopped off. This doesn't necessarily mean it came from an official promo, though. |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 05 October 2006 at 5:24pm
| I have a 4:07 version of Father Figure from a radio cd. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 30 January 2010 at 1:42pm
| My TM Century GoldDisc has an "Edit" of "Too Funky," in addition to the standard single version. The edit cuts the talking off the ending, so you just hear some slight reverb after the "yeah, yeah." I suppose it's possible that they created this version themselves. |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 11 January 2021 at 7:21pm
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Any chance there was a CD single promo for Mother's Pride? Also isn't there a version similar to Show Me The Way by STYX that has a Gulf War talking caller tributes on it?
Thanks in advance.. ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 12 January 2021 at 5:32am
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I'm only aware of the "Waiting for That Day" promo CD,
which also contains "Mother's Pride." I don't see anything on Discogs. |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 12 January 2021 at 10:19am
I also remember that version, and I believe there was also one for Oleta Adams' "Get Here" at the time. I believe it was 106.1 FM in Philadelphia that I heard them on. I haven't been able to find them anywhere since then. ------------- Dan In Philly |
PopArchivist wrote:Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 13 January 2021 at 6:37am
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Found a video on YouTube of the version of "Mother's Pride" with radio caller tributes being played from a cassette recorder. Couldn't find one for Oleta
Adams' "Get Here", though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG88ONsKFgM - Mother's Pride With Caller Tributes ------------- Dan In Philly |