Streets of Philadelphia question
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Topic: Streets of Philadelphia question
Posted By: David Pro
Subject: Streets of Philadelphia question
Date Posted: 12 November 2020 at 1:59pm
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Is it true that certain CD releases
of the OST to the film Philadelphia contain different versions of the song "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen. In Discogs there are releases where the song runs 3:53 with a printed time of 3:51 on the CD, but in other releases it has printed time of 4:13 on the CD but still runs 3:51. I recall hearing a 4:13 version, but I don't if that version appears on any CD release of the Philadelphia OST. Can anyone help me with this, and how different are the 3:53 and 4:13 versions in comparison to the single edit which runs 3:15? |
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 12 November 2020 at 2:45pm
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Yes, some copies of the soundtrack run 4:13, while others run 3:51. As far as I know, it's just a longer fade on the 4:13 soundtrack version. The 3:15 version, I believe, is unique to the Greatest Hits CD. ------------- 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: thecdguy
Date Posted: 13 November 2020 at 6:00am
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The 3:51 version was the Single Version, if I recall. I know sometimes labels replace songs on albums with a single version after it becomes a hit, but if that's what they did in this case, you have to wonder why they'd bother if the only difference between the 3:51 and 4:13 versions is a longer fade.
The 3:15 version does seem to be exclusive to the Greatest Hits CD, as I've never seen it anywhere else, and it's not even on any of the promos listed on Discogs for the song. I don't know the total running time of the GH disc offhand, but I know the version of "Glory Days" on GH is faded early as well, so I'm thinking maybe they had to do a few edits/fades to accommodate all the songs on it. ------------- Dan In Philly |
Posted By: radiofan16
Date Posted: 13 November 2020 at 6:35pm
| The music video is short. |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 13 November 2020 at 10:29pm
That's true, it's even shorter than the 3:15 GH Edit. ------------- Dan In Philly |
radiofan16 wrote:Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 14 November 2020 at 2:32pm
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The music video also contains a live vocal (recorded on-
location, in one shot you can just barely see the earpiece in Bruce's ear which is feeding him the backing track). ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |
Posted By: David Pro
Date Posted: 14 November 2020 at 2:38pm
Regarding the 3:15 version, obviously they shortened "Streets of Philadelphia" and other tracks on Springsteen's Greatest Hits CD in order to fit 18 tracks on a single CD. Too bad they didn't release a 2-CD Bruce Springsteen compilation in the 1990's which could have been way the better than the actual GH album released in 1995. This same 3:15 version for some reason also appears on the 2003 compilation The Essential Bruce Springsteen. |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 04 January 2022 at 10:01pm
It should be marked in the database as Neither the 45 or LP version. ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |