Real Life - "Send Me An Angel"
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Topic: Real Life - "Send Me An Angel"
Posted By: jimct
Subject: Real Life - "Send Me An Angel"
Date Posted: 24 May 2006 at 8:42pm
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This regards the 1984 release, not the '89 remix. (3:52) is the stated and actual run time on the promo 45, which says (Long Version) on it. This is the same version that's on the stock 45. The flip has a stated time of (3:02) but actually runs (3:04), and says (Short Version) on it. (Deadwax: MC-14700EE.)
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 24 May 2006 at 10:13pm
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Good info., Jim! Do you know if promo DJ 45 copies of the "Send Me an Angel '89" remix contained a short edit as well?
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 25 May 2006 at 1:12am
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Todd: My "Send Me An Angel '89" promo 45 has the exact same everything on both sides of it. A listed time of (3:50), just like the listed Whitburn time. In case you want to compare my promo deadwax # with a 45 you might have, it is CR614A1E/A. I also have a Promo CD single for it, Todd. (CURB CD45-10303). 2 tracks are on it: 1-Another appearance of the (3:50) version, which curiously says (Edit) here. That word appeared nowhere on my promo 45 for it. Perhaps they felt the need to clarify on the Promo CD single, since Cut 2 is a (Dance Mix), with a listed time of (6:15). Since the whole premise of the '89 release was "remix", I believe it logical to assume that the (3:50) version comes from the (6:15) version. I have no evidence of a version put out on this that was any shorter than (3:50).
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Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 02 January 2012 at 6:42pm
Anybody know what edits are needed to make the '84 / 3:52 version match the 3:04 Short promo Version, or is it a remix?
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 02 January 2012 at 7:10pm
It's an edit. Don't recall the edit points, but I'll try to send it over. I'm positive I re-created it a while back.
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Aaron Kannowski
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Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 03 January 2012 at 1:06am
I appreciate that, Aaron.
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Gene Savage
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Posted By: abagon
Date Posted: 22 January 2013 at 10:56am
The actual LP running time is (3:51), with the listed time "3:53" on the LP record label. (title "Heart Land" Curb/MCA MCA-5459)
The commercial 45 speed is slightly slower than the LP speed. (the 45 runs (3:52))
Also, "Give Up" after "Don't give up" once at 1:44 on the commercial 45
The LP's "Give Up" seven or eight times from 1:44 to 1:48 by a echo effect on the "Heart Land" vinyl LP like the '89 version.
In addition, the reflect echo at the ending is differ entirely between two.
--abagon
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Posted By: Indy500
Date Posted: 22 January 2013 at 3:21pm
Can someone pass on those edits please.
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Posted By: Bwci Bo
Date Posted: 07 June 2015 at 6:29pm
Not sure if Indy500 ever had his question answered... but I'm bumping this up in the hope that someone can provide editing instructions for the 3:04 version please.
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 07 June 2015 at 7:33pm
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Yes, please. Short edit instructions.
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Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 14 June 2015 at 12:20pm
The 45 version sounds great on Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 11 (1995), where it runs 3:53 and 129.4 BPM throughout. There's a differently-EQ'd digital clone on Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 15 Lost Hits Of The Mid '80s (2001). The same analog transfer is also used for Warner Special Products' 2-CD sets Punk (1996) and Sweet Love (1996), which are differently-EQ'd digital clones of each other. All sound very good.
There's a severely muffled version on Sony Germany's 2-CD Pop And Wave Vol. 1 (1992), which also has its left/right channels reversed. Avoid.
The database says that the LP version runs 3:51. I don't know what the difference is between the LP and 45 versions.
The version on Sony's Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites Vol. 5 runs 5:41. This is probably the 1983 12 inch single version, which has a printed time of 5:40. (It's not the 1989 version.)
The promo 45 has an edit that runs 3:04. Here are editing instructions for recreating the promo 45 from the commercial 45 version on Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 11:
Segment 1
Extends from 0:00.0 to 0:37.0 of the commercial 45 and promo 45
Ends on a snare hit
Remove the 40 beats from 0:37.0 to 0:55.6 of the commercial 45.
Segment 2
Begins on a snare hit
Extends from 0:37.0 to 2:43.6 of the promo 45
Extends from 0:55.6 to 3:02.2 of the commercial 45
Ends on a downbeat-with-handclap
Remove the 64 beats from 3:02.2 to 3:31.8 of the commercial 45.
Segment 3
Begins on a on a downbeat-with-handclap
Extends from 2:43.6 to 3:08.0 (end) of the promo 45
Extends from 3:31.8 to 3:56.3 (end) of the commercial 45
Your mixdown will run 3:05 (excluding outro silence), or 3:08.0 (including outro silence), with edits at 0:37.0 and 2:43.6.
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Posted By: Bwci Bo
Date Posted: 16 June 2015 at 4:05pm
Posted By: EternalStatic
Date Posted: 19 January 2026 at 8:37am
Bumping thread to advise on a rare version that has surfaced digitally (recently?):
In 1984, an alternate 12" remix of the original 1983 version was released on the international vinyl EP https://www.discogs.com/master/81752-Real-Life-Master-Mix" rel="nofollow - Master Mix . This remix has become a bit sought after in the ensuing years as that EP was never released in the United States and appears to have had no CD reissue worldwide; however, I recently learned that the version of "Send Me an Angel" from this EP also appeared on their 1986 North American album https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/down-comes-the-hammer-real-life/a80s4qfz63txa" rel="nofollow - Down Comes the Hammer . While this somewhat unpopular album never received a CD release either, Real Life's Curb Records catalog has come to streaming in recent years and this album is now available in CD quality at digital storefronts in the U.S. such as Qobuz. Just wanted to pass this along in case anyone else has been seeking a good copy of this mix, as I had been for a long time. Volume levels and EQ would indicate this is likely a transfer of the original 1986 album master and has not been boosted/compressed to hell. (To editorialize a little, it could actually do with a very mild bass boost but not too much -- the mix starts off thin but adds layers as it goes on.)
[Mildly unrelated/possibly common knowledge but around 2009, there were new remixes of a new re-recording of "Send Me an Angel" issued on Cleopatra Records that are also out digitally. I won't say that they're bad because "to each their own", but as a caveat, they named one of these versions the "1983 Remix". It is not the original 1983 remix, just a new remix with this subtitle. So, be aware of that as you pick around!]
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