O/T: Sam Brown - Stop!
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Topic: O/T: Sam Brown - Stop!
Posted By: NightAire
Subject: O/T: Sam Brown - Stop!
Date Posted: 15 May 2023 at 2:17pm
There are two lengths of Stop! by Sam Brown that I'm familiar with: almost five minutes for the LP length and just over 4 minutes for the single edit.
I've found a 3:30 version on "Time-Life Europe The 80's Collection Vol. 6 1988" Disc 1, and I can't find any source for this version. It jumps at about 3:05 in the organ solo to the end fade.
Anybody know if this was a legitimate edit at the time (1988) or if Time/Life did this to squeeze more songs on the CD?
(Ironically, if they were trying to save time: this version plays slightly SLOWER than the edit I have, meaning they could have saved even more time just playing it at the right speed.)
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Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 15 May 2023 at 4:16pm
The 3:30 version appears on a few European Time-Life collections. I don't believe that this was released anywhere outside the Time-Life universe.
It's just the LP version faded from 3:18 to 3:27.
You can hear the remnants of the previous track over the intro, which is how the song appears on the full-length Sam Brown CD.
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Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 15 May 2023 at 7:16pm
Ron, I trust what you say almost without question... but you might check again and see if this is REALLY just a fade.
I'm 99 & 44/100ths percent sure that it's an edit.
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Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 15 May 2023 at 7:56pm
Just checked again - it's an early fade of the LP version.
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Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 16 May 2023 at 6:17am
I should clarify:
The album version runs 4:56. The true album version has a bit of strumming at the intro that's left over from the previous track on the album. It's minor. I have a file claiming to be from the UK CD single that has the album version with a clean intro, but I don't own the single.
The single version runs 3:59 (listed as "Edited Version" on the US promo 45). It is an edit of album version, not an early fade. The intro is clean.
The 3:27 version on the import Time-Life sets is an early fade of the album version (and not an early fade of the single version). It has the strumming on the intro from the previous track on the album.
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Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 16 May 2023 at 8:57am
Ron, I owe you a huge apology. I need to read words more closely.
I was comparing the edit to the Time/Life edit, and they did not match in the fade.
As you mentioned, it wasn't the EDIT that Time/Life faded early, it was the ALBUM version.
Mea culpa. This is why you never bet against Ron!
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Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 16 May 2023 at 10:01am
:)
Not a problem, Gene! I'm glad someone is still interested in playing this 1988 gem on the air.
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