Richie Havens - Here Comes The Sun

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   Database entries indicate a 2:30 running time on many CD's and a 2:36 run time on DJ and commercial 45. Does anyone know what accounts for the six second difference?

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eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 123	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Richie Havens - Here Comes The Sun Posted: 03 May 2011 at 11:47am
	Database entries indicate a 2:30 running time on many CD's and a 2:36 run time on DJ and commercial 45. Does anyone know what accounts for the six second difference?

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 123	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 May 2011 at 11:56am
	Does anyone have a DJ or commercial 45 they could time? I'm wondering if 2:36 is the listed time.

Gary Mack Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 February 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gary Mack Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 May 2011 at 6:18pm
	The mono promo 45 has one side listing a 2:36 run time and the other shows 3:43. I haven't had a chance to time either side. Sorry. GM (Edit: changed stereo promo to mono promo - thanks, Bill) Edited by Gary Mack

Bill Cahill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 27 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bill Cahill Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 May 2011 at 7:46pm
	This was first issued to radio as a DJ copy and a stock copy with a 2:36 label time, with the clever intro edit getting rid of the long intro. My two DJ copies which have Younger Men Get Older on the B side time out to 2:30 on "Here Comes The Sun", off by six seconds. Some radio stations started playing the longer LP version so they put out a new stock copy with the full 3:43 version (as REV-L) and a DJ single as Gary Mack notes, 2:36/3:43, only my copy runs 3:46/3:45, as the alleged short side (REV-S) is actually the full version but slightly slower. Gary I don't think it's a stereo promo single, the ST on the label is probably the abreviation MGM used for "Stormy" (Stormy Forest,the label), not stereo.

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 123	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 May 2011 at 9:29pm
	Sounds like what I suspected. 2:30 is the run time, 2:36 the listed time according to Bill.

Gary Mack Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 February 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gary Mack Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 May 2011 at 7:47pm
	I got a 3:46.5 run time for the "short" side, although it is marked 2:36. And while I haven't timed the "long" 3:43 side, that mix is noticeably muddier. The "short" side is crisp. clean mono but the other side sounds like someone didn't clean the playback head. GM