Timmy Thomas "Why Can’t We Live Together"

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   Whitburn lists 3:28, database lists both 3:30 and 3:23 length as being 45 version.  Perhaps version on "Can You Dig It" should say "truncated fade"?

Edited by Brian W.

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Brian W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brian W. Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Timmy Thomas "Why Can’t We Live Together" Posted: 29 December 2005 at 4:38am
	Whitburn lists 3:28, database lists both 3:30 and 3:23 length as being 45 version. Perhaps version on "Can You Dig It" should say "truncated fade"? Edited by Brian W.

Moderator Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 10 July 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Moderator Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 December 2005 at 6:30am
	Brian, by truncated fade I do not mean "faded early", I mean the fade is interrupted or "truncated" in a fashion that to the ear would be the equivalent of a dropout - one which ends the song.
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Brian W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brian W. Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 December 2005 at 4:17pm
	Oh... Well, at any rate, fading seven seconds early is enough to make note of in the database, in my opinion.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 December 2005 at 7:13pm
	Do we know the actual vinyl 45 run time of "Why Can't We Live Together"? Whitburn may say 3:28 but his run times are often based on the time printed on the record label and therefore not always accurate. Does anyone have a 45 copy who can check for us?

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 December 2005 at 7:32pm
	i have the actual 45 and it runs 3:30.........it is just an early fade of a cdr version i have........i don't know where i got it from but the cdr version i have and the 45 are identical except for the fade to 3:30
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Brian W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brian W. Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 December 2005 at 7:32pm
	Toldja toldja toldja!

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 December 2005 at 7:41pm
	also a note...the 45's face does NOT state any run time at all
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davidclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidclark Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 August 2013 at 1:39am
	to bring this tune forward, the database did not get updated for that 3:23 version. Also, ed states his 45 runs 3:30 not 3:28 (but is under the 3 second rule to not warrant individual song version entries). Does the 45 indeed simply fade earlier than the LP version? If so, why is it "version" and not "length"? Perhaps due to Pat's feeling that if the LP "ending" is substantially different from the 45, it gets "version" and in this song's case, the LP ends with the organ playing quite different from the 45 part of the song.
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Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 August 2013 at 11:12pm
	David, the commercial 45 of Timmy Thomas' "Why Can't We Live Together" is indeed an early fade of the LP length. I don't know if there are two different commercial 45 pressings, but the 45 dub I have is in mono and runs 3:28. By the way, has anyone ever heard this song on anywhere in decent sound quality? The sonics are hissy and dull on every source I've come across. Edited by Todd Ireland

sriv94 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote sriv94 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 March 2014 at 2:17pm
	Where does the fade begin on the 45?
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