Carly Simon Haven’t Got Time For The Pain

LP version (3:52-ish)

I have the LP version on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 15 1974 Take Two (1991), where it sounds just OK. Great dynamic range and reasonable EQ, but overall it sounds a little lifeless, like it's from a higher-generation tape source or uses a little noise reduction. There's a digitally identical clone on Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 3 1974-1975 (1999).

I think it sounds a little better on Arista's Clouds In My Coffee 1965-1995 collection. It's a tiny bit loud, but it otherwise has a great dynamic range, nice EQ, seems to be from a very low-generation tape source, and shows no evidence of noise reduction, even on the very long tail of the fade.

45 edit (3:37)

I have the 45 edit on Elektra's Best Of (copyright 1975). My copy has a "RE-1" in the matrix number, so it's a reissue. There must be non-RE-1 copies out there, but I don't know what the difference is. My copy runs 3:36. There's a differently-EQ'd digital clone on Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 19 Always And Forever (1998).

The version on Rhino's Billboard Top Soft Rock Hits 1974 (1997) omits the edit that's on the Best Of disc, and instead fades the LP version early. It does sound spectacular here, even though this early fade of the LP version wasn't released when the song was a hit in 1974. To check, the version on Billboard Top Soft Rock Hits 1974 transitions into its closing instrumental portion at 3:05, while the 45 edit on Best Of transitions into its closing instrumental portion at 2:57. Currently, this Rhino disc is labeled in the database as "45 version". It should be changed to "early fade of LP version".

crapfromthepast wrote: I think it sounds a little better on Arista's Clouds In My Coffee 1965-1995 collection. It's a tiny bit loud

Maybe they should have called it "Loud in My Coffee". :)

There is what looks like a mono promo 45 that does run 3:25 and is labeled short version. AnotherProf recently posted this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhrps0wAKQI&list=UULF-D55NGT r0VijQeZhQYp0ug&index=12

Edited by Santi Paradoa

Santi sent me a link to the shorter version which I believe
is just an earlier fade and a run time of 3:28.

Should the database entry for this be edited to reflect that the version on the Rhino Top Soft Rock discs reads "neither the 45 or LP version"?