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"Smiling Islands"-Robbie Patton w/ Stevie |
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maciav 
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 Topic: "Smiling Islands"-Robbie Patton w/ SteviePosted: 19 June 2006 at 12:14pm |
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I have the Robbie Patton (with Stevie Nicks) Atlantic 45 of the tune "Smiling Islands." Does anyone know if there is a CD on this planet that has this track? I haven't been able to find one.
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maciav
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Posted: 19 June 2006 at 12:18pm |
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By the way, this single dates to 1983.
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AndrewChouffi
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Posted: 19 June 2006 at 2:05pm |
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Last time I checked, no.
I even had to track down a mint vinyl copy of his top-40 hit "Don't Give It Up" when I heard the 'gray area' CD containing this hit was mastered from vinyl. I believe the same goes for "Smiling Islands", a terrific song. Andy |
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Posted: 19 June 2006 at 2:57pm |
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I agree, guys - great song. Our station did a "custom edit" on it, looping Stevie's one verse into the song two extra times, I believe, while removing some of Robbie. Didn't have time to grab a dub back then - had 4 jobs at the time!
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Posted: 02 September 2024 at 8:30am |
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Robbie's entire 1982 parent LP with "Smiling Islands" on it is available on qobuz. I never heard the song before until now. Not bad.
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RoknRobnLoxley
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I've got that all-Stevie version from the radio station !! And even made my own from editing the 45. The local easy listening radio station here in Richmond played it in regular rotation back in the day. I heard it, went out and bought the 45, and was SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you, that it wasn't the all-Stevie version they were playing. Called up the DJ, he said yeah, it was a special version created by some OTHER radio station, who had sent them a copy. He kindly made me a cassette dub of it and mailed it over. Really nice... The original recording is like this: Intro, Robbie Patton sings verse 1, chorus 1, verse 2, chorus 2, bridge, repeat intro. Then Stevie comes in during the repeat intro with an "ooo-hoo", and repeats verse 1 and verse 2 (no choruses), and a final "smiling islands" tag, fades out. The edited all-Stevie radio version uses the post bridge repeat intro with Stevie's "ooo-hoo" as the intro, then Stevie verse 1, Robbie chorus 1, Stevie verse 2, Robbie chorus 2, Robbie bridge, then the all-Stevie ending of repeat intro with her "ooo-hoo", verse 1, verse 2, final "smiling islands" tag, fade. Did I mention it was really nice? |
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ChicagoBill
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Posted: 02 September 2024 at 9:24am |
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The Promo copy of 'Smiling Islands' says Short Version on the label and 3:40. It does indeed run that length.
Nowhere on the Wounded Bird CD of 'Orders from Headquarters' does it give a printed time, but I come up with 4:32. -Bill. |
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Posted: 02 September 2024 at 10:51am |
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Bill:
Is the promo 45 an early fade or edit? |
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Posted: 02 September 2024 at 1:28pm |
Edit. Rick recreated it from the LP. |
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Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD."
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Posted: 03 September 2024 at 10:59am |
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Yes, all the edits are in the instrumental sections of the song. All of the verses
and choruses are intact. There is a speed difference also. About 1 second faster every minute. -Bill. |
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