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Pat Downey
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Yes it is correct to say that the (3:39) cd appearances of "Sometimes A Fantasy" are the "Glass Houses" vinyl LP version but with a different phone number at the beginning. My comment was intended to let you know that the only place you will find the (3:39) version with the incorrect phone number on vinyl is on the dj edit.
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Just bringing this thread back to say I just watched the video of this song for the first time ever on MTV and the vocals are completely recorded, there are some new vocal ad-libs, and the background vocals are not present for a majority of the song. It really ruins the track.
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MTV still plays videos?
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hehe. sorry. I meant youtube. But VH1 classics still plays the oldies--although I've never caught this video on it.
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budaniel wrote:
| Just bringing this thread back to say I just watched the video of this song for the first time ever on MTV and the vocals are completely recorded, there are some new vocal ad-libs, and the background vocals are not present for a majority of the song. It really ruins the track. |
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All the videos for the "Glass Houses" album uses different vocals. Check out the videos for "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" and "You May Be Right".
Even thought it wasn't a hit...the flipside of "Sometimes A Fantasy", "All For Leyna" has a video and I am pretty sure the vocals are different for that as well.
-Jeff
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yeah. i've seen It's Still Rock n Roll to Me. I can't imagine why they did that. The songs also sound like they slowed down the tempo slightly and Billy's tone sounds slightly lower in key.
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The songs are performed live in a studio in the videos. He's not lip-synching. That is why they sound so different.
Edited by Brian W. on 03 July 2013 at 9:19am
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Does anybody have the re-mastered 1998 CD release of
Glass Houses to check if there is a difference in
the opening touch tone in comparison to the LP, cassette
and original CD releases?
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Good and bad news to report. The commercial 45 single
version is now available for streaming only on the 50 track
collection "50 Years Of the Piano Man." The bad news is it
has not been made available for digital download (the
entire set actually). Very odd but sadly true.
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Santi Paradoa wrote:
Good and bad news to report. The commercial 45 single
version is now available for streaming only on the 50 track
collection "50 Years Of the Piano Man." The bad news is it
has not been made available for digital download (the
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I take it this set is not available to purchase is it on CD's?
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PopArchivist wrote:
I take it this set is not available to
purchase is it on CD's? |
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That is correct. No physical
release (as of yet).
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chendagam wrote:
My CD was given to me on my 17th
birthday so that would be 1991. I know that the phone
number is different on that CD as compared to the 12"
promo, 45 and LP record from 1980. Maybe newer CD's have
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This makes me wonder if the vinyl LP touch tone could be on
the early-press CDs, like how the first press Japanese CDs
of "Off the Wall" and "Thriller" contain the original vinyl
mixes.
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I've never heard the beginning with the Touch-Tones played on the radio. It breaks the flow of the music and sounds like a mistake, as if the DJ was actually calling a phone number and accidentally put it on the air.
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I pulled my copy of the Glass Houses LP, and to my surprise, it has the same touch tones as the 45. The Side A matrix is AL 36384 2CD. It's a Pitman pressing from 1980, according to Discogs, but likely a second pressing given that the original has different touch tones. YouTube has videos of an original pressing, and the touch tones are clearly different than what appears on my LP.
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I just dubbed the "Short Version" from the promo 45, and this matches my LP copy of Glass Houses. To summarize:
1. LP version (printed 3:39) - different touch tones than 45 and is on some pressings of Glass Houses vinyl LP
2. Short Version (actual 3:36) - on one side of promo 45, some vinyl pressings of Glass Houses, and CD pressings of Glass Houses
3. Long Version (actual 4:19) - on one side of promo 45, promo 12", and commercial 45
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Because you really need to know:
The vinyl Glass Houses LP has the phone number 201-768-7293. (Area code 201 is eastern New Jersey.)
The Glass Houses CD and commercial 45 have the phone number 516-673-1112. (Area code 516 is Long Island in New York.) It's also dialed more quickly than the vinyl, so that the first beat arrives sooner than on the vinyl LP.
I remember reading somewhere that one of the two phone numbers was for Columbia Records? Or maybe Billy Joel's house or his manager? I forget.
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actually, in 1980 (year I graduated HS) 201 was north
jersey and 609 was south jersey....
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I have been a 609er my entire life except for when I lived
in Wayne, NJ during college and that was a 201. Thanks
for the info 867-5309.
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