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http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg256/edtop40/2296864917_ 5da2ca7f8d.jpg
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Edited by edtop40 on 04 March 2008 at 10:56am
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how do you guys like the scan i posted.....yah shure was real helpful in getting this figured out.....i plan on putting all my cassingles up on the board in the near future......thx yah shure...
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Nice work, Ed! I like it!
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Nice job, Ed! That Blind Melon cassingle was cut-out VERY early on and it was near-impossible to find one as the song was peaking in popularity.
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Uh, oh.... looks like I may have created a monster :)
Looks great, Ed! I'll add the CD maxi single. "No Rain" always reminded me of Thunderclap Newman's "Something In The Air," and the two songs segue together very well.
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is that really the color of the border, green.....it's unusual to have the same picture and a different border, no?...
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I have the maxi-CD single too, Ed, and the border surrounding the cover photo and back cover is indeed green.
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Green it is, matching the CD's label.
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lol......good one.....btw.....the cassingle version is identical to the lp verssion which runs 3:35, even though, as paul haney points out in the n2deep thread, the cassingles sleeve states a run time of 3:15, incorrectly....
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Paul Haney wrote:
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That seemed to be the rule rather than the exception with cassette singles...very limited production runs and if a song was a big hit the singles were pretty much all gone by the time the song peaked. I suppose it cut back on returns, but probably resulted in a lot of lost sales too.
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Hykker wrote:
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That seemed to be the rule rather than the exception with cassette singles...very limited production runs and if a song was a big hit the singles were pretty much all gone by the time the song peaked. I suppose it cut back on returns, but probably resulted in a lot of lost sales too. |
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It's true that many cassingles were a limited run (usually around 500,000), but "No Rain" proved to be an even more limited run. I looked high and low for that cassingle for several months back in 1993 and there were NONE to be found. It was the single toughest thing I've ever tried to track down.
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paul...i guess with no internet or ebay in 1993 it WAS probably a tough find...
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edtop40 wrote:
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lol, Ed...yeah, times have certainly changed!
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Paul Haney wrote:
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Paul Haney wrote:
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It's true that many cassingles were a limited run (usually around 500,000), but "No Rain" proved to be an even more limited run. I looked high and low for that cassingle for several months back in 1993 and there were NONE to be found. It was the single toughest thing I've ever tried to track down. |
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Labels started doing that in the 1993-98 period so that the songs could make the Billboard Hot 100. They issued the singles long enough to say "hey, we released a single," and they then discontinued them promptly, often the same day they came out. "No Rain" was far from the only single that was released to manipulate the charts; it was simply one of the first.
You then had some "cash-in" labels come along and record sound-alike versions of the hits to sell as singles, often with fake artist names that were similar to or a pun on the "real" names. (My favorite of these fake group names was the cash-in of Aqua's "Barbie Girl," recorded by "Velva Blu.") Some of those cash-ins even charted on their own based on sales.
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As I was going through my CDs today, I noticed there were no details on the promo CD of "No Rain."
DPRO-79805
1. Edit (listed 3:17; actual 3:16)
2. LP Version (listed 3:15; actual 3:35)
I never heard the "Edit" version aired anywhere when the song was a hit, but I'm sure some stations must've played it. The intro on the "Edit" is shortened, and it fades out before the cold ending. It's a very odd sounding edit when you're accustomed to the LP version.
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Just today, I obtained another promo CD single for "No Rain." This one is clearly mislabeled, so it's probably best to list the printed tracks followed by the actual tracks.
DPRO-79693 (printed info)
1. No Rain (LP Version) (3:15)
2. No Rain (Live) (6:00)
3. Drive (Live) (5:00)
4. Soak The Sin (Live) (3:50)
I'm guessing that the above track listing is based on the commercial CD single, because here's what's actually on the disc:
1. No Rain (LP Version) (actual 3:35)
2. No Rain (Edit) (actual 3:22)*
3. No Rain (Live) (actual 5:24)
4. Drive (Live) (actual 5:40)
5. Soak The Sin (Live) (actual 3:41)
*This is an early fade of the LP version and NOT the edit found on the 2-track promo. Although the track is not listed on the printed artwork, some copies have a sticker on the jewel case that say "No Rain Edit (3:17) Second Track."
Edited by aaronk on 05 January 2016 at 2:56pm
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A friend of mine owned the cassette single back when the song was all over MTV and radio and, despite my obsession with record stores and singles in general, I never once saw it at any of the stores I frequented. Drove me batty.
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