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Todd Ireland
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Posted: 20 May 2005 at 8:23am | IP Logged Quote Todd Ireland

Both the commercial single and album version of Mr. Big's "To Be with You" contain a :06 introduction that starts with laughter and the plucking of a guitar string. It appears there are two CDs that don't have this :06 introduction:

Monster Ballads (Razor & Tie 89024)
1990 - #1 Radio Hits - 1994 (JCI 3197)

It seems I remember always hearing this song on the radio without the introduction. That said, I'm wondering if the above CDs contain what might be the radio edit. Does anyone have a DJ copy of "To Be with You" who can confirm this?
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Posted: 20 May 2005 at 9:50am | IP Logged Quote EdisonLite

I can confirm that the DJ CD single of "To Be with You" does not have a :06 introduction with laughter or a guitar pluck. It has a one-second intro containing the bass slide, and the singing begins at :01. I do not know if the DJ single was available in vinyl format.
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Posted: 20 May 2005 at 9:10pm | IP Logged Quote Todd Ireland

EdisonLite:

Yep! That's exactly how I remember hearing the song on the radio. I guess it can be concluded then that the two CDs mentioned in my previous post contain the DJ edit.
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Posted: 07 September 2008 at 6:01pm | IP Logged Quote crapfromthepast

To further expand on this old thread...

These CDs begin with the descending bass note, and do not have the 6-second intro:
  • Living In The 90s (Razor & Tie, 1995)
  • Schwartz Brothers Compact Disc Sampler 12
  • Starland Music Presents Reflections Of Love (Warner Special Products, 1996)
  • Now That's What I Call Music 21 (Virgin EMI PolyGram UK, 1992)
  • Now 1992 (Virgin EMI Polygram UK, 1993)
  • Top Hits USA RH10
These CDs DO have the 6-second intro:
  • Guitar Rock - Pwer Ballads (Time-Life, 1999)
  • Guitar Rock - The '90s (Time-Life, 1996)
  • Body Talk - Always And Forever (1998)
  • Sounds Of The '90s - 1992 (Time-Life, 2001)
  • Atlantic's Year In Review - 1992 (Atlantic, 1992)
  • Hot Hits - Pop - Vol. 11 (1992)
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Posted: 08 September 2008 at 7:55pm | IP Logged Quote MCT1

FWIW, I have the cassette single (Atlantic 4-87580), and can report that it has the full intro with the laughter and the guitar, in line with what Todd stated in the first post in this thread. I bought it mainly to get the B-side, "Green-Tinted Sixties Mind", which got some airplay on FM rock stations prior to "To Be With You" becoming a hit.
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Posted: 29 September 2008 at 12:40am | IP Logged Quote jimct

My promo CD single (PRCD 4211-2) includes just one track, a non-described version with a listed time of 3:21, an actual time of 3:19, and includes just the :01 intro, confirming both Todd's and Gordon's earlier Top 40 radio recollections.
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