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Thomas Dolby's "Hyperactive!" only made it to #62 in March of 1984, but I'd like to see if anybody know what the shortest version released to radio was.
I've found 3 lengths:
3:40 - 3:43, which I suspect is the "short promo" for radio, & is simply an early fade of the 4:12 mix.
4:12 - 4:13, which I believe is both the album version & the commercial single version.
4:55 - 5:07, the 12" version, also labeled as the "Heavy Breather Subversion mix."
Can anyone confirm or deny any of this?
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Gene - Wish I had a little more info about the vinyl for you, but based on my memory and my past history as a Thomas Dolby fanatic, I think that all sounds right. (My vinyl is buried in the basement, still, many months after my move into the new house, so I can't verify firsthand.)
The good news is that I didn't run into any CDs where the song didn't sound very good.
The US '80s-era CD for The Flat Earth sounds pretty tremendous - highly recommended. It runs about 4:12. I've heard that the recent UK remaster sounds even better, which would be quite an accomplishment.
There are several others that use the same analog transfer as Flat Earth:- Retrospectacle (1994; digital clone that's off by a fraction of a sample so can't get complete cancellation)
- Sony Germany's 2-CD Pop And Wave Vol. 6 (1996; differently EQ'd digital clone)
- Disky Europe's 8-CD Greatest Hits Of The '80 (1998)
- EMI Australia's 5-CD Eighties Complete Vol. 2 (1999)
The 3:40 early fade version was found first on CD on EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 5 (1995).
There's a differently EQ'd digital clone of Oblivion on Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 12 1980-1984 (2000). There's a differently EQ'd digital clone of Flat Earth on EMI UK's Time To Remember 1984 (1997), with added compression and an added fade from 3:31 to 3:40.
The 12" version is great, and I think it's on a CD called 12 X 12, or something to that effect. All the Thomas Dolby 12" singles are pretty worthwhile listens, if you like Thomas Dolby.
Somewhere in the basement, I have both US and Canadian pressings of The Flat Earth. I think the Canadian pressing has a printed time of around 5:00, but actually has the same 4:12-or-so version as the US LP.
Edited by crapfromthepast on 01 October 2012 at 7:55am
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Great, great info, CFTP... thank you so much!
I'm in total agreement about the original pressing of The Flat Earth (which I own). It's hard to imagine how it could be improved.
OTOH, I did purchase the remastered version of The Golden Age of Wireless, and it's extraordinary.
For some reason I had thought Retrospectacle was more compressed, but I guess I never compared just that track. 12x12 is one I've wanted to get but haven't yet.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only Thomas Dolby fanatic around; he continues to be put out fantastic music, far from the Billboard charts.
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