mjb50
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Berlin - The Metro
I recently heard this in a grocery store, of all places, and remembered how much I love it.
The original 1981 45 on MAO Records runs 4:11.7 with a very dry mix. It starts out with just TR-808 drum-machine beats in the first few seconds.
The Pleasure Victim mini-album version, released in 1982 on Enigma and 1983 on Geffen, is a remix that plays about 1% faster and ends at 4:07.2. It's basically the same recording, just adding a 2.8s reversed cymbal decay and synth to the intro. In the mix they added reverb and panned the instruments differently. Total runtime on the CD is 4:09.7.
The 1983 "hit" 45 version is the album version, but it shaves the first 1.5s off the reversed cymbal intro, and fades out 1 second early, running 4:07.2. It got to #58 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The original Pleasure Victim US CD (2036-2) is mastered very quietly and has slightly weak bass. The 2020 Rubellan Remasters expanded edition is louder and beefs up the bass, maybe just a tad too much.
The 2020 release also has the European 7" remix. It has dry vocals and replaces the kick, snare and clap with a completely different drum machine to give it a "harder" sound. It extends the ending as well, running 4:27 total.
I think only the album version has been released on compilation CDs.
Edited by mjb50 on 01 January 2024 at 5:08am
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