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aaronk Admin Group
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Posted: 16 August 2009 at 10:34am | IP Logged
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Does anyone know the difference between the LP version and "Radio Mix"? The promo CD has both versions, but I'm not sure I've ever heard the Radio Mix.
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aaronk Admin Group
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Posted: 16 August 2009 at 7:40pm | IP Logged
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Brian was kind enough to send me a dub of the so-called "Radio Mix" from his import CD single. I just compared this to a non-described version from my TM Century GoldDisc, which I presume to the be LP version. Both the "Radio Mix" and the non-described version are the same, and they sound like the LP version to my ears. The only difference is that the non-described version has about a two second longer fade. Admittedly, it's been a while since I've listened to my Marky Mark cassette tape, so maybe I'm forgetting how the LP version really sounds.
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jimct MusicFan
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Posted: 23 August 2009 at 3:43pm | IP Logged
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Aaron, here is my promo 1991 promo CD single info:
Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch-"Wildside" (PRCD 4254-2)
1-Album Version (listed & actual 5:07)
2-Radio Mix (listed 5:07; actual 5:06)
There is an asterisk next to "Radio Mix", which then later states below: "Remixed By James Earley & Michael Kelly For N-Tense Music Productions - Remix Engineer: Stephen Hart"
Aaron, if you need to further analyze either/both of these tracks, just let me know. FYI, we played cut 2 on-the-air at our station.
Edited by jimct on 23 August 2009 at 3:47pm
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aaronk Admin Group
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Posted: 23 August 2009 at 3:53pm | IP Logged
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Jim, yes I would love to see if I can detect any differences between the two tracks on your promo CD. Whenever it is convenient is fine.
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aaronk Admin Group
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Posted: 23 August 2009 at 9:14pm | IP Logged
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I just heard the "Radio Mix" (courtesy of Jim), and I can confirm that it is a slightly different mix. They've put the Lou Reed sample more in the center of the mix and added a very slight plate reverb to the vocal, which makes it pop out a little more.
The mix that Brian sent to me from his import single, although labeled "Radio Mix," is definitely the LP version.
Until recently, it had been years since I last heard this song. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that "Wildside" ranks as one of the worst songs of the '90s to hit the top 10.
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Posted: 23 August 2009 at 9:23pm | IP Logged
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Since we're on the subject, can someone verify if the 2-track cassette single has the album version or Radio Mix?
The CD What's Up?..., which is listed in the database, has the LP version. I just checked my copy.
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edtop40 MusicFan
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Posted: 24 August 2009 at 8:14am | IP Logged
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i'll check it out when i get home tonite...
Edited by edtop40 on 24 August 2009 at 8:14am
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Posted: 24 August 2009 at 8:57am | IP Logged
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aaronk wrote:
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that "Wildside" ranks as one of the worst songs of the '90s to hit the top 10. |
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Ha! Tough competition with Timmy T's "One More Try"... :)
Top Hits USA has the Radio Mix on its disc numbered RH10 (sound isn't too good on that one), and it's also on one of TM Century discs.
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Posted: 24 August 2009 at 9:45am | IP Logged
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The TM Century HitDisc and GoldDisc contain the LP version of "Wildside."
By the way, I actually don't mind "One More Try" by Timmy T. It's just that the rapping in "Wildside" is soooo bad, and it doesn't help that he wrote lines like "sure as a seagull gets web-toed" and "blame it on a black man, what the heck." Surely, the song was also "jacked" from the previous year's classic "Can I Kick It?" by a Tribe Called Quest, which uses the Lou Reed sample much, much better than Marky does.
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my commercial cassingle issued as interscope 98673 does not state a version nor run times of the two tracks contained on it listed below
1-wildside
2-on the house tip
BUT, i can confirm that the version on the cassingle is indeed the full length cd/lp version and runs 5:07
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Posted: 24 August 2009 at 8:27pm | IP Logged
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Thanks, Ed!
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