| Author |
|
aaronk
Admin Group
Joined: 16 January 2005
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6513
|
| Posted: 23 May 2006 at 12:14pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I have seen 45s of "Downtown Train" by Rod Stewart that have a printed run time of (4:30) and say "fade" next to the time on the label. My copy of this song from TM Century actually runs (4:30). Currently, there is not a notation next to the song in the database.
Do the 45s actually run (4:30) or is this a misprint on the label?
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Todd Ireland
MusicFan
Joined: 16 October 2004
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 4219
|
| Posted: 23 May 2006 at 12:39pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Hey, Aaron!
The "Downtown Train" cassette single actually does run 4:30 and is just an early fade of the album length. I could be wrong but I don't think the song was ever released on a vinyl 45 format.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
aaronk
Admin Group
Joined: 16 January 2005
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6513
|
| Posted: 23 May 2006 at 12:48pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Todd, thanks for the info. Yes, there are vinyl 45s of the song. Several are for sale on ebay right now.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
cmmmbase
MusicFan
Joined: 04 May 2006
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 289
|
| Posted: 23 May 2006 at 12:53pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
there was a stock 45 issued with a Picture Sleeve...
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
elcoleccionista
MusicFan
Joined: 28 November 2005
Location: Germany
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 358
|
| Posted: 23 May 2006 at 1:20pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I did purchase a white sleeve 7" single back when the single was released, the B side was "The Killing of Georgie" as I can recall.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Paul Haney
MusicFan
Joined: 01 April 2005
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1743
|
| Posted: 23 May 2006 at 2:50pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Yep, commercial 45 has a picture sleeve and "The Killing Of Georgie (Parts I & II)" on the flip on Warner Bros. 22685. In fact, all of his 1990s commercial singles output is also on vinyl.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
cmmmbase
MusicFan
Joined: 04 May 2006
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 289
|
| Posted: 23 May 2006 at 5:52pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
actually, no. 1999's Faith Of The Heart wasn't on vinyl. it was a CD single (possibly a cassette single as well)
Edited by cmmmbase on 23 May 2006 at 5:56pm
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Todd Ireland
MusicFan
Joined: 16 October 2004
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 4219
|
| Posted: 23 May 2006 at 10:26pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Yep, you guys are right about "Downtown Train" having been issued on vinyl 45. I didn't see the "(v)" designation in Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1999 book so I assumed there must not have been a vinyl single release. Evidently, all I needed to do was spend about 30 seconds doing an eBay search to see otherwise!
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
torcan
MusicFan
Joined: 23 June 2006
Location: Canada
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 269
|
| Posted: 23 June 2006 at 8:09am | IP Logged
|
|
|
Paul Haney wrote:
| Yep, commercial 45 has a picture sleeve and "The Killing Of Georgie (Parts I & II)" on the flip on Warner Bros. 22685. In fact, all of his 1990s commercial singles output is also on vinyl. |
|
|
Actually, "Broken Arrow" wasn't originally put out on a 45 during its chart run, but was released on the format several years later on an "oldie series" single. Remember those?
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
sriv94
MusicFan
Joined: 16 September 2005
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1456
|
| Posted: 23 June 2006 at 9:02am | IP Logged
|
|
|
Nothing to do with the subject at hand, but welcome to this board, Ian! (I've known Ian for a while, as we're participants in another pop-culture BBS.)
__________________
Doug
---------------
All of the good signatures have been taken.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
torcan
MusicFan
Joined: 23 June 2006
Location: Canada
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 269
|
| Posted: 23 June 2006 at 9:19am | IP Logged
|
|
|
sriv94 wrote:
| Nothing to do with the subject at hand, but welcome to this board, Ian! (I've known Ian for a while, as we're participants in another pop-culture BBS.) |
|
|
Thanks for the welcome Doug - glad to be aboard!
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
elcoleccionista
MusicFan
Joined: 28 November 2005
Location: Germany
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 358
|
| Posted: 30 May 2019 at 4:22pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Thought I'd throw this in, the 45 version of "Downtown
Train" is as Todd stated an early fade of the
"Storyteller" album version. There is a different mix
of the song on the "The Best Of Rod Stewart"
compilation, also released in 1989 pretty much
everywhere except in the US. There are several
differences, the most obvious one being the intro on
the "Best Of" version has no piano, just the oboe.
https://www.discogs.com/Rod-Stewart-The-Best-Of-Rod-
Stewart/release/969155
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
mjb50
MusicFan
Joined: 28 April 2021
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 309
|
| Posted: 28 May 2022 at 2:54pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Thanks to someone posting the 45 on YouTube, I can confirm the fade is a smooth/"studio" fade out from 4:18 to 4:30.8 (past the end of the loud piano note), assuming you trimmed the leading silence from the Storyteller album version. The album version doesn't finish until 4:39.4.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Active Topics 
Memberlist 
Search 
Help
Register 
Login
Top 40 Music on Compact Disc : Chat Board
Topic: Rod Stewart - Downtown Train
