"You’ve Got a Friend" - James Taylor
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Topic: "You’ve Got a Friend" - James Taylor
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "You’ve Got a Friend" - James Taylor
Date Posted: 05 March 2009 at 11:03pm
| The actual commercial 45 run time of James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend" is 4:26. (Timing info courtesy of Jim. There is no printed record label time.) The reason I post this is because database CD run times range from 4:20 to 4:29. |
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 26 March 2025 at 1:38am
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It turns out there are multiple commercial 45 pressings of James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend", so the database title notes can be amended as:
(Some commercial 45 copies run 4:26, while others have an actual run time of 4:27, not 4:29 as stated on the record label.) (**Edit:** I somehow originally misread the printed time as 4:20. Therefore, given that there's only a two second difference between the actual and printed 45 time, no database title notes update is necessary here.) "You've Got a Friend" comes from James Taylor's 1971 parent vinyl LP Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, in which the actual LP run time is 4:27 (printed time: 4:29). What's interesting about this, however, is that the CD version of this album on Warner Bros. 2561 is currently shown in the database with a run time of 4:20, which is at least :06 shorter than all other CD appearances! All things considered, I highly suspect that this 4:20 time is a typo, unless something in the song was edited in some way for the CD release (which would be highly bizarre, to say the least). So if anyone has a copy of the Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon disc who can confirm the correct run time, it would be very much appreciated! |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 26 March 2025 at 6:26am
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All seven pressing variations of the US 45 listed on Discogs either show 4:29 or no printed time. I can't find one that has a printed time of 4:20. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 26 March 2025 at 8:04am
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I only have a reissue 45 with a stated time of (4:29) so I
assume the comment of a running time of (4:20) was a typo. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 26 March 2025 at 8:08am
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I think you're probably right, Pat. Also, I have a copy of Mus Slide Slim, and the track runs 4:27 on that disc. I already updated the database with the correct run time. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 26 March 2025 at 3:43pm
Sorry, Aaron. You're absolutely right. I had the printed time incorrectly stated in my notes. I've gone back and corrected my original post. Thanks! |
Todd Ireland wrote: