https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:52:47 +0000 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:40:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1074 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=52450&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#52450 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1074
Posted: 22 August 2019 at 1:40pm

This is quoted from another thread:

NightAire wrote: Aaron, did you ever find the edit points for the "U.S. radio edit" running 3:52... and am I correct this would be considered the "hit" radio version? I've also stumbled across an audio file of unknown origins which chops off about the first 90 seconds of orchestra on the LP version to create an edit running 3:29. I've found two potential sources for this edit, but I don't have the vinyl to compare: This 12" U.S. promo lists a song length of 3:14, and, This 7" Brazil single lists a closer time of 3:31. For some reason this edit sounds familiar, like I might have heard it on American Top 40 or something... but I think the local stations played the commercial single version.

I came across a copy of the promo 12" that Gene mentions, and it has the 4:05 "US Radio Edit" (without symphonic intro). This is the same version that appears on the US 7" single. [Jim states in an earlier post that his station played the "Original European Hit" from the promo 45, but it has been determined that the labels were likely erroneously applied to the wrong sides of the record. The version his station played is the one without the symphonic intro and matches the US stock 45.]

The B-side of this 12" has a printed time of 3:14. I didn't time it, but it was easy to figure out what is missing. This shorter version starts on the downbeat right before the word "Bangkok" in the first verse. You can hear the tail end of the synth stab overlapping this beat, so it's merely an edit.

To answer Gene's other question about the promo 45 version with orchestra intro (aka Original European Hit), it cannot be created from the LP version. There are two main parts of the LP intro that appear on the promo 45 intro, but the fade in is unique to the promo 45. I suspect both versions were edited down from an even longer take by the London Symphony Orchestra.]]> Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:40:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=52450&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#52450 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=43803&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#43803 Author: MMathews
Subject: 1074
Posted: 11 June 2015 at 11:26pm

LOL. I too feel the pain of "once you hear it, you can't
un-hear it".
]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:26:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=43803&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#43803 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=43799&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#43799 Author: NightAire
Subject: 1074
Posted: 11 June 2015 at 9:28pm

The CD arrived today -- lots of great hits in pristine
quality -- and I'm thrilled to have a clean copy of
ONIB...

BUT...

Now that I know the first 50-something seconds are from
vinyl, I can absolutely hear the difference in texture...
AND I CAN'T UN-HEAR IT!!!

Darn you, Top 40 Music On CD, darn you all!

;-)

(Thank you all for the help and information; day by day
BlackLight Radio gets better and better, thanks to you.)]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2015 21:28:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=43799&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#43799 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=43736&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#43736 Author: NightAire
Subject: 1074
Posted: 05 June 2015 at 8:51pm

Great info, CFTP! Thank you!! I've ordered the "Just
Can't Get Enough" disc.

Edited by NightAire]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:51:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=43736&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#43736 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=43734&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#43734 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 1074
Posted: 05 June 2015 at 5:46am

The sound quality on Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 14 (1995) is about as good as it's going to get on CD. It sounds a little dull here, but that may be how the song was mixed. Plus, the first 53 seconds are taken from vinyl. (Thanks to Aaron, who pointed this out years ago.) I suspect that the source tapes for the commercial 45 version are lost, and the commercial 45 intro from vinyl was grafted onto the promo 45 version from tape. The vinyl portion of the song runs 108.4 BPM throughout; the rest runs 108.7 BPM throughout.

There are digital clones of Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 14 (1995) on:

• Universal's Retro Lunchbox Squeeze The Cheeze (1997; digitally exactly 1.56 dB quieter)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 3 1984-1985 (1999; differently EQ'd digital clone)

The version on swaitek's 50-CD promo A List Disc 30 (1994) is taken from vinyl, and runs 108.5 BPM throughout.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2015 05:46:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=43734&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#43734 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=43733&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#43733 Author: NightAire
Subject: 1074
Posted: 04 June 2015 at 10:40pm

Does anybody know how the sound quality on "Retro Lunch Box
- Squeeze The Cheese" compares to the Rhino discs (which
I'm sure are excellent)?]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2015 22:40:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=43733&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#43733 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=11958&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#11958 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1074
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 9:36pm

Bumping this up because the (3:52) dj timing info has not yet been added to the database.]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:36:07 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=11958&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#11958 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=10273&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#10273 Author: Paul C
Subject: 1074
Posted: 13 June 2007 at 6:20am

This is a tricky one to figure out.

Jim, my U.S. promo 45 is the same as yours, but it appears that due to a production error the labels on both our copies were reversed. The side labeled as "Original European Hit" and with a stated time of 3:54 and described as having an "introduction by London Symphony Orchestra" is actually the "U.S. radio edit" running about 4:05 with no London Symphony Orchestra intro (and vice versa).

My U.S. commercial 45 incorrectly gives a running time of 3:54 and incorrectly states it has an introduction by the London Symphony Orchestra. It actually runs about 4:05 and the LSO appears nowhere on the record. It has a completely different intro and a rendition of the chorus before the first verse. As Jim states, this is the version labeled on the U.S. promo 45 as the "Original European Hit", but since the labels on the U.S. promo 45 are reversed, this is actually the "U.S. radio edit".

The Canadian 45 is the version running about 3:52 with the London Symphony Orchestra, which explains the running time on Brian's Canadian CD. This appears to be the version released as the commercial 45 in every country except the U.S.

Are we confused yet?

Edited by Paul C]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:20:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=10273&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#10273 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=10269&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#10269 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1074
Posted: 12 June 2007 at 5:38pm

I generally use "message body" first (because it's the default), and if that yields no results, I'll try using "topic subject." Jim, you bring up a good point, though. If you can't find something under one option, try the other. Happy searching!]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:38:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=10269&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#10269 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=10242&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#10242 Author: jimct
Subject: 1074
Posted: 11 June 2007 at 7:45pm

Eriejwg, I've bumped this up for you. A common trip-up for new folks on the "search" feature is that Pat's programmer has "Message Body" as the "Search In" default search. I have never used this. You have to click on the arrow after "Message Body." Then you see another option pop up, which is the one you REALLY want here, "Topic Subject." Click on THAT option, and all will fall into place. If others on the Board also happen to use the "Topic Subject" search most frequently, perhaps we can suggest to Pat/his programmer that they flip-flop the two options, and make "Topic Subject" the "default" search.

Edited by jimct]]> Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:45:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074&PID=10242&title=one-night-in-bangkok-running-time#10242