https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:46:30 +0000 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:17:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1100 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=1100&PID=67394&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#67394 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 1100
Posted: 17 October 2025 at 1:17pm

Good catch Andy, guess I only listened around 1:37.

I can only find the single version on the Manfred Mann compilations and The Roaring Silence.

]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:17:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=67394&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#67394 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=67393&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#67393 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 1100
Posted: 17 October 2025 at 6:49am

My Chris Thompson version has laughing at approx. 1:44 (after "crazy cat" lyric).

Does anyone know if a long Chris Thomson version exists on any format in any country?

Andy]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2025 06:49:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=67393&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#67393 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=67391&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#67391 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 1100
Posted: 16 October 2025 at 9:30pm

Went through all the copies in the archives I have of Spirit In The Night.

All of the Mick Rogers versions have the laughing. The Chris Thompson version does not have the laughing.

The Mick Rogers version ends with a cold ending. The Chris Thompson version fades at the end.]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:30:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=67391&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#67391 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=67390&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#67390 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 1100
Posted: 16 October 2025 at 8:20pm

Does the 1977 version that barely hit the top 10 end cold or fade? Also, does this version have the laughing at the 1:37 mark?

I'm trying to make it easy to distinguish between the earlier version with Mick Rogers on the lead vocals and the later higher charting version with Chris Thompson on lead.

Thanks in advance.]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:20:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=67390&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#67390 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=38112&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#38112 Author: edtop40
Subject: 1100
Posted: 22 June 2013 at 8:03am

todd/paul was kind enough to send me a wave file so i could
compare it to my commercial 45 of the song 'spirit in the
night'....the file he sent matches my 45 perfectly....below
is the description of the file he sent....

OSC -- Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Spirit in the Night (hit
1977 version) (from Manfred Mann 'The Roaring Silence' -
Cohesion~Warner Bros. 009)....thanks for helping us get to
the bottom of this mess!!!!!

THANKS!!]]> Sat, 22 Jun 2013 08:03:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=38112&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#38112 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=38111&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#38111 Author: edtop40
Subject: 1100
Posted: 21 June 2013 at 9:26pm

it's been over 5 YEARS since the question was asked as to
what the commercial vinyl 45's running time
was....well...my commercial 45 issued as warner 8355 lists
a run time on the label as 3:20 but actually runs
3:15.......can anyone confirm that the correct, proper 45
version appears on cd below as edisonlite states in the
beginning?

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence
Friday Music B000219904

Edited by edtop40]]> Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:26:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=38111&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#38111 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=14040&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#14040 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 1100
Posted: 11 January 2008 at 10:19pm

I just dug out my promos, and the anomalies just keep on comin'! While I don't have WB 8152, I do have a stereo/stereo copy of 8176 (6:26/3:13) which indicates being from the "Nightingales And Bombers" album on the long side. The master numbers are [long](TAA 6869)S and [edited](TAA 6869)VIIS. This Columbia (Santa Maria) pressing states a recording publishing date of "1976 Warner Bros. Records Inc."

All four of my Capitol-pressed 3:20 promo copies of WB 8355 (with the Bronze logo added) show master #(TAA 6869) VIII / VIIIS, along with "RE-1."

Three of the four WB 8355s are titled "Spirit," and of these, two have the cards stuck in the sleeves, and one does not. There is no LP mention on either the stereo or mono sides. All three have a recording publishing date of "1975 Warner Bros. Records Inc."

The fourth WB 8355 promo shows the corrected title, "Spirit In The Night." Both mono and stereo sides note "From the Warner Bros. album BSK 3055 The Roaring Silence." This copy's recording publishing date and copyright owner credit is completely different from the other 8355s: "1977 Bronze Records Limited."

"Spirits" must have literally been flowing at Warners when all of these singles came out.

Edited by Yah Shure]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:19:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=14040&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#14040 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=14009&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#14009 Author: TimNeely
Subject: 1100
Posted: 10 January 2008 at 11:11am

To quote OMC, "How bizarre, how bizarre!"]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:11:16 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=14009&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#14009 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=14008&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#14008 Author: jimct
Subject: 1100
Posted: 10 January 2008 at 12:37am

Tim, I have just pulled my promo 45, card and all, and have re-confirmed for you all of my WBS 8355 promo 45/card insert details. It is all true, and was not a typo. It appears that lightning has INDEED struck twice here. Great stuff on the WBS 8152 45 also having a card stuck inside!]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:37:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=14008&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#14008 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1100&PID=14006&title=manfred-mann-spirit-in-the-night#14006 Author: TimNeely
Subject: 1100
Posted: 10 January 2008 at 12:18am

jimct wrote: I only own a promo 45 for the Billboard #40 peaking "hit" version of this song. Both the mono/stereo sides have a listed time of (3:20), but both sides have an actual time of (3:15). Perhaps someone owning a WB 8355 stock copy can provide its timing details. My promo 45's labels state the title of the song simply as "Spirit." WB then inserted a "looks-like-a-post-card" insert inside the sleeve. The card says, "The correct title should be 'Spirit In The Night' - WBS 8355". Didn't see that done too often during my years in radio! And Gordon, thanks for the "where-to-obtain-the-edit-v-on-CD" info in your initial post, which I never saw before. Gonna try and track it down right now!

Are you sure this is correct? I've got promo 45s of both of the two early versions (Warner Bros. 8152 and 8176), and 8152 is the one with "Spirit" on the label and the card stuck inside the sleeve with the information about the correct title. Though certainly possible, I don't think Warners would make the same mistake twice!
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