https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 08 May 2026 22:57:04 +0000 Sat, 04 Oct 2014 09:23:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1147 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=1147&PID=42283&title=diana-ross-so-close#42283 Author: Glenpwood
Subject: 1147
Posted: 04 October 2014 at 9:23am

Chain Reaction Special Mix aka the 2nd version that charted
at #66 in Billboard is listed as 4:20 on the CD case for
the newly expanded "Eaten Alive" CD. Actual timing of CD is
4:22. The song however, runs the 4:18 the RCA commercial 45
does, it just contains 4 seconds of silence at the end....]]> Sat, 04 Oct 2014 09:23:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=42283&title=diana-ross-so-close#42283 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=42282&title=diana-ross-so-close#42282 Author: Glenpwood
Subject: 1147
Posted: 04 October 2014 at 9:16am

So Close single version on the the new Diana Ross "Silk
Electric" exapanded edition is listed at 3:55 on the case,
times out 3:53 on the disc, but runs 3:48 like the
commercial 45 as there are 5 seconds of silence tacked onto
the end.]]> Sat, 04 Oct 2014 09:16:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=42282&title=diana-ross-so-close#42282 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=41896&title=diana-ross-so-close#41896 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 1147
Posted: 24 July 2014 at 9:14am

Yeah, I was so glad to hear about these discs a few days ago - each CD has so many bonus cuts. I just ordered all 6 Ross CDs today. The "80s: Diana Ross" CD I'm working on for Sony (which will have the single mix of "So Close") is still going through all the approval processes. So though I thought it would be the first CD release to contain the "So Close" single mix, this Funkytowngrooves CD of "Silk Electric" will now be the 1st, as it's coming out in 2 months.]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:14:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=41896&title=diana-ross-so-close#41896 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=41895&title=diana-ross-so-close#41895 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 1147
Posted: 23 July 2014 at 2:36pm

This is good news. I just hope that the Funky Town Grooves folks don't mess up some of these rare versions. They have released several bonus tracks on other CDs in the past that were supposed to be single edits but were not.]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:36:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=41895&title=diana-ross-so-close#41895 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=41894&title=diana-ross-so-close#41894 Author: 80smusicfreak
Subject: 1147
Posted: 23 July 2014 at 2:02pm

Glenpwood wrote: ...on the expanded 2 disc Silk Electric set.

Great news, indeed - I'll probably buy FTG's complete run of DR re-issues. But just to clarify, only 1984's Swept Away, 1985's Eaten Alive, and 1987's Red Hot Rhythm & Blues will be 2-CD sets (and thus, are priced accordingly) - the rest, including 1982's Silk Electric, are just single discs...]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:02:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=41894&title=diana-ross-so-close#41894 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=41893&title=diana-ross-so-close#41893 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 1147
Posted: 23 July 2014 at 1:48pm

You beat me to it! Yeah, every single mix, B-side, etc. will be included on these sets. I'm most excited that the remix single version of "Chain Reaction," which charted higher than the original album version single, will be making its CD debut.

http://theseconddisc.com/2014/07/23/we-want-muscles-and-othe r-diana-ross-albums-for-rca-expanded-by-funkytown-grooves/ ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2014 13:48:20 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=41893&title=diana-ross-so-close#41893 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=41888&title=diana-ross-so-close#41888 Author: Glenpwood
Subject: 1147
Posted: 23 July 2014 at 9:38am

Great news!

Funkytowngrooves is reissuing all of Diana's RCA albums
with bonus tracks on Sept. 29th. According to the
tracklisting, the So Close 45 mix will make its official
debut on the expanded 2 disc Silk Electric set.]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2014 09:38:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=41888&title=diana-ross-so-close#41888 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=39677&title=diana-ross-so-close#39677 Author: jimct
Subject: 1147
Posted: 12 November 2013 at 2:21pm

Our Top 40 station played "So Close" as an "extra", for just 3 weeks in
early 1983. We carted up/played the 45 version. It got no requests/sales,
and, as I recall, the trade mag info for it wasn't overly impressive a month
in, so we dropped it. It never even charted on our Top 30. Version-wise, I
strongly suspect that 99.9%+ of the other Top 40 stations did the same.

Gordon, your point about only hearing the album mix of a song in later
years causes memories of exactly what version we heard as a current to
fade ("Hit Me With Your Best Shot", or "Two Tickets To Paradise" are two
high-profile examples of this) is quite valid.

FYI, since the advent of the promo CD single in the late 80's, the only two
times that I remember our station opting to play a version NOT included
on the P CD S at all, and opting to play the full CD version instead, were
Bell Biv DeVoe's "Do Me!" and PM Dawn's "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss".
Since "Do Me" was the 2nd single from the "Poison" CD, after the title
track hit big, we already had the full CD in-house. When we got word
from MCA what the 2nd single was gonna be, we immediately played it in
the music office, and liked it. But then, when the P CD S came in, none of
us liked the single mix nearly as much as we had the LP version. But it is
safe to say that if we hadn't happened to hear the LP version beforehand,
we would've automatically just played "Do Me" off the P CD S. In PM
Dawn's case, we also happened to get in the full CD before we got a P CD
S in, so the "Do Me" scenario basically repeated itself in our music office.

Edited by jimct]]> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:21:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=39677&title=diana-ross-so-close#39677 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=39669&title=diana-ross-so-close#39669 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 1147
Posted: 12 November 2013 at 10:38am

It's been 30 years since I heard this song on the radio, but for those who heard it back then (most likely on AC stations where it went #13), do you recall if it was the single mix or album mix that was played? I can't recall which I heard. The single mix sounds a little "foreign" to me now, but mostly because I've been listening to the album mix on CD for the past 25+ years (and the actual LP for even longer). I wish I could recall which was played on the radio.]]> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:38:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=39669&title=diana-ross-so-close#39669 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=23127&title=diana-ross-so-close#23127 Author: edtop40
Subject: 1147
Posted: 05 August 2009 at 7:17pm

my commercial 45 issued as rca 13424 states a run time on the label as 3:48 and does indeed run that length and is a remix of the full length 4:12 cd version......this 45 run time info s/b added to the db.....aaron...thanks again for the clean-up

Edited by edtop40]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:17:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1147&PID=23127&title=diana-ross-so-close#23127