https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:29:42 +0000 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:14:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1730 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=1730&PID=32295&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#32295 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 1730
Posted: 27 December 2011 at 4:14pm

Right now, the database states the following general comment for Donnie Elbert's "Where Did Our Love Go":

(the actual 45 running time is (3:16) not (2:58) as stated on the record label; some 45's are pressed with a 4 beat introcution and others with 8 beats; all LP's were pressed with the 8 beat introduction)

The 45 containing the 8 beat intro is a couple of seconds longer. So if I may make a suggestion for a more complete and fully accurate comment, perhaps it could be slightly revised to read something like:

(there are two pressings of this 45, all of which incorrectly state a time of 2:58 on the record label - some pressings contain a 4 beat introduction and actually run 3:16, while others contain an 8 beat intro and actually run 3:18; all LPs were pressed with the 8 beat introduction and run 3:18) ]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:14:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=32295&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#32295 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24443&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24443 Author: bwolfe
Subject: 1730
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 8:12am

All Platinum and Motown must have used the same lousy vinyl for singles. Cracklefest indeed.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:12:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24443&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24443 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24442&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24442 Author: jimct
Subject: 1730
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 7:29am

I recently received the copy of the "8-drum-hit" intro 45 that John G. was kind enough to spot on eBay. (And John P., you're right about the "crackle-fest!") Sometimes the deadwax info can contain the exact same numbers/letters, but a different spacing/font for the written info can provide a tip that indicates a different pressing run. That is the case here. My "4-drum-hit" 45 intro shows deadwax as a single string of characters, "AP214NO-". My "8-drum-hit" 45 intro shows these same deadwax characters to be a little bit more broken up, appearing more like "AP 214 N O-". Short of listening to the actual 45s, this is the best I can do to provide a distinction between the shorter/longer intro 45 versions, just by eyeballing the vinyl.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:29:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24442&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24442 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24322&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24322 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 1730
Posted: 07 November 2009 at 7:38pm

My commercial 45 matches Paul's: 8 drumbeat intro, matrix # AP214NO-

All Platinum used El Cheapo plastic for their 45s. This one's a cracklefest from the get-go.
]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:38:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24322&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24322 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24321&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24321 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 1730
Posted: 07 November 2009 at 4:09pm

No problem, Jim!

Now, to recreate the 4 beat intro, just trim off the first 4 beats?? Anyone?]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:09:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24321&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24321 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24313&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24313 Author: jimct
Subject: 1730
Posted: 06 November 2009 at 4:37pm

eriejwg wrote: Ironically, there is a 45 for sale on eBay right now, complete with sound sample and 8 drum beats on the intro...

John, thanks to your eagle eyes/ears, I just picked up that alleged 8-drum-hit 45 on eBay - glad to now own both commercial 45 versions! ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24313&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24313 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24312&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24312 Author: Paul C
Subject: 1730
Posted: 06 November 2009 at 4:04pm

My U.S. commercial 45 has the same inner ring info as PaulEschen's, AP214NO-, but I count only four drum hits (with the volume fading in) before the vocals start. ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:04:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24312&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24312 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24310&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24310 Author: Hykker
Subject: 1730
Posted: 06 November 2009 at 6:34am

I'll have to check my copy of this.

This is a song that got zero local airplay in the Boston/southern N.H. markets (as well as other northern New England stations influenced by them). The only reason I can think of is that in late '71/early '72 Boston's 2 Top 40 stations, WMEX & WRKO were going thru a phase where they were each trying to "out-AOR" each other, the result being a lot of pop/soul stuff fell by the wayside.
The only place I ever heard this song was on WRKO's FM station, WROR which ran a syndicated Drake format.

]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:34:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24310&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24310 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24309&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24309 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 1730
Posted: 06 November 2009 at 5:48am

Ironically, there is a 45 for sale on eBay right now, complete with sound sample and 8 drum beats on the intro...]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:48:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24309&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24309 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24308&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24308 Author: jimct
Subject: 1730
Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:51am

Paul, your report of an "8-drum-hits intro" 45 for this song is a stunner to me; I appreciate your new info. A personal fave of mine since it was a current, I always heard the "4-drum-hits" intro version on the radio in late '71. I am now 99.9% sure that the "4 vs 8 drum hits" is the only difference between the 2 versions. To me, those initial drum hits are so quick that I believe the 4-drum hit intro version runs (3:16), while the 8-drum hit version runs (3:18).]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:51:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1730&PID=24308&title=donnie-elbertwhere-did-our-love-go#24308