https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 18:27:55 +0000 Tue, 12 Feb 2019 19:29:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1811 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=1811&PID=51290&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#51290 Author: Ron S
Subject: 1811
Posted: 12 February 2019 at 7:29pm

I was able to obtain the without rap version of the song. ]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2019 19:29:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=51290&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#51290 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=50631&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#50631 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1811
Posted: 21 November 2018 at 3:32pm

If you have the 2-track promo CD single with the instrumental, you could create the "Without Rap" version, I believe. But if you only have the LP version, your 4:08 creation would be as close as you can get.

Edited by aaronk]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2018 15:32:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=50631&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#50631 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=50626&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#50626 Author: Ron S
Subject: 1811
Posted: 20 November 2018 at 9:34pm

aaronk wrote: The "Without Rap" version is an edit of the original mix, which does indeed utilize parts of the instrumental. It's edited like this: 0:00 - 2:40 same as original 2:40 - 2:47 repeats the segment from 1:20 to 1:27 2:48 - 3:05 uses part of the instrumental that is under BBD's rap in original version 3:06 - 4:28 uses 3:12 to end of original

Mine runs 4:08. I wasn't able to find the 2:48 part without the rap to insert it
into the song. The song still flows well without it.]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2018 21:34:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=50626&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#50626 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=44230&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#44230 Author: Underground Dub
Subject: 1811
Posted: 26 August 2015 at 11:42pm

Thanks for the excellent deets, aaronk!]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:42:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=44230&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#44230 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=44229&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#44229 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1811
Posted: 26 August 2015 at 10:50pm

The "Without Rap" version is an edit of the original mix, which does indeed utilize parts of the instrumental. It's edited like this:

0:00 - 2:40 same as original
2:40 - 2:47 repeats the segment from 1:20 to 1:27
2:48 - 3:05 uses part of the instrumental that is under BBD's rap in original version
3:06 - 4:28 uses 3:12 to end of original]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2015 22:50:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=44229&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#44229 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=44164&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#44164 Author: Underground Dub
Subject: 1811
Posted: 18 August 2015 at 9:02pm

Would anyone be able to share info regarding the following version:

28968 1715 2
1-The Best Things In Life Are Free (Without Rap) (listed and actual 4:28)

My memory is fuzzy. Was this a unique mix or an edit of the original mix (perhaps utilizing portions of the instrumental version)? I'd love to review this as I believe it was the version I was more familiar with for at least part of TBTILAF's chart run.

Thanks for any details!]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:02:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=44164&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#44164 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=9071&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#9071 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1811
Posted: 27 February 2007 at 4:31pm

NICE info, Jim. You are the final authority for all top 40 promo CDs!]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:31:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=9071&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#9071 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=9070&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#9070 Author: jimct
Subject: 1811
Posted: 27 February 2007 at 3:16pm

We got in THREE different promo CD singles for this:

31458 8003 2 (All 9 versions below are for "The Best Things In Life Are Free")
1-Classic 7" w/rap (listed 4:22; actual 4:21)
2-Classic 7" w/o rap (listed 4:03; actual 4:01) **
3-CJ's U.K. 7" w/rap (listed 4:18; actual 4:17)
4-CJ's U.K. 7" w/o rap (listed and actual 4:17)
5-Classic 12" w/rap (listed 5:53; actual 5:52)
6-Classic 12" w/o rap (listed 5:42; actual 5:40)
7-CJ's U.K. 12" w/rap (listed 9:58; actual 9:57)
8-CJ's U.K. 12" w/o rap (listed 9:55; actual 9:53)
9-Def Version (listed 8:41; actual 8:39)

** the version we played at our station, according to notes made back in 1992


28968 1713 2
1-The Best Things In Life Are Free (listed 4:37; actual 4:35)
2-The Best Things In Life Are Free (Instrumental) (listed 4:29; actual 4:28)

28968 1715 2
1-The Best Things In Life Are Free (Without Rap) (listed and actual 4:28)

Edited by jimct]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:16:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=9070&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#9070 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=9068&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#9068 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 1811
Posted: 27 February 2007 at 2:21pm

I have some import or other with the Classic 7" With Rap. Maybe it was German, I don't know. But this is the mix that was used for the video.]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:21:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=9068&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#9068 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=9064&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#9064 Author: torcan
Subject: 1811
Posted: 27 February 2007 at 2:04pm

aaronk wrote: Yes, there is also a "Classic 7" With Rap" which is a short version of that 12" mix (might even be on your vinyl, torcan).

The shorter version isn't on the British pressing. There are six mixes on there, and I think a couple of them weren't on the US 12-inch. I did see a promo CD single on e-bay one time (didn't win it) that had 9 mixes of the song on it, including "classic 7" with rap, and without. For the record, it was the version without rap that I most often heard.

When the song first hit (a big No. 24 debut on Billboard), I heard the LP verison for the first couple of weeks until they switched to the "classic" version. I guess those mixes must have been released a couple of weeks behind the whole-length CD.]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:04:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=9064&title=luther-vandross-etc-the-best-things#9064