https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 00:48:14 +0000 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 10:35:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1993 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=1993&PID=49630&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#49630 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1993
Posted: 09 July 2018 at 10:35am

Whenever I am asked to play this song at an event, I always go with the promo 45 version. The intro is better for the dance floor, and it's 35 seconds shorter. Win-win!

I would imagine both versions were played on top 40 radio back in '81. There is a separate promo 45 that has the commercial single version on it. I'm not sure which promo 45 was serviced first.]]> Mon, 09 Jul 2018 10:35:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=49630&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#49630 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=49629&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#49629 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 1993
Posted: 09 July 2018 at 10:19am

Nowadays, all you hear is the LP version. I carry the
commercial 45 version in my own library for events. ]]> Mon, 09 Jul 2018 10:19:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=49629&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#49629 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=49627&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#49627 Author: Ron S
Subject: 1993
Posted: 09 July 2018 at 9:59am

Which version had the radio airplay? The promo 45 or 45 version?]]> Mon, 09 Jul 2018 09:59:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=49627&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#49627 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=49622&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#49622 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1993
Posted: 08 July 2018 at 11:14pm

The promo 45, which runs an actual 3:31, states "Specially Remixed Edit" on the label. I did a careful comparison, though, with the LP version, and there is nothing remixed. It's simply a different, out-of-sequence edit of the LP version, whereas the commercial 45 is a straight edit of the LP version.

Edited by aaronk]]> Sun, 08 Jul 2018 23:14:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=49622&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#49622 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=40148&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#40148 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 1993
Posted: 06 January 2014 at 11:14pm

The LP version on The Eternal Dance runs too fast,
by about 2% (could be between 1.5% and 2.5%; I didn't spend
too much time with it.)

A better source for the LP version is Best Of Vol. 2
(1988). Sounds very nice on this disc, too.]]> Mon, 06 Jan 2014 23:14:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=40148&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#40148 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=28319&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#28319 Author: NightAire
Subject: 1993
Posted: 12 November 2010 at 11:11pm

That's IT! And that Ghostbusters 12" is quite a find, too... now I just have to find a copy of this CD compilation. :)

Thanks for the info!]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:11:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=28319&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#28319 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=28309&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#28309 Author: Indy500
Subject: 1993
Posted: 12 November 2010 at 3:52pm

I have it on a 2 CD set from France. It's a Sony Music product from 1994. It does run 6:45

Ver 4766132 -- Culture Dance Vol 3

Cd also has the 12" version of Ray Parker's Ghostbusters I've found nowhere else.

]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:52:07 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=28309&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#28309 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=28300&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#28300 Author: NightAire
Subject: 1993
Posted: 12 November 2010 at 12:30am

Does anyone know if the 6:43 length extended dance mix (possibly labeled "special remixed holiday version" or "disco version") has ever appeared on CD, import or domestic?



]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:30:07 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=28300&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#28300 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=17675&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#17675 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 1993
Posted: 19 July 2008 at 2:49pm

Thanks to the always valuable help from Jim, I can pass along that the actual run time of the long DJ side of Earth, Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove" is 4:05, not 3:55 as stated on the record label. This very closely mirrors the printed vs. actual run times of commercial 45 copies.]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:49:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=17675&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#17675 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=9684&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#9684 Author: eric_a
Subject: 1993
Posted: 02 May 2007 at 1:47pm

jimct wrote: Eric, instead of a description, which is always very high-risk to try to re-create a specific edit from, I will instead shoot you out mp3's of both of your requested edited versions, when I get a spare moment over the next couple of days. This way you can digitally edit them with confidence!

Thanks, Jim. I'll report my findings to the board!]]> Wed, 02 May 2007 13:47:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1993&PID=9684&title=lets-groove-earth-wind-fire#9684