https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:59:00 +0000 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:39:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2293 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=2293&PID=61903&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61903 Author: aaronk
Subject: 2293
Posted: 26 September 2022 at 11:39am

I had the chance to line up the promo 12" and commercial 7" version in the multi-tracker, and while there are segments unique to the promo 12", most of the song matches up with the commercial 7" version, parts of which have been looped. Specifically, the section from 4:06 to 4:24 and 5:29 to 6:35 of the 12" are unique. These sections are not found in the LP version, either.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:39:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61903&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61903 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61901&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61901 Author: aaronk
Subject: 2293
Posted: 26 September 2022 at 11:02am

I also listened to the LP version on Spotify, and the fade out lasts until "by the rivers..." On the promo 45 dub I have, I can also hear "of Babylon" but nothing more. At most, the LP version on Spotify is about 1.5 seconds shorter on the fade.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:02:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61901&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61901 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61896&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61896 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 2293
Posted: 26 September 2022 at 8:58am

Just listened to the LP version on Qobuz and it fades to
early at the end. The end result would be about 5 seconds
short if the only difference is the intro that's been
removed.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:58:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61896&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61896 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61895&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61895 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 2293
Posted: 26 September 2022 at 8:45am

Hi John,

If you can find the LP version from 'Nightflight To
Venus' and lop off the intro, you've essentially got the US
promo 45 edit.

Don't know where you can find it, but it is on Spotify, so
there's probably a digital source somewhere out there.

Keep us posted...

Andy

Edited by AndrewChouffi]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:45:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61895&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61895 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61894&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61894 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 2293
Posted: 26 September 2022 at 8:10am

Earlier in the discussion, Jim (RIP) said the promo 45 did
not match the 4:19 45 version even if you took off the
first 38 seconds. I listened to the 4:19 versions on Qobuz
and they either fade much earlier than the promo 45 or are
edited differently.

I was hoping to create a nice, digital copy of the promo 45
but it sounds as though it can't be done from the 4:19
version.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:10:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61894&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61894 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61889&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61889 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 2293
Posted: 25 September 2022 at 5:34pm

The version on 'Hard To Find 45s On CD Vol. 8: Seventies
Pop Classics' is the commercial 7", albeit slightly faster
and much crisper than my 45.

I wonder how much different the RE-1 'Remastered Version'
7" sounds? I'm hoping someone out there has a copy for me
to compare.

Andy]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:34:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61889&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61889 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61881&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61881 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 2293
Posted: 25 September 2022 at 9:20am

Summarization for Aaron:

Slight pitch difference, channel-reversal & EQ
notwithstanding, the promo 12" can produce the commercial
7" (& short side promo 12") simply by editing approx.
3min,29.5sec thru 6min,35.3sec out of the promo 12".

Note: what is edited out is mostly redundant as it is
effectively a loop, but there is some unique audio such
as a Liz Mitchell vocal and a piano solo with an off-
measure edit within.

The 3:45 promo 7" is pretty much the LP version with the
first 38.4 sec. intro lopped off.

Please note: I'm only comparing US releases; I am
confident there are myriad other international edits &
versions as this was a worldwide smash. One version I
know of that has leaked onto some CDs is close to the US
commercial single version but with the 2nd half of the
intro edited out.

If anyone wants to add to this overview, please do!

Andy

]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2022 09:20:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61881&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61881 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61878&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61878 Author: aaronk
Subject: 2293
Posted: 24 September 2022 at 11:34am

From info posted by Andy and others, it appears we have the following mixes and edits:

- 7:24 promo 12"
- 3:45 promo 7"
- 4:20 commercial 7"
- 4:22 LP version

Can someone summarize 1) if these are all the same mix but edited down from a longer take, 2) if the commercial 7" version is available on CD or digital in good quality (no noise reduction), and 3) if the promo 7" can be edited down from the LP version and/or the commercial 7". I have not done any A/B comparisons on these myself.]]> Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:34:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61878&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61878 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61877&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61877 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 2293
Posted: 24 September 2022 at 9:14am

Does anyone have a dub of the short side of the promo 12"
PRO-A-732 I can listen to?

How about the promo or commercial 45 labeled 'Remastered
Version' 'RE-1' so I can compare with my earlier commercial
45?

Thanks!

Andy

]]> Sat, 24 Sep 2022 09:14:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61877&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61877 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2293&PID=61876&title=rivers-of-babylon-boney-m#61876 Author: AdvprosD
Subject: 2293
Posted: 23 September 2022 at 8:07pm

Hykker wrote: Strange to see regional hits even into the late 70s/early 80s. I was living in the Boston area at the time and don't ever recall hearing anything by Boney M. It wasn't until the mid-90s we started getting calls for "Mary's Boychild" at the N.H. CHR I worked for at the time. We were able to find a copy in a used record store to dub in the automation...it was completely unfamiliar to me.

Same for me with this song. I don't remember ever hearing it on the radio in these parts.

I have noted that it seems to pop up on a lot of the youtube greatest hits collections that get put up from time to time. Not a bad song, but maybe easily forgettable?

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