https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 05 May 2026 11:40:00 +0000 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:11:37 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2626 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=2626&PID=21155&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#21155 Author: jimct
Subject: 2626
Posted: 21 February 2009 at 10:11pm

Pat, I see that Amazon lists what appears to be a domestic, Oct. 2008 CD release on Westbound, titled "The Original Eight Mile: Westbound Records 40th Anniversary". Amazon is normally very good at denoting import CDs, and no designation appears for this disc. I do know that this disc has also been released on one of the "Ace UK" family of labels over there. This CD includes the database entries "Funky Worm" and Denise LaSalle's "Trapped By A Thing Called Love", as well as the "BB-Top-40-hit-but-not-in-the-db", due to its low Cashbox peak, "Devil's Gun" by C.J. & Co., a song which also may be of interest to some here on the Board. Whenever time allows, could you possibly look into this CD, to see if it might need to be included in your database? Thanks.

Edited by jimct]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:11:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=21155&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#21155 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=20148&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#20148 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 2626
Posted: 22 December 2008 at 3:06pm

Doing a Google search, I found someone who posted a very noisy 45 version mp3 online. I grabbed the unique intro and pasted it into the rest of the LP version, which I converted to mono.

Not happy with the amount of noise I still have in the intro, but for some reason, it's not easy to buy a vinyl 45 of this online at a decent price in any better than G or VG condition.]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:06:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=20148&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#20148 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=20145&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#20145 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 2626
Posted: 22 December 2008 at 9:20am

Aaron and Doug:

My Ohio Players Orgasm - The Very Best of the Westbound Years German import CD (CDSEWD 062) contains the LP version with the shorter :01 intro that everyone else seems to have on CD or digital download. Sorry, guys, for not reporting back with my findings sooner!]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:20:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=20145&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#20145 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=20124&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#20124 Author: aaronk
Subject: 2626
Posted: 21 December 2008 at 12:35am

Todd, did you ever happen to check your Orgasm... import CD for the 45 version of "Funky Worm"? It's probably the LP version, since online samples are in stereo, but please help us confirm if you get a chance. The only difference is the intro, which runs :05 on the 45 version---a different drum intro as pointed out earlier in the thread.

By the way, the mono 45 appears to be just a fold down of the stereo LP version, except for the unique drum intro on the 45. Both versions are FUNKY, like nine cans of shaving powder.

As a side note, this song has been sampled dozens of times in hip-hop songs, including the unique 45 intro. Main Source, De La Soul, AMG, NWA, and Masta Ace have all sampled this Ohio Players classic.]]> Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:35:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=20124&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#20124 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16942&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16942 Author: sriv94
Subject: 2626
Posted: 13 June 2008 at 7:48am

Even so, it's what's actually on the record that counts. The key here is whether the intro on your 45 is the same as on the CD version (whether it's mono or stereo isn't as important). And I would guess that it's not.]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:48:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16942&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16942 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16941&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16941 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 2626
Posted: 12 June 2008 at 4:13pm

I should know better than to trust the "stereo designation" on a label!]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:13:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16941&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16941 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16929&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16929 Author: sriv94
Subject: 2626
Posted: 11 June 2008 at 6:20pm

Jim's explanation is very plausible. Indeed, nice catch by you, Paul.

So Todd, if you get a chance to dig it out, what version does that Ohio Players import CD have?

Edited by sriv94]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:20:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16929&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16929 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16927&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16927 Author: jimct
Subject: 2626
Posted: 11 June 2008 at 4:49pm

Paul C, I postponed my 1969 research for a moment, and pulled out my 1973 45s to help you out. It turns out that you are indeed 100% correct here, sir. My commercial 45, which states "stereo" but is, in fact, mono (and this is not the first time I have found this to be the case for an early 70's 45 issued on Westbound), is confirmed as Westbound 214 (my deadwax is also "W-2524", Paul, with a "Canadian Ltd" comment to the left of it, for some reason.) It has a listed time of (2:41), an actual time of (2:42), and runs a few seconds longer than all of the (2:37-2:38) current database CD appearances for the song. I have the song on a 1991 Ace/U.K. "Best Of The Westbound Years" CD, which is stereo, and it also happens to have the same, bogus, :01 intro that everyone who has downloaded the song has reported, which I had never noticed before. Paul C is 100% correct; this is NOT the 1973 45 intro. The actual "Funky Worm" 45 starts almost exactly like the first few seconds of the Four Seasons' 1976 hit, "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)", before the piano kicks in a few seconds after the start, whereas the :01 of music on my CD version is unique to the song's stereo mix. I suspect that this shorter, stereo mix is the original 1973 U.S. LP version of "Funky Worm". Great pickup, Paul C, and I give you credit for "sticking to your guns" on this one! I surely should've looked into this further for you, back when you first brought it up in October of '07, but "better late than never", I suppose. Nice job!

Edited by jimct]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:49:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16927&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16927 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16926&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16926 Author: Paul C
Subject: 2626
Posted: 11 June 2008 at 3:37pm

Since no one else seems to hear a difference between the Pleasures CD and the U.S. commercial 45, it makes me wonder if there are perhaps two different 45 versions.

My U.S. commercial 45 of "Funky Worm" (deadwax W-2524) is mono and has an instrumental intro of about five seconds before a woman's voice is heard saying, "She's here, Mr. Johnson." On the Pleasures CD download, the song is stereo and the instrumental intro is only about one second. The shorter intro is not an edit or later fade-in of the longer intro; the two are completely different.

My U.S. commercial 45 of "Ecstasy", which was released just a few months later, is in "COMPATIBLE STEREO". So perhaps "Funky Worm" was issued on both mono and stereo 45s.]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:37:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16926&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16926 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16799&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16799 Author: sriv94
Subject: 2626
Posted: 04 June 2008 at 7:19pm

Paul C wrote: I downloaded the track "Funky Worm" by The Ohio Players from the Pleasure album using iTunes. It has a different instrumental intro than my U.S. commercial 45.

Paul,

Grant sent me an MP3 of his domestic CD copy, and I'm having difficulty hearing any difference in the intro of the file he sent and the track I downloaded from iTunes. Can you pinpoint where you think the difference lies?]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:19:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2626&PID=16799&title=funky-worm-the-ohio-players#16799