https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 00:48:58 +0000 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:50:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2678 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=2678&PID=55337&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#55337 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 2678
Posted: 17 August 2020 at 11:50am

Ron,

I sent you the file for review. Hopefully you can tell us a bit more about the edit.]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:50:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=55337&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#55337 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=55335&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#55335 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 2678
Posted: 17 August 2020 at 11:10am

According to Discogs, the A-side of the white-label UK promo 45 Geffen GEF 50 (DJ) had a designation of "Edit" and a run time of 4:07. The B-side of had a designation of "LP Version" and a run time of 6:46. These are actual run times reported by the Discogs member, and are not printed on the labels.]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:10:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=55335&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#55335 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=55334&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#55334 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 2678
Posted: 17 August 2020 at 10:37am

I have the 4:09 radio edit of Paradise City, it is from the UK and can confirm it exists.]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 10:37:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=55334&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#55334 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=53241&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#53241 Author: Bill Cahill
Subject: 2678
Posted: 07 January 2020 at 4:51am

The short version mentioned here was re-created for at least one broadcast group, so it's likely that you're hearing the one heard on WLOL/WRBQ.]]> Tue, 07 Jan 2020 04:51:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=53241&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#53241 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=53191&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#53191 Author: thecdguy
Subject: 2678
Posted: 27 December 2019 at 11:23am

My local oldies station plays an
edit of "Paradise City". I've never
timed it, but I'd say it runs about
4 minutes or so. I did notice that
it cuts out a big portion near the
end, mostly drums and guitar. I
don't know if it's the exact same
edit as the one that's been
described, though.]]> Fri, 27 Dec 2019 11:23:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=53191&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#53191 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=42015&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#42015 Author: NightAire
Subject: 2678
Posted: 14 August 2014 at 7:19pm

...Ever drop one of those CD "carts?"

*SHATTER*]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:19:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=42015&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#42015 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=42014&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#42014 Author: Hykker
Subject: 2678
Posted: 14 August 2014 at 5:18pm

crapfromthepast wrote: Denon had some nice CD players for broadcast. We used a "CD cart"-style player, which played CDs in jewel-box-like shells, so you couldn't handle the discs directly. They were very reliable.

The CD carts were not without their downsides
though...they had a tendency to create concentric
scratches in the discs, which eventually made them
unplayable.

I worked at a station that had (I believe) Urei CD
players. These were, without doubt the most poorly
designed players I've ever seen! Instead of the drive
and laser mechanism being inside and just a tray opening
to put CDs in, the whole spindle/laser assembly slid out.
Operation was very non-intuitive (and non-standard) as
well.
]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:18:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=42014&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#42014 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=42011&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#42011 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 2678
Posted: 14 August 2014 at 11:08am

I actually remember recording some songs from my personal CD player onto cassette tapes and playing them over-the-air on the same cassette player we used for such popular shows as "In-Fisherman"! They sounded just fine on our little AM station.

I got out of radio just before CD players really became the norm. I still remember what a big deal many stations made out of playing CDs in the late 1980s/early 1990s.]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:08:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=42011&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#42011 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=42010&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#42010 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 2678
Posted: 14 August 2014 at 10:35am

In 1990, there really weren't many broadcast-quality CD players.

My college station was probably near the forefront, by putting a homemade remote-start on an off-the-shelf Magnavox player around 1988 or 1989. It sounded good on-air when it worked, but it didn't start reliably and had difficulty finding the beginning of tracks. There was a lot of cursing and swearing involved, preferably with the mike off.

The top 40 station I worked at in 1990 still carted up all the music. There was one Technics CD player in the on-air studio, and I just happened to be in the room when it stopped dead mid-track, leaving dead air and a panicked on-air host.

By 1993, things had improved significantly. Denon had some nice CD players for broadcast. We used a "CD cart"-style player, which played CDs in jewel-box-like shells, so you couldn't handle the discs directly. They were very reliable. You could hook up little warning lights to them, which would go on when there was 30 seconds left in the
track. You could also pitch them up, but not easily like a Techinics 1200 turntable - I think there were some switches on the inside of the machine.

]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:35:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=42010&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#42010 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=42009&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#42009 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 2678
Posted: 14 August 2014 at 8:19am

aaronk wrote: So if you didn't receive promo vinyl after spring 1989, what did you use for the next two years? Stock 45s?

We were an oldies station, so we had no need for any current product. For some reason, Epic was the only label that sent us their current 45s and that stopped after the Cyndi Lauper record was released. I think the station was Adult Contemporary until a few months before I got there in November 1988 and I guess we were just kept on the promo list for awhile after the switch to oldies. All of our oldies library was either stock 45s, albums or a few carts.

Edited by Paul Haney]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:19:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PID=42009&title=guns-n-roses-paradise-city#42009