https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 08 May 2026 01:10:08 +0000 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 21:47:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2811 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=2811&PID=45844&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#45844 Author: MMathews
Subject: 2811
Posted: 05 July 2016 at 9:47pm

Edison: yes, the (4:21) LP version appeared on a Unidisc
CD single in the "12" Classics" series for "Star
Wars/Cantina Band." Close Encounters is the second track.
Unfortunately, my copy was sold in error.
You can see the discogs listing for it here:
https://www.discogs.com/Meco-Star-Wars-Theme-Cantina-
Band-Theme-From-Close-Encounters/release/614898

BTW the Star Wars Theme on this CD is not the 12"
version, but rather it is a re-creation of the 45 edit in
an attempt to eliminate the drop-outs and for overall
better sound. It does sound very good, however they made
an editing mistake so it does not match the 45.
MM ]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 21:47:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=45844&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#45844 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=45836&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#45836 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 2811
Posted: 04 July 2016 at 5:33pm

Have any of the longer versions of this (i.e. longer than 3:00) appeared on any import CDs?]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2016 17:33:21 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=45836&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#45836 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=34723&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#34723 Author: Bill Cahill
Subject: 2811
Posted: 23 July 2012 at 7:36pm

My recollection is that the keyboard intro was on a second promo copy, Meco went back in and added it and made other mix changes to get more airplay. I remember switching over to that newer version at the radio station where I worked. I believe I have the promo and I will compare it this weekend. ]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:36:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=34723&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#34723 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=34716&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#34716 Author: MMathews
Subject: 2811
Posted: 22 July 2012 at 9:39pm

Hi folks,
My assumption also was that "goodbye, goodbye" at the end
refered to the little boy who said it in the movie.

Now, as for various promos of the song, i notice Hykker
has a 3:08 version. I'm wondering if that is the source
for the mystery intro i have.
In '79 K-tel put out a 2-record set called "Superstar
Collection"


It has what would be the 45 version of Close Encounters,
but with an 8 second intro i've never heard anywhere
else. It is merely the theme notes, played on a keyboard
solo, then breaks into the normal intro.

This differs from the LP intro where it fades with a lot
of overlapping sound effects.

So, is a promo 45 the actual source for this? For those
who have not heard this alternate intro, here's a link to
it taken from my Ktel LP:

http://www.4shared.com/mp3/YKx8WSf0/Meco_-
_Theme_From_Close_Encoun.html

Thanks for any info!
MM
]]> Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:39:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=34716&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#34716 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=22484&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#22484 Author: budaniel
Subject: 2811
Posted: 04 June 2009 at 9:42am

funny trivial comment not related to any version of the song, but to the 'goodbye, goodbye.' I always took that to not be an alien voice, but a mimick of the little boy saying goodbye to the aliens at the end of the movie. Anyone remember that moment?]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:42:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=22484&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#22484 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=22481&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#22481 Author: Hykker
Subject: 2811
Posted: 04 June 2009 at 5:16am

sriv94 wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the stock 45 have the "goodbye...goodbye" at the end? Which would lead me to wonder if the short promo side is the same as the stock 45 (if Millenium didn't want the two "goodbye"s to appear on the promo).

As is so often the case, there were multiple promo copies of this song. Mine is mono/stereo with a listed time of 3:08 and DOES contain the alien at the end. Indeed, this is the only version I ever recall hearing or playing at the time.
Matrix #s on my copy are MN608 AS RE-1 on the stereo side and MN608 AM DJ on the mono side.

]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:16:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=22481&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#22481 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=22474&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#22474 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 2811
Posted: 03 June 2009 at 3:04pm

Something else to add here... The actual commercial 45 run time of Meco's "Theme from Close Encounters" is 3:00. (Thanks to Jim for providing the timing info. The printed record label time is 2:59.) At the moment, the database notes only DJ 45 run times for this song.]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:04:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=22474&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#22474 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=13046&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#13046 Author: jimct
Subject: 2811
Posted: 27 November 2007 at 9:06am

EXACTLY right, Doug - thanks for refreshing my memory on that; I had forgotten. My station had good success with this song in '78, and the only version we ever played, for some reason, was the "long version" of the promo 45. Because of that, the "goodbye...goodbye" ending being included on the short 45 version wasn't at all imprinted in my memory banks! ]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:06:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=13046&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#13046 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=13044&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#13044 Author: sriv94
Subject: 2811
Posted: 27 November 2007 at 8:52am

jimct wrote: Todd, I have finally found my promo 45 for this. The "long version", in my estimation, fades out only about :12-:15 seconds before the LP version's cold end, JUST before that "Goodbye!....Goodbye!", alien-voiced ending. To me it is clear THAT was the part that Millennium DIDN'T want to have appear on the promo 45. One side of my promo has a listed time of (2:59) and an actual time of (3:00) (same as my stock 45 does), while this "long version side" has a listed time of (4:33) and an actual time of (4:31).

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the stock 45 have the "goodbye...goodbye" at the end?

Which would lead me to wonder if the short promo side is the same as the stock 45 (if Millenium didn't want the two "goodbye"s to appear on the promo).]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:52:07 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=13044&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#13044 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=13019&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#13019 Author: jimct
Subject: 2811
Posted: 26 November 2007 at 4:56pm

Todd, I have finally found my promo 45 for this. The "long version", in my estimation, fades out only about :12-:15 seconds before the LP version's cold end, JUST before that "Goodbye!....Goodbye!", alien-voiced ending. To me it is clear THAT was the part that Millennium DIDN'T want to have appear on the promo 45. One side of my promo has a listed time of (2:59) and an actual time of (3:00) (same as my stock 45 does), while this "long version side" has a listed time of (4:33) and an actual time of (4:31).   ]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:56:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2811&PID=13019&title=theme-from-close-encounters--meco#13019