https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 04:26:10 +0000 Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:35:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3136 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=3136&PID=54616&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#54616 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 3136
Posted: 01 June 2020 at 3:35pm

radiofan16 wrote: eric_a wrote: eric_a wrote: When I get a chance, I'll analyze more carefully... As Loveland referenced, the v=YSvomXlbTUM">official video appears to use the same edit, if you want to hear it. (I guess Color Me Badd was busy when they shot the video.) For some reason, Billy's vocal during the final verse is his live vocal, followed by going back to the studio version.

That entire vocal performance goes back and forth
between live and studio throughout from the first verse
onward.

]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:35:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=54616&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#54616 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53918&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53918 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 3136
Posted: 30 March 2020 at 8:49pm

FYI, both the "Single Version" (track 1 from the promo CD single) and the "Remix" (track 2 from the promo CD single) are sped up by about 1.9% or 2.0%, compared with the LP version. The song is not played with a click track, so the tempo varies over the course of the song.]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:49:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53918&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53918 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53917&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53917 Author: radiofan16
Subject: 3136
Posted: 30 March 2020 at 8:33pm

eric_a wrote: eric_a wrote: When I get a chance, I'll analyze more carefully... As Loveland referenced, the official video appears to use the same edit, if you want to hear it. (I guess Color Me Badd was busy when they shot the video.)

For some reason, Billy's vocal during the final verse is his live vocal, followed
by going back to the studio version.]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:33:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53917&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53917 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53916&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53916 Author: radiofan16
Subject: 3136
Posted: 30 March 2020 at 8:31pm

Why would they go back to the second chorus for an out of sequence edit?

I can see why it only made #29.]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:31:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53916&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53916 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53910&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53910 Author: Scanner
Subject: 3136
Posted: 30 March 2020 at 12:25pm

Thanks for the edit points. When I heard the album
version, I always suspected that the single edit was not
that straightforward. They really carved up and
rearranged this one!]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:25:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53910&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53910 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53904&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53904 Author: eric_a
Subject: 3136
Posted: 29 March 2020 at 11:42pm

eric_a wrote: When I get a chance, I'll analyze more carefully...

Listening on headphones, this is more complex than I'd
initially realized. There are four cuts, including a
crossfade and one out-of-sequence edit. The times below
refer to the 5 segments from the original commercial CD
single. Here's what I'm hearing:

1. (0:00-1:27). This keeps the introduction, first verse
and chorus intact.

2. (~2:51-4:22). This crossfades in, reaching full
volume two bars before the "na-na" refrain. The 2:51
mark
is where this clip reaches full volume, but it fades in a
few beats earlier -- you can hear remnants of Billy's
voice
on "Soulllll," an octave up from the vocal on "Soullll"
from the previous clip fading out. Then, midway through
the next chorus (after "Who's standing today and who's
standing tomorrow") we jump back to the *previous*
chorus.

3. (2:32-2:47). This section comes from the second
chorus and starts "This life isn't fair".

4. (3:13-3:47). Cuts on the word "Soul".

5. (5:29-End). Cuts on the downbeat, after "yes it is",
and keeps the original fade.

As Loveland referenced, the
official
video appears to use the
same edit, if you want to hear it. (I guess Color Me
Badd
was busy when they shot the video.)

Finally, to Doug's point, I didn't detect any difference
between my commercial CD single and the radio edit, at
least on the Golddisc, but it's possible that both are
sped
up from the LP version.

Edited by eric_a]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2020 23:42:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53904&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53904 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53793&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53793 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 3136
Posted: 22 March 2020 at 10:07pm

I have the promo CD single of this and here are the
details from Discogs:

https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Joel-All-About-
Soul/release/4382333]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:07:07 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53793&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53793 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53771&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53771 Author: sriv94
Subject: 3136
Posted: 22 March 2020 at 9:09am

I think it's also slightly sped up, but I could be wrong.]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2020 09:09:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53771&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53771 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53770&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53770 Author: eric_a
Subject: 3136
Posted: 22 March 2020 at 12:35am

I have the radio edit on a TM Century Golddisc -- by
1993, I suspect they had the official label edit. From a
quick listen on bad laptop speakers, I'm noticing two
edits.

The first edit removes the second verse and first half of
the second chorus, from roughly 1:28 to 2:51. The second
edit removes 8 bars from the edit, roughly 5:13 to 5:29.

When I get a chance, I'll analyze more carefully but in
case that doesn't happen soon, wanted to share what I
see.

Hope everyone's staying safe!




Edited by eric_a]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:35:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53770&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53770 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53763&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53763 Author: Scanner
Subject: 3136
Posted: 21 March 2020 at 6:00pm

Does anyone know the edit points for this?]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2020 18:00:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3136&PID=53763&title=billy-joel-all-about-soul#53763