https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:37:12 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 14:38:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3175 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=3175&PID=44858&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#44858 Author: Underground Dub
Subject: 3175
Posted: 05 January 2016 at 2:38pm

A friend of mine owned the cassette single back when the song was all over MTV and radio and, despite my obsession with record stores and singles in general, I never once saw it at any of the stores I frequented. Drove me batty.]]> Tue, 05 Jan 2016 14:38:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=44858&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#44858 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=44852&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#44852 Author: aaronk
Subject: 3175
Posted: 04 January 2016 at 10:39pm

Just today, I obtained another promo CD single for "No Rain." This one is clearly mislabeled, so it's probably best to list the printed tracks followed by the actual tracks.

DPRO-79693 (printed info)
1. No Rain (LP Version) (3:15)
2. No Rain (Live) (6:00)
3. Drive (Live) (5:00)
4. Soak The Sin (Live) (3:50)

I'm guessing that the above track listing is based on the commercial CD single, because here's what's actually on the disc:

1. No Rain (LP Version) (actual 3:35)
2. No Rain (Edit) (actual 3:22)*
3. No Rain (Live) (actual 5:24)
4. Drive (Live) (actual 5:40)
5. Soak The Sin (Live) (actual 3:41)

*This is an early fade of the LP version and NOT the edit found on the 2-track promo. Although the track is not listed on the printed artwork, some copies have a sticker on the jewel case that say "No Rain Edit (3:17) Second Track."

Edited by aaronk]]> Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:39:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=44852&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#44852 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=44836&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#44836 Author: aaronk
Subject: 3175
Posted: 29 December 2015 at 4:43pm

As I was going through my CDs today, I noticed there were no details on the promo CD of "No Rain."

DPRO-79805
1. Edit (listed 3:17; actual 3:16)
2. LP Version (listed 3:15; actual 3:35)

I never heard the "Edit" version aired anywhere when the song was a hit, but I'm sure some stations must've played it. The intro on the "Edit" is shortened, and it fades out before the cold ending. It's a very odd sounding edit when you're accustomed to the LP version.
]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:43:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=44836&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#44836 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14839&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14839 Author: TimNeely
Subject: 3175
Posted: 07 March 2008 at 6:25pm

Paul Haney wrote: Hykker wrote: Paul Haney wrote: That Blind Melon cassingle was cut-out VERY early on and it was near-impossible to find one as the song was peaking in popularity. That seemed to be the rule rather than the exception with cassette singles...very limited production runs and if a song was a big hit the singles were pretty much all gone by the time the song peaked. I suppose it cut back on returns, but probably resulted in a lot of lost sales too. It's true that many cassingles were a limited run (usually around 500,000), but "No Rain" proved to be an even more limited run. I looked high and low for that cassingle for several months back in 1993 and there were NONE to be found. It was the single toughest thing I've ever tried to track down.

Labels started doing that in the 1993-98 period so that the songs could make the Billboard Hot 100. They issued the singles long enough to say "hey, we released a single," and they then discontinued them promptly, often the same day they came out. "No Rain" was far from the only single that was released to manipulate the charts; it was simply one of the first.

You then had some "cash-in" labels come along and record sound-alike versions of the hits to sell as singles, often with fake artist names that were similar to or a pun on the "real" names. (My favorite of these fake group names was the cash-in of Aqua's "Barbie Girl," recorded by "Velva Blu.") Some of those cash-ins even charted on their own based on sales.


Edited by TimNeely]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:25:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14839&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14839 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14820&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14820 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 3175
Posted: 05 March 2008 at 10:41am

edtop40 wrote: paul...i guess with no internet or ebay in 1993 it WAS probably a tough find...

lol, Ed...yeah, times have certainly changed!]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:41:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14820&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14820 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14819&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14819 Author: edtop40
Subject: 3175
Posted: 05 March 2008 at 9:52am

paul...i guess with no internet or ebay in 1993 it WAS probably a tough find...]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:52:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14819&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14819 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14817&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14817 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 3175
Posted: 05 March 2008 at 8:23am

Hykker wrote: Paul Haney wrote: That Blind Melon cassingle was cut-out VERY early on and it was near-impossible to find one as the song was peaking in popularity. That seemed to be the rule rather than the exception with cassette singles...very limited production runs and if a song was a big hit the singles were pretty much all gone by the time the song peaked. I suppose it cut back on returns, but probably resulted in a lot of lost sales too.

It's true that many cassingles were a limited run (usually around 500,000), but "No Rain" proved to be an even more limited run. I looked high and low for that cassingle for several months back in 1993 and there were NONE to be found. It was the single toughest thing I've ever tried to track down.]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:23:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14817&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14817 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14810&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14810 Author: Hykker
Subject: 3175
Posted: 04 March 2008 at 4:14pm

Paul Haney wrote: That Blind Melon cassingle was cut-out VERY early on and it was near-impossible to find one as the song was peaking in popularity.

That seemed to be the rule rather than the exception with cassette singles...very limited production runs and if a song was a big hit the singles were pretty much all gone by the time the song peaked. I suppose it cut back on returns, but probably resulted in a lot of lost sales too.]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:14:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14810&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14810 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14807&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14807 Author: edtop40
Subject: 3175
Posted: 04 March 2008 at 1:11pm

lol......good one.....btw.....the cassingle version is identical to the lp verssion which runs 3:35, even though, as paul haney points out in the n2deep thread, the cassingles sleeve states a run time of 3:15, incorrectly....]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:11:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14807&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14807 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14806&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14806 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 3175
Posted: 04 March 2008 at 1:08pm

Green it is, matching the CD's label.

Edited by Yah Shure]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:08:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3175&PID=14806&title=blind-melon-no-rain-cassingle-image#14806