https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:03:45 +0000 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:07:59 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3450 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=3450&PID=61817&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#61817 Author: kaqueno
Subject: 3450
Posted: 14 September 2022 at 5:07pm

thanks for the information and comments John and Ron.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:07:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=61817&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#61817 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=61815&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#61815 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 3450
Posted: 14 September 2022 at 9:35am

If the versions I have on CD are correct, the 45 versions differ in both speed and length.

I have the LP version on Realm's 3-CD Ultimate Love Classics Vol. 2 (2002), where it runs 3:17.

I have the 45 version on Rhino's Have A Nice Day Vol. 22 (1993), where it runs 3:11. There are digital clones (all digitally exactly 2 dB quieter) on:

• Time-Life's AM Gold Vol. 26 1979 (1997)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 20 Heart And Soul (1998)
• Madacy's Rock On 1979 Heart Of The Night (1998)
• Time-Life's AM Gold Vol. 28 Teen Idols Of The '70s (1999)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Seventies Music Explosion Vol. 3 Miracles (2005)

The Rhino version does indeed run faster than the Realm version, by about 0.8% at the beginning of the song to about 1.3% at the end of the song. One of the two (maybe both) has tape drift, but I'm not sure how to tell which one.

Also, the fade of the Realm version runs about 4 beats longer than the fade of the Rhino version, which seems to fade to tape hiss fairly abruptly.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 09:35:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=61815&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#61815 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=61812&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#61812 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 3450
Posted: 14 September 2022 at 7:40am

If you take the song from Sooner Or Later and speed
it up by 1.4 percent then the song runs the correct 45
length of 3:14.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:40:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=61812&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#61812 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=61811&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#61811 Author: kaqueno
Subject: 3450
Posted: 14 September 2022 at 4:11am

According to what Aaron and Pat say, does anyone know if
version 45 was released on a cd?]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 04:11:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=61811&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#61811 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=16363&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#16363 Author: Pat Downey
Subject: 3450
Posted: 18 May 2008 at 7:50pm

I just timed my dj 45 of "You Take My Breath Away" and it runs (3:14) while the LP length is (3:16) and yes the 45 runs slightly faster than the vinyl LP. ]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 19:50:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=16363&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#16363 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=16324&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#16324 Author: aaronk
Subject: 3450
Posted: 16 May 2008 at 11:29pm

The version on Swingin' Singles runs significantly slower than the 45 (about 1.5% slower). I wonder if we have a case where the LP speed and 45 speed differ.]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 23:29:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=16324&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#16324 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=16108&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#16108 Author: sriv94
Subject: 3450
Posted: 09 May 2008 at 7:33am

As an aside, I met Rex Smith a few years ago (he's now doing the Broadway musical touring company thing). Nice guy. It's not often I meet people who have had Top 10 singles.

Edited by sriv94]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 07:33:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=16108&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#16108 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=16090&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#16090 Author: jimct
Subject: 3450
Posted: 09 May 2008 at 1:12am

My commercial 45 has a listed time of (3:14) and an actual time of (3:13). I only post this info because the 9 current database CDs that feature this song have run times ranging from (3:10) to (3:17).

Edited by jimct]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 01:12:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3450&PID=16090&title=rex-smithyou-take-my-breath-away#16090