https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 18:24:28 +0000 Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:48:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3456 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=3456&PID=51632&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#51632 Author: Ron S
Subject: 3456
Posted: 05 April 2019 at 7:48pm

NightAire wrote: The single edit of "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" takes out the sax solo before the 3rd verse. Using the original 1985 "Greatest Hits" CD, you're removing 14.6 seconds, from 2:46 to 3:00. Your endpoint comes right before the girls again sing "only human." The trickiest part to me was getting both start and end edit points at the beginning of the synth snare drum. I prefer to edit in the middle of a beat but doing so, in this case, created a bit of a stutter effect. Based on a YouTube video of a rip of a Japanese single, the song is still barely audible at 4:24. I hesitated to mention this because Abagon is so meticulous in timing these recordings. It is possible the U.S. pressing faded a hair earlier. The YouTube version starts a deathly slow fade at 4 minutes in, just as Billy Joel (and one of the background singers?) scream(s). The YouTube video also runs slightly slower than the CD version, which I'm going to suspect is the poster's error. Based on the Japanese single, the last audible sounds are the girls at 4:23.5 singing, "whoo-hoo-hoo" and then it is gone. There MIGHT be one more barely audible snare at 4:24 but there is a turntable "thump" right as the beat would have hit so it's hard to confirm. TL;DR -- Your CD version should remove 14 and a half seconds starting at 2:46 and run 4:24.

I edited it in the middle of the beat and got the stutter effect. Does anybody
have a clean copy of the song without the stutter effect?]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:48:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=51632&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#51632 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=51621&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#51621 Author: aaronk
Subject: 3456
Posted: 03 April 2019 at 3:02pm

My promo 45 runs an actual 4:23.7. The last thing I can hear is a barely audible "whoo hoo hoo."]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:02:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=51621&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#51621 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=51606&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#51606 Author: NightAire
Subject: 3456
Posted: 31 March 2019 at 12:28pm

The single edit of "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" takes out the sax solo before the 3rd verse.

Using the original 1985 "Greatest Hits" CD, you're removing 14.6 seconds, from 2:46 to 3:00. Your endpoint comes right before the girls again sing "only human."

The trickiest part to me was getting both start and end edit points at the beginning of the synth snare drum. I prefer to edit in the middle of a beat but doing so, in this case, created a bit of a stutter effect.

Based on a YouTube video of a rip of a Japanese single, the song is still barely audible at 4:24. I hesitated to mention this because Abagon is so meticulous in timing these recordings. It is possible the U.S. pressing faded a hair earlier.

The YouTube version starts a deathly slow fade at 4 minutes in, just as Billy Joel (and one of the background singers?) scream(s).

The YouTube video also runs slightly slower than the CD version, which I'm going to suspect is the poster's error.

Based on the Japanese single, the last audible sounds are the girls at 4:23.5 singing, "whoo-hoo-hoo" and then it is gone. There MIGHT be one more barely audible snare at 4:24 but there is a turntable "thump" right as the beat would have hit so it's hard to confirm.

TL;DR -- Your CD version should remove 14 and a half seconds starting at 2:46 and run 4:24.]]> Sun, 31 Mar 2019 12:28:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=51606&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#51606 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=31617&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#31617 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 3456
Posted: 21 September 2011 at 11:52pm

Thanks for the info, Fetta. I'd been trying to find that out myself.]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:52:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=31617&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#31617 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=31609&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#31609 Author: sriv94
Subject: 3456
Posted: 21 September 2011 at 2:58pm

What is the exact edit point for "The Night Is Still Young"?]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:58:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=31609&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#31609 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=30659&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#30659 Author: Fetta
Subject: 3456
Posted: 23 June 2011 at 7:40pm

Hey Aaron,

Not to worry about these. I was able to replicate the 45s that I dubbed... Thanks again to your excellent editing teaching skills.

-Jeff]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:40:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=30659&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#30659 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=30628&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#30628 Author: aaronk
Subject: 3456
Posted: 21 June 2011 at 10:19pm

I don't, but I will try to send dubs your way as soon as I have a
chance. ]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:19:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=30628&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#30628 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=30626&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#30626 Author: Fetta
Subject: 3456
Posted: 21 June 2011 at 6:35pm

Aaron,

Do you happen to recall the edit points?

-Jeff]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:35:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=30626&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#30626 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=30622&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#30622 Author: aaronk
Subject: 3456
Posted: 21 June 2011 at 2:57pm

Yes, they both are edits of the LP. ]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:57:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=30622&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#30622 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=30621&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#30621 Author: Fetta
Subject: 3456
Posted: 21 June 2011 at 12:51pm

Can the LP versions of both "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" and "The Night Is Still Young" be edited to create the 45 versions?

Does anyone know the edit points?

Thanks.

-Jeff

Edited by Fetta]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:51:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3456&PID=30621&title=billy-joel-top-40-hits-info#30621