https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 08 May 2026 05:47:41 +0000 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 10:30:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4232 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=4232&PID=34417&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34417 Author: cmmmbase
Subject: 4232
Posted: 09 June 2012 at 10:30am

My local CHR played it - WHMP, Northampton, MA. Don't know whether any large market CHRs played it, though. It was one of the few tunes to hit #1 AOR in Billboard and not make the hot 100 in the 80s - there were 8 - 4 had no commercial single attached.

1. Robert Plant - Other Arms   (no single)
2. Bruce Springsteen - Trapped (no single)
3. Eric Clapton - It's In The Way That You Use It
   Duck 28514
4. Pink Floyd - On The Turning Away Columbia 07660
5. Robert Plant - Heaven Knows Esparanza 99373
6. Little Feat - Hate To Lose Your Lovin' Warner
   27728
7. REM - Orange Crush (no single)
8. Stevie Ray Vaughn - Crossfire   (no single)

Edited by cmmmbase]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 10:30:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34417&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34417 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34416&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34416 Author: Roscoe
Subject: 4232
Posted: 09 June 2012 at 9:36am

mstgator wrote: I still find it baffling that this never even touched the Hot 100, despite being featured in a hit movie, a video that was all over MTV, and with a hook that fit in easily with everything else on pop radio in 1986/87. The only reasonable explanation would be if it hadn't been released as a commercial single (making it ineligible to chart), which obviously wasn't the case.

This song seemed to have trouble finding support at
radio, but I'm not sure why. I remember seeing the video
quite often on MTV, but don't recall hearing it on my
local top 40 station at all. Like you said, it had the
advantages of the movie tie-in and good video exposure,
not to mention a brand name artist, good hooks and very
commercial production. Definitely one of the more
puzzling cases of a non-hit from the 80s.

I appreciate this thread because it explains why the
soundtrack version never sounded quite "right" to me
(i.e. the mix is different although the mastering isn't
very good on the soundtrack CD). The version on "August"
sounds the best to me.]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:36:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34416&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34416 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34402&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34402 Author: NightAire
Subject: 4232
Posted: 09 June 2012 at 1:29am

You're welcome... and I have NO explanation for why it didn't hit the pop charts. Baffling, indeed!]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 01:29:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34402&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34402 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34385&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34385 Author: mstgator
Subject: 4232
Posted: 07 June 2012 at 5:48pm

Thanks for the comparison notes!

I still find it baffling that this never even touched the Hot 100, despite being
featured in a hit movie, a video that was all over MTV, and with a hook that
fit in easily with everything else on pop radio in 1986/87. The only
reasonable explanation would be if it hadn't been released as a commercial
single (making it ineligible to chart), which obviously wasn't the case.]]> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:48:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34385&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34385 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34359&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34359 Author: NightAire
Subject: 4232
Posted: 04 June 2012 at 1:37am

OK, I think I now know what's what:

ALBUM VERSION: Appears on both "August" and "Chronicles" and are digital clones (except "Chronicles" has been digitally clipped to make it several db louder). This has horn "blats" at 1:00, 1:10, 1;20, 2:00, 2:05, 2:10, 2:14, 2:38, 2:48, 3:16, 3:19, 3:21, 3:25, 3:35, 3:38, 3:40, 3:45, and into the fade.

SINGLE VERSION: Identical to album version with early fade, starting about 3:17, gone by 3:33. Don't know if this version has appeared on CD, but it's an easy creation from either album version above.

Then we get to the odd man out...

SOUNDTRACK VERSION: It is the same take as the above versions, but there are several differences. horn "blats" happen at 2:38, 2:48, 2:57, 3:07, 3:16, 3:26, 3:35, 3:45 & 3:54.

The rhythm guitar is mixed slightly lower than the album / single mix.

The keyboard is mixed slightly higher than the album / single mix.

There appears to be a little more reverb on the horn "blats" and the keyboard than the album / single mix.

Clapton's high harmony part is mixed slightly higher than the album / single mix.

The other trumpet notes between the "blats", the "solo" for the horns at the end of the song, is gone. Only the "blats" remain.

The bass, more specifically the kick drum is... out of phase with the album / single mix? It doesn't sound wrong by itself, but with the album / single mix in one ear and the soundtrack mix in the other, it's like the headphones kick -out- instead of -in-. The rest of the mix seems to match the phasing of the album version.

There may be a handful of other differences, but these are the main ones I detected.

I'm not sure about the Clapton CDs, but looking at the soundtrack, it says the track was "produced by Tom Dowd."

The CD says "(P) 1986 Warner Bros. Records, Inc." while the liner notes mark the 5th track (by Mark Knopfler) as being WB.

]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:37:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34359&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34359 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34358&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34358 Author: NightAire
Subject: 4232
Posted: 04 June 2012 at 12:25am

Actually, I was referring to the version on August... but listening back to the "August" version now, I hear the horns which match the single version!

I need to do a complete documentation of what is on which Clapton release... I'll do so and get back to this thread...]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:25:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34358&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34358 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34353&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34353 Author: mstgator
Subject: 4232
Posted: 03 June 2012 at 12:32pm

Gene... I assume the 4:10 version you mentioned is the same as the one
included on The Clapton Chronicles. Is the mix on that version similar
to either the soundtrack or 45 version? I only ask because there are horn
blasts throughout the 4:10 version on Chronicles (including at the one
minute mark).

Edited by mstgator]]> Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:32:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34353&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34353 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34340&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34340 Author: NightAire
Subject: 4232
Posted: 01 June 2012 at 6:37pm

AWESOME. Thanks. If it's anything other than an early fade, I'll post my findings here.

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EDIT: It IS a different mix! ...Although the differences are subtle... there appear to be horn "blasts" in the chorus that aren't on the version on the soundtrack.

(Amusingly, there ARE the horn blasts on the soundtrack version after the key change, but NOT on the single... then they show up again the fade... obnoxious.)

There may be other minor mix differences, but the first most-obvious difference happens at one minute in: "It's the way that you use it!" *BLAT* "It comes and it goes..."

Anybody know if this single mix has ever made it to CD? (I haven't checked the August album yet but if you believe the sample on Amazon, it is NOT the single mix.)

It's as if the producers had to justify charging the label for a single mix: "we'll just put them IN, here, and pull them OUT, here!" "Genius, Clark!!!" :-)

Edited by NightAire]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:37:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34340&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34340 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34339&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34339 Author: cmmmbase
Subject: 4232
Posted: 01 June 2012 at 9:53am

Gene,

My 45 does time out to 3:33. Dub coming your way...

Edited by cmmmbase]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:53:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34339&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34339 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34337&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34337 Author: NightAire
Subject: 4232
Posted: 01 June 2012 at 1:30am

Anybody know the official 7" single length, and if there are any edit points or any remix to the single version?

The album version I have been using runs 4:10, but just got a copy of the soundtrack to "The Color Of Money" (MCA Records, MCAD-6189) and it's 4:00. There are no edits; it's a 10-second-early fade.

Also of minor interest: both the cover & the CD label of the soundtrack title the song "It's In The Way You Use It" while every other copy I can find calls it "It's In The Way THAT You Use It."

Does anybody know if there really WAS a 3:33 single edit?

Edited by NightAire]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:30:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4232&PID=34337&title=eric-clapton-its-in-the-way#34337