https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 09 May 2026 18:01:15 +0000 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 10:43:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4267 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=4267&PID=40130&title=just-the-two-of-us#40130 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 4267
Posted: 06 January 2014 at 10:43am

The LP version runs about 7:22, and surprisingly turns up on Time-Life's 2-CD Body And Soul Vol. 2 Love And Tenderness (1998).

The 45 is an edit of the LP version, and runs about 3:58. This is by far the most common version on compilations. I prefer the sound on Rhino's Radio Daze Vol. 5, but I didn't encounter any discs where it sounds really bad.

An early fade of the 45 edit, running about 3:30, first appeared on Time-Life's 2-CD Heart Rock (1988). This version didn't exist when the song was a hit in 1981. The same analog transfer is used for:

• Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk (1994; digitally exactly 1.9 dB louder)
• JCI's Only Rock 'N Roll #1 Radio Hits 1980-1984 (1996)
• Warner Special Products' 2-CD Touched By Love (1997)
• Warner Special Products' Soft Love (1999)

Avoid all of the above.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Mon, 06 Jan 2014 10:43:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4267&PID=40130&title=just-the-two-of-us#40130 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4267&PID=18966&title=just-the-two-of-us#18966 Author: joliom
Subject: 4267
Posted: 30 September 2008 at 1:09am

Hykker wrote: My retail copy makes no mention of Bill. I could be that later pressings DID mention him...there are many instances where the title or artist was listed differently on early vs. later pressings of songs.

That's a distinct possibility. I know I've seen several Cameo-Parkway and Philles 45's with different performer credits between pressings. I'm just curious whether that's the case here or not.]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:09:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4267&PID=18966&title=just-the-two-of-us#18966 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4267&PID=18960&title=just-the-two-of-us#18960 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 4267
Posted: 29 September 2008 at 6:35pm

I have two promo copies, neither of which credits Bill Withers.




Perhaps Bill's initial omission was a result of his not having been signed to Elektra. We've also seen some odd crediting on a few soundtrack hits on labels that aren't home to the artists. Contractual specifics may be at play here.

Case in point: the original artist credit on then-Deram artist Justin Hayward's "Forever Autumn" single (below, left) could only have been dreamed up by someone's legal department. Does anyone ever remember hearing such a mouthful announced verbatim on the radio? Probably not. Fortunately, later pressings (below, right) cleared it up considerably.



Edited by Yah Shure]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:35:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4267&PID=18960&title=just-the-two-of-us#18960 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4267&PID=18954&title=just-the-two-of-us#18954 Author: Hykker
Subject: 4267
Posted: 29 September 2008 at 4:39pm

My retail copy makes no mention of Bill. I could be that later pressings DID mention him...there are many instances where the title or artist was listed differently on early vs. later pressings of songs.]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:39:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4267&PID=18954&title=just-the-two-of-us#18954 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4267&PID=18951&title=just-the-two-of-us#18951 Author: joliom
Subject: 4267
Posted: 29 September 2008 at 4:20pm

I ran this by Pat and he suggested that we discuss it further here. I'm curious about the official performer credit for the 1981 song "Just the Two of Us". Every original Elektra/Asylum 45 I have seen, including the 12" promos, credits Washington by himself (with no mention of Bill Withers), but Pat was saying that he's had a lot of people email him swearing that their 45's credit "Grover Washington, Jr. with Bill Withers". Joel Whitburn apparently confirms this as well. I know that Bill Withers co-wrote and co-sings the song - that is not in question - but I'm curious if there are really alternate pressings of the original 45's with different performer credits. Can anyone confirm this fact?

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