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Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street : Yes, slower on 45 than the USA...

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 21:27:57 +0000

Author: KentT
Subject: 4467
Posted: 27 January 2019 at 9:27pm

Yes, slower on 45 than the USA LP. Side 1 of "City To
City" was sped up on USA United Artists LP discs. Long
side, and the side was long. On most European issues, UK
and Germany known. the deadwax on Side 1, was very close
to the label area. Enough that many automatic turntables
and record changers would have issues with the last song
on side 1. If I were dealing with this issue, speeding up
this side slightly was a decent way to deal with the
issue, and make those key tracks more airplay friendly.
Being "Baker Street", "Right Down The Line" and all else
could be OK.

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street : eriejwg wrote:I know the 45...

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:21:09 +0000

Author: sriv94
Subject: 4467
Posted: 19 January 2019 at 7:21pm

eriejwg wrote:

I know the 45 version of Right Down the Line is faster
than the LP. The 45 of Baker Street is faster than the
long LP version but I don't know how much.

And I mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. The third single was "Home And Dry," which ran slower in its 45 edit than in its LP version.

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street : EdisonLite wrote:<I remember...

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:18:13 +0000

Author: KentT
Subject: 4467
Posted: 19 January 2019 at 7:18pm

EdisonLite wrote:

multi-track recorder. >

Aaron, I've never seen or heard of a multi-track DAT
recorder (only 2 tracks for DAT), but I wonder if you're
referring to A-DAT machines. Those were 8-tracks and
digital and almost the same name. Is that what you used?
They were quite popular around 10-15 years ago.

Yes, I suspect he had Alesis ADAT machines. They used
SVHS transports for storing the digital data, and could
be daisy chained with a controller for more tracks if
desired. These were common in demo studios, some
broadcast production, and even professional recording
studios sometimes used them. Yes, dealt with my fair
share of splices on analog tape, and aligning and
maintaining tape machines in broadcast facilities as one
of the engineers.

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street : I know the 45 version of Right...

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 20:54:18 +0000

Author: eriejwg
Subject: 4467
Posted: 09 January 2019 at 8:54pm

I know the 45 version of Right Down the Line is faster
than the LP. The 45 of Baker Street is faster than the
long LP version but I don't know how much.

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street : sriv94 wrote:Maybe about 1%....

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:45:18 +0000

Author: Ron S
Subject: 4467
Posted: 08 January 2019 at 7:45pm

sriv94 wrote:

Maybe about 1%. The promo version has an additional edit
in the intro compared to the stock single, which accounts for most if not
all of the time difference.

Thanks.....not much of difference....I made it 2% faster but still not much a
difference. I always remember the song being faster than the version I have

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street : Maybe about 1%. The promo version...

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:50:59 +0000

Author: sriv94
Subject: 4467
Posted: 08 January 2019 at 4:50pm

Maybe about 1%. The promo version has an additional edit in the intro compared to the stock single, which accounts for most if not
all of the time difference.

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street : A question....How much faster...

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:15:38 +0000

Author: Ron S
Subject: 4467
Posted: 08 January 2019 at 1:15pm

A question....How much faster is the dj 45 edit than the 45 version of 4:08?

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street : THEN there's issue of Stealer's...

Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:33:13 +0000

Author: Steve Carras
Subject: 4467
Posted: 28 March 2016 at 8:33pm

THEN there's issue of Stealer's Wheel's two different versions (LP and 45 of 1973's "Everyone's Agreed..Turn..Fine".

Edited by Steve Carras

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street : A note, the US issues are sped...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 11:54:42 +0000

Author: KentT
Subject: 4467
Posted: 25 December 2012 at 11:54am

A note, the US issues are sped up. The UK appearances on either 45 or LP are correct speed. A note, heads on open reel machines are not on an angle. The reason why splices are done diagonally is to reduce pops on playback and reduce dropouts.

Edited by KentT

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street : aaronk wrote:Although the database...

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:31:03 +0000

Author: TimNeely
Subject: 4467
Posted: 14 November 2012 at 2:31am

aaronk wrote:

Although the database nicely summarizes the running times for the various versions of "Baker Street," I'm wondering if anyone can help identify which versions are on each 45. What I'm gathering from the database and info from Jim is:

1) stock copies are all the 4:08 version (medium speed)
2) some promo copies exist with the mono/stereo of the 4:08 version (medium speed)

So, are there two other promos or just one? Pat notes that some dj copies have 3:47 (fastest speed) and 5:56 (slowest speed) versions. Aside from the speed, does the 3:47 version just have one edit on the intro when compared to the 4:08 version?

A few U.S. stock copies contain the 5:56 version on them. I know this because I own one. It is labeled as the 4:08 version, however.

Edited by TimNeely