https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:33:51 +0000 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:03:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4571 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=4571&PID=21126&title=donna-summer-last-dance#21126 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 4571
Posted: 20 February 2009 at 2:03am

To Pat:

Thanks for the clarification!

I no longer own the 12" inch vinyl and was going by memory.

Andy

]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:03:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=21126&title=donna-summer-last-dance#21126 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=21105&title=donna-summer-last-dance#21105 Author: Pat Downey
Subject: 4571
Posted: 19 February 2009 at 7:18am

Upon further review of this 12" dj single vs LP situation, my kick drum fades in on both the 12" promo and LP version, both are stereo and I now do not hear any difference between the two. I guess at one time I thought I heard some difference in mix but I was probably swayed by the credit on the 12" dj vinyl that read "disco remix by Marc Paul Simon & Bobby Guttadaro". If anyone can come up with any mix differences, please stand up and be counted.]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:18:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=21105&title=donna-summer-last-dance#21105 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=21088&title=donna-summer-last-dance#21088 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 4571
Posted: 18 February 2009 at 10:17am

My version of the vinyl 'Thank God It's Friday' is labelled 7:10, runs about 8:10, is true stereo and I don't believe it's the true promo 12" mix (as my memory seems to think the kick drum came in at full-volume on the promo 12" [where on this version the kick drum fades in]).

Andy]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:17:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=21088&title=donna-summer-last-dance#21088 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=21086&title=donna-summer-last-dance#21086 Author: smvceo
Subject: 4571
Posted: 18 February 2009 at 9:41am

Be aware of disco practices in the 70s. Remember Gloria Gaynor's Love Tracks? First pressings of that LP contain a 4+ minute version of "I Will Survive" that was longer than the 45 but shorter than the 12" single. Second pressings contained the 12" single version, and Polydor discontinued pressing the 12" single. This is only one example of how LP contents changed during the 70s. Incidentally, the A-side of that 12" single was not "I Will Survive," but "Substitute."

Incidentally, I own a 12" single of "Last Dance," if a dub might help. Where is "Last Dance" in mono?]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:41:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=21086&title=donna-summer-last-dance#21086 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=21083&title=donna-summer-last-dance#21083 Author: satchdr
Subject: 4571
Posted: 17 February 2009 at 11:20pm

Additional information:

I've compared the original "Thank God It's Friday" vinyl LP version to the "Bad Girls - Deluxe Edition" CD version.

Pat is correct that they are different and here's the twist: the LP version is mono and the CD version is stereo. It appears to me that the LP version is a fold down of the CD version. Other than the LP version sounding "muddier," I could not discern any real differences in the mix when I did an A/B comparison. Both versions are exactly the same length (8:11).

Quite a bit of deadwax notations on my LP: "NBLP 7099 3" then "AS 21G" then "K-9685" and finally "GOL" (at various points around the perimeter.)

I'm searching for the vinyl 12" version to see if there are other differences but haven't found a copy yet.]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:20:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=21083&title=donna-summer-last-dance#21083 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=20916&title=donna-summer-last-dance#20916 Author: aaronk
Subject: 4571
Posted: 10 February 2009 at 9:12am

Thanks for the additional info, Pat. So, the conclusion is that the LP version has never been issued on CD. Does anyone know what the differences are between the 12" and LP versions?]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:12:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=20916&title=donna-summer-last-dance#20916 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=20913&title=donna-summer-last-dance#20913 Author: Pat Downey
Subject: 4571
Posted: 09 February 2009 at 10:53pm

There are two things I can toss in here. 1) there is at least a dj 12" single of Last Dance if not a commercial copy that runs (8:09) and it says remixed by Marc Paul Simon & Bobby Guttadaro. 2) The vinyl LP soundtrack of "Thank God It's Friday" lists a running time for Last Dance of (6:58) but I just timed it and it really runs (8:09). My claim is that the cd release of "Last Dance" on the O.S.T. Thank God It's Friday really does contain the remix and not the original vinyl LP version of "Last Dance". ]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:53:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=20913&title=donna-summer-last-dance#20913 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=20910&title=donna-summer-last-dance#20910 Author: aaronk
Subject: 4571
Posted: 09 February 2009 at 8:37pm

satchdr wrote: Thus, it appears that this version is BOTH the "12" single version" and the "LP version."

Based on your information, there is no 12" version---there is only an LP version. If this is the case, the database should be changed to read "LP version" instead.]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:37:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=20910&title=donna-summer-last-dance#20910 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=20909&title=donna-summer-last-dance#20909 Author: satchdr
Subject: 4571
Posted: 09 February 2009 at 7:44pm

Okay, I've got some additional information on this issue.

I've confirmed that the length of "Last Dance" on Side A of the "Thank God It's Friday" soundtrack times out at 8:08. Thus, it appears that this version is BOTH the "12" single version" and the "LP version."

Does it make sense to annotate or change the designation in the database accordingly?

Or am I still off base?]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:44:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=20909&title=donna-summer-last-dance#20909 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=20905&title=donna-summer-last-dance#20905 Author: satchdr
Subject: 4571
Posted: 09 February 2009 at 8:28am

Thanks, jimct. I still have a question, though.

Whitburn lists the song on the movie soundtrack album (Casablanca 7099.) Pat has two listings for the song on the CD version (Casablanca 314534606.) Neither of those versions are the "LP version." One is the "12" single version" and the other is the "LAST DANCE reprise." Was the "LP version" omitted from the CD release of the soundtrack or is the "12" single version" in reality the "LP version?"]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:28:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4571&PID=20905&title=donna-summer-last-dance#20905