https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 04 May 2026 12:23:03 +0000 Tue, 29 Mar 2022 05:22:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=464 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=464&PID=60591&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#60591 Author: mjb50
Subject: 464
Posted: 29 March 2022 at 5:22am

I don't know how it compares to the Japanese 45, but the reverb on Afterglow is different than the standard single version. Concentrate on the snare reverb tails in the first 15 seconds of the song, especially in the instrumental section at 0:11, after the cymbal crash and right before the vocals start. On Afterglow, the tails are overlapping well past each beat, whereas they fade much more quickly on the album version and 45. I can even see it in a spectrogram.

It's virtually impossible to make the Afterglow version from the album or 45 version without adding reverb. I'd guess they went the other way, starting with this heavier-reverb mix and then for the album/45 mix using a bandlimited expander to get the 'verb to fade quicker. Or it may really be two different mixes with different reverb settings, and they never used this one till someone pulled the wrong tape for Afterglow. Neither would surprise me.

Edited by mjb50]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2022 05:22:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=60591&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#60591 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49494&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49494 Author: KentT
Subject: 464
Posted: 26 June 2018 at 9:49am

Also, it was the first single from Jet Records switchover
to being manufactured and distributed in the USA by
CBS/Associated Records. Also, in the USA, the single had
to also compete with the flood of $2.99 cutout copies of
the "Out Of The Blue" LP set leftover from United Artists
Records distribution. ]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:49:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49494&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49494 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49491&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49491 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 464
Posted: 25 June 2018 at 2:27pm

Another factor to consider was that although it stiffed in North America, "Mr. Blue Sky" was a big hit back home, landing at #6 on the U.K. chart. It also re-charted there in 2011, although not nearly as high (#88). ]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:27:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49491&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49491 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49488&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49488 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 464
Posted: 25 June 2018 at 1:11pm

Not just commercials. It's also in the recent Guardians Of The Galaxy sequel. If they listen to the soundtrack it's no wonder it's become a favorite of the younger generation. ]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:11:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49488&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49488 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49487&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49487 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 464
Posted: 25 June 2018 at 12:25pm

When I speak about ELO to the younger generation, it seems like the only song they know (if any) is Mr. Blue Sky. If you'd ask me in the early '80s which song they'd be most remembered for, I would never have guessed a song that barely dented the top 40. Great song, but at its time, it wasn't that big. Just goes to show what being used prominently in TV commercials in recent years can do for a song or group.]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:25:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49487&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49487 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49484&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49484 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 464
Posted: 25 June 2018 at 8:37am

I was just able to create a 45 version from the Out Of
The Blue album. I used the 45 on YouTube to duplicate
the fade that is 4.5 seconds long]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2018 08:37:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49484&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49484 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49480&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49480 Author: aaronk
Subject: 464
Posted: 24 June 2018 at 9:16pm

Thanks, John! Based on this information, it's safe to say that the LP
version can be edited down to create the 45 version. The additional
music found on Afterglow might be unique to that release, although
Wikipedia claims that it matches the Japanese 45 ]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2018 21:16:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49480&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49480 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49479&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49479 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 464
Posted: 24 June 2018 at 8:55pm

Aaron, my DJ 45 and two stock 45s are all sourced from the same cutting, with identical deadwax numbers. The stock runs 3:44 as advertised, with the same 4.5 second fade. ]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2018 20:55:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49479&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49479 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49475&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49475 Author: aaronk
Subject: 464
Posted: 24 June 2018 at 9:20am

I was revisiting this one, and I haven't been able to find a 45 dub that runs as long as the version on Afterglow. I have a dub of the promo 45 on my hard drive, and it runs 3:44. The intro has three piano notes before the announcer voice comes in. There are no short wave tuning sound effects like on the LP version. The final note of the song lasts 4.5 seconds from the start of the drum hit to the end of the audio. By contrast, this same note on Greatest Hits lasts 4.9 seconds before the second part of the song begins. The version on Afterglow has this final note running 7.9 seconds, which is far beyond the fade of the promo 45.

There is a dub on YouTube of someone playing a 45 (looks like a stock 45), and it matches the promo 45 copy in terms of the length of the fade out, also running 4.5 seconds. This makes me wonder if the version on Afterglow would technically be the 45 version but slightly longer.]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2018 09:20:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=49475&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#49475 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=26938&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#26938 Author: edtop40
Subject: 464
Posted: 22 June 2010 at 6:48pm

the 45 actually lists a run time of 3:44 and does indeed run that length.....if you fade out the last 0:02 of the 3:46 cd version you'll have the true 45 version.....]]> Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:48:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PID=26938&title=elo-mr-blue-sky#26938