https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:03:36 +0000 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:43:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4702 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=4702&PID=66240&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#66240 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 4702
Posted: 26 March 2025 at 3:43pm

Todd Ireland wrote: It turns out there are multiple commercial 45 pressings of James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend", so the database title notes can be amended as: (Some commercial 45 copies run 4:26, while others have an actual run time of 4:27, not 4:29 as stated on the record label.) "You've Got a Friend" comes from James Taylor's 1971 parent vinyl LP Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, in which the actual LP run time is 4:27 (printed time: 4:29). What's interesting about this, however, is that the CD version of this album on Warner Bros. 2561 is currently shown in the database with a run time of 4:20, which is at least :06 shorter than all other CD appearances! All things considered, I highly suspect that this 4:20 time is a typo, unless something in the song was edited in some way for the CD release (which would be highly bizarre, to say the least). So if anyone has a copy of the Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon disc who can confirm the correct run time, it would be very much appreciated!

Sorry, Aaron. You're absolutely right. I had the printed time incorrectly stated in my notes. I've gone back and corrected my original post. Thanks!

Edited by Todd Ireland]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:43:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4702&PID=66240&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#66240 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4702&PID=66237&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#66237 Author: aaronk
Subject: 4702
Posted: 26 March 2025 at 8:08am

I think you're probably right, Pat. Also, I have a copy of Mus Slide Slim, and the track runs 4:27 on that disc. I already updated the database with the correct run time.]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:08:21 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4702&PID=66237&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#66237 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4702&PID=66236&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#66236 Author: Pat Downey
Subject: 4702
Posted: 26 March 2025 at 8:04am

I only have a reissue 45 with a stated time of (4:29) so I
assume the comment of a running time of (4:20) was a typo.]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:04:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4702&PID=66236&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#66236 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4702&PID=66232&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#66232 Author: aaronk
Subject: 4702
Posted: 26 March 2025 at 6:26am

All seven pressing variations of the US 45 listed on Discogs either show 4:29 or no printed time. I can't find one that has a printed time of 4:20.]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:26:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4702&PID=66232&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#66232 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4702&PID=66228&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#66228 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 4702
Posted: 26 March 2025 at 1:38am

It turns out there are multiple commercial 45 pressings of James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend", so the database title notes can be amended as:

(Some commercial 45 copies run 4:26, while others have an actual run time of 4:27, not 4:29 as stated on the record label.)

(**Edit:** I somehow originally misread the printed time as 4:20. Therefore, given that there's only a two second difference between the actual and printed 45 time, no database title notes update is necessary here.)

"You've Got a Friend" comes from James Taylor's 1971 parent vinyl LP Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, in which the actual LP run time is 4:27 (printed time: 4:29).

What's interesting about this, however, is that the CD version of this album on Warner Bros. 2561 is currently shown in the database with a run time of 4:20, which is at least :06 shorter than all other CD appearances! All things considered, I highly suspect that this 4:20 time is a typo, unless something in the song was edited in some way for the CD release (which would be highly bizarre, to say the least). So if anyone has a copy of the Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon disc who can confirm the correct run time, it would be very much appreciated!

Edited by Todd Ireland]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:38:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4702&PID=66228&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#66228 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4702&PID=21456&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#21456 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 4702
Posted: 05 March 2009 at 11:03pm

The actual commercial 45 run time of James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend" is 4:26. (Timing info courtesy of Jim. There is no printed record label time.) The reason I post this is because database CD run times range from 4:20 to 4:29.]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:03:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4702&PID=21456&title=youve-got-a-friend-james-taylor#21456