https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:24:40 +0000 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 14:14:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4782 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=4782&PID=46477&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#46477 Author: Fastphilly
Subject: 4782
Posted: 16 November 2016 at 2:14pm

I have the promo 45 and when I first heard the edit intro I thought it was
a skip. Played the mono side and that confirmed it was a lousy edit.]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2016 14:14:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=46477&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#46477 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=46466&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#46466 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 4782
Posted: 13 November 2016 at 8:43am

Heard the promo edit for the first time this morning. That edit on the intro is terrible.

"Disco Lady" was my favorite song of 1976 and FWIW, I only recall hearing the full 45 version on the radio. Of course, it's possible that I heard the DJ edit, but just blocked it from my memory. Did I mention that edit on the intro is TERRIBLE:)]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2016 08:43:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=46466&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#46466 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=44719&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#44719 Author: Bwci Bo
Subject: 4782
Posted: 24 November 2015 at 3:53pm

Having just heard a copy (thanks to a fellow board member), I agree that it's an odd edit. It doesn't sound smooth at all, either. It's one of those edits that if you were trying to recreate from instructions, you'd really need to have a copy of the original handy to ensure you nailed it.

Anyway, that's another one off the list. :-)]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2015 15:53:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=44719&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#44719 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=44714&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#44714 Author: Bill Cahill
Subject: 4782
Posted: 24 November 2015 at 5:16am

It was an odd edit. Most songs, when edited would be cut
from a 4 bar intro to 2, in this case I believe it's cut
from 4 to 3 (and not an great edit either) plus at least
one more edit later in the song. ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2015 05:16:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=44714&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#44714 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=44712&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#44712 Author: jimct
Subject: 4782
Posted: 24 November 2015 at 4:57am

Duane, I have just shot out the DJ 45v to you, for your analysis. My
recollection was that the most notable differences between the stock and
promo 45 occurred early, in the song's opening seconds, during the long-ish
instrumental intro. But please feel free to share more precise details here,
after you've given what I sent you a listen.]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2015 04:57:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=44712&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#44712 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=44700&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#44700 Author: Bwci Bo
Subject: 4782
Posted: 23 November 2015 at 1:28am

Can anyone shed any more specific details on how to recreate the dj edit, please? ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2015 01:28:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=44700&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#44700 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=43201&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#43201 Author: jimct
Subject: 4782
Posted: 04 March 2015 at 12:34pm

Thanks for all the responses.

I more carefully reviewed hit songs from 1/76 to 1/77, to compare the
45v vs longer 45v's and/or LPv's I heard as the go-to current version on
my #1 local Top 40. There were a number of them, such as the (4:53)
"Love To Love You Baby", the (5:15) "She's Gone", the LP versions of
"Fooled Around And Fell In Love", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing",
"Lowdown", "Baby I Love Your Way", "Take It To The Limit", "A Little Bit
More", and "Evil Woman". Since they weren't matching my stock 45
versions, that fact jumped right out at me back then. Whereas, in the case
of "Disco Lady", it never did, because I wasn't in radio yet, and what they
were playing on-air happened to exactly match my stock 45.

Thanks for helping me finally get up to speed on what most Top 40
listeners were hearing on radio in 1976! ]]> Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:34:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=43201&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#43201 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=43194&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#43194 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 4782
Posted: 03 March 2015 at 3:27pm

jimct wrote: During early 1976, I remember hearing the full intro, stock 45 length of "Disco Lady" 98% of the time on CT Top 40 radio, right from when it was first added to the playlist. (I think AT 40 played the edit, but that wasn't unusual for that show.) Am I unusual in that regard? Do most of you remember hearing the edited intro version on your local Top 40 station, which was on both the mono/stereo sides of all promo 45 copies I've ever seen or owned?

   

My local radio station only played
the full length 45/LP length. I never even heard of a
shorter version until the CD age.

Edited by The Hits Man]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:27:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=43194&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#43194 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=43193&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#43193 Author: sriv94
Subject: 4782
Posted: 03 March 2015 at 9:37am

WLS/Chicago played the edit.]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2015 09:37:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=43193&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#43193 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4782&PID=43191&title=johnnie-taylor-disco-lady#43191 Author: Hykker
Subject: 4782
Posted: 03 March 2015 at 7:32am

My copy agrees with Tom's.

As for what version got the airplay, I can't say. I'd just
relocated to another city for my "day job" and wasn't working
in radio at the time. Never really paid enough attention to
know whether or not the edit was played.
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