https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:59:52 +0000 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:26:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5147 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=5147&PID=66301&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66301 Author: AdvprosD
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Posted: 30 March 2025 at 7:26pm

music4life75 wrote: Funny enough, I actually listened to this whole album (not CD), the other night. I'm having an L3-L5 laminectomy this Thursday, so how fitting it was to hear "When I'm Back On My Feet Again." This should be my inspiration song. I believe in the power of Michael Bolton!

Oh my!

I was going to look that up, but decided not to as it would probably make my back hurt. Hoping all goes as planned, and you have a speedy recovery.]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:26:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66301&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66301 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66299&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66299 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5147
Posted: 30 March 2025 at 1:12pm

music4life75 wrote: Funny enough, I actually listened to this whole album (not CD), the other night. I'm having an L3-L5 laminectomy this Thursday, so how fitting it was to hear "When I'm Back On My Feet Again." This should be my inspiration song. I believe in the power of Michael Bolton!

Oh, wow. I will be praying for a smooth surgury and a fast recovery. I believe in the power of prayer :)]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2025 13:12:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66299&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66299 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66298&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66298 Author: AdvprosD
Subject: 5147
Posted: 30 March 2025 at 12:33pm

aaronk wrote: EdisonLite wrote: But I wonder if the AC mix has appeared on any import CD or on a promo CD single. Has anyone seen it on CD? The very first post above is the info from Jim's promo CD, which contains the AC Mix.

TM Century appears to have both versions listed like Jim's promo. See HitDisc 828A.]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:33:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66298&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66298 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66296&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66296 Author: thecdguy
Subject: 5147
Posted: 30 March 2025 at 6:13am

Yet one other distinct difference I am able to detect is the break at 2:35 of the album version and at the 2:36 to 2:37 mark of the single version. On the latter, right after Bolton sings "we can work it out", there is what sounds something like a hi-hat cymbal sweep effect that terminates sharply and cleanly, followed by a split second of silence and then Bolton belting out: "HOW CAN WE BE LOVERS IF WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS". On the album version, there's a lower-pitch sound effect used instead of the hi-hat cymbal sweep effect. It also doesn't terminate sharply and cleanly, like on the single version, but rather trails off with some reverb.

I noticed the line "We Can Work It Out" on the Single Version sounds a little lower than at the same point on the Original LP Version. At least
it sounded that way to me. ]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2025 06:13:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66296&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66296 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66295&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66295 Author: music4life75
Subject: 5147
Posted: 30 March 2025 at 1:53am

Funny enough, I actually listened to this whole album (not CD), the other night. I'm having an L3-L5 laminectomy this Thursday, so how fitting it was to hear "When I'm Back On My Feet Again." This should be my inspiration song. I believe in the power of Michael Bolton!

Edited by music4life75]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2025 01:53:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66295&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66295 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66288&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66288 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 5147
Posted: 28 March 2025 at 2:25pm

aaronk wrote: This isn't all of the database CDs, but here are the ones I can verify. original LP version Soul Provider (first pressing) The Essential Michael Bolton (2 disc) (It's likely the 3.0 version is the same.) single version Soul Provider (second pressing) Greatest Hits 1985-1995 Power Of Love - Feelin' Good (Time Life) (this is a reissue of Ultimate Love Songs Collection - Feelin' Good) Easy 80s (Box Set) (Time Life) (10-disc set that includes Power Of Love - Feelin' Good)

See, it's a good thing I didn't commit to my wager! ]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:25:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66288&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66288 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66287&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66287 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 5147
Posted: 28 March 2025 at 1:53pm

aaronk wrote: This one will be a bit tricky to sort out, as it's a case where some CD pressings of Soul Provider have swapped the original LP version with the "Single Version." I don't know exactly when this happened, but I have a rip of both CDs (one from Ron and one from Chuck).

It is indeed tricky because I'm not sure when the pressings were swapped out for the Soul Provider CD release, either. We do know that the original LP versions for other hits on that album -- "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" and "Back on My Feet Again" -- were also swapped out in favor of their respective single versions, so the switch had to have occurred no sooner than May 1990 (when "Back on My Feet Again" was first released as a single), which means that the initial CD pressings were out for at least one year following the album's release in mid-1989. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to distinguish between CD pressings because, to my knowledge, they look identical in every way, except for the matrix number printed along the disc's center hub. However, the album was a huge seller in its first year of release and, therefore, there are many copies of older pressing out there. In fact, you can find them available via the following link on the Discogs website:

https://www.discogs.com/release/1875181-Michael-Bolton-Soul- Provider

Edited by Todd Ireland]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:53:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66287&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66287 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66277&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66277 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5147
Posted: 28 March 2025 at 6:55am

This isn't all of the database CDs, but here are the ones I can verify.

original LP version
Soul Provider (first pressing)
The Essential Michael Bolton (2 disc) (It's likely the 3.0 version is the same.)

single version
Soul Provider (second pressing)
Greatest Hits 1985-1995
Power Of Love - Feelin' Good (Time Life) (this is a reissue of Ultimate Love Songs Collection - Feelin' Good)
Easy 80s (Box Set) (Time Life) (10-disc set that includes Power Of Love - Feelin' Good)

Edited by aaronk]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:55:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66277&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66277 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66276&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66276 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5147
Posted: 28 March 2025 at 6:37am

This one will be a bit tricky to sort out, as it's a case where some CD pressings of Soul Provider have swapped the original LP version with the "Single Version." I don't know exactly when this happened, but I have a rip of both CDs (one from Ron and one from Chuck).]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:37:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66276&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66276 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66270&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66270 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 5147
Posted: 28 March 2025 at 2:13am

I finally picked up an early pressing copy of Michael Bolton's Soul Provider CD (Columbia 45012), and I have come to the conclusion that "How Can We Be Lovers" should probably warrant a single/album version distinction in the database. When performing an A/B comparison, the original album version appears to contain more reverb and run slightly slower than the single version. Yet one other distinct difference I am able to detect is the break at 2:35 of the album version and at the 2:36 to 2:37 mark of the single version. On the latter, right after Bolton sings "we can work it out", there is what sounds something like a hi-hat cymbal sweep effect that terminates sharply and cleanly, followed by a split second of silence and then Bolton belting out: "HOW CAN WE BE LOVERS IF WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS". On the album version, there's a lower-pitch sound effect used instead of the hi-hat cymbal sweep effect. It also doesn't terminate sharply and cleanly, like on the single version, but rather trails off with some reverb.

I can confirm that the Michael Bolton Greatest hits 1985-1995 CD (Columbia 67300) contains the single version. Unfortunately, I don't have "How Can We Be Lovers" on any other CDs listed in the database, so I can't verify which version appears on them. If I had to wager a guess, I'd say there's a very good chance that the single version is on all of the other database CDs. However, we know that one can never just assume anything with this whacky hobby. So, if anyone has any of these other CDs and can verify the version of "How Can We Be Lovers" on those CDs for us, based on the description I provided of the single/album version difference, this would be a great help!]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2025 02:13:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5147&PID=66270&title=michael-boltonhow-can-we-be-lovers#66270