https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 03 May 2026 15:29:26 +0000 Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:51:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5197 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=5197&PID=63858&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#63858 Author: davidclark
Subject: 5197
Posted: 28 October 2023 at 12:51am

If you use the Rhino CD as the source, you'd not have the same mix as the
short promo 45. A dub of the promo 45 reveals it is an edit of the (differently
mixed from the LP) commercial 45.

I believe the Rhino CD is simply a sped-up LP mix.]]> Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:51:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=63858&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#63858 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=45999&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#45999 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 5197
Posted: 02 August 2016 at 9:46pm

Doug, I never replicated the short 45 version from CD, and while I do have the On The Radio Vol. 6 CD, I figured the more readily-available Rhino Soul Hits Of The '70s, Vol. 1 would provide a more useful source (which has got to be the CD I was thinking of upthread three years ago, since "Going In Circles" isn't even on any of the Nipper CDs.)

To answer your question: it is faded early, with no further edits.

Here are the steps, using the Rhino CD:

1. Swap the left and right channels.

2. Delete the 12.375-second segment from :12.728 to :25.103 (where the vocal starts.) Your results should sound smoother than the clunky-sounding edit on the short 45.

3. Fade from 3:24.225 to 3:36.712 (12.486 seconds.)

4. Stretch length by 101.678%. Final length should be 3:40.348.

Edited by Yah Shure]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2016 21:46:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=45999&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#45999 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=45998&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#45998 Author: sriv94
Subject: 5197
Posted: 02 August 2016 at 4:55pm

Yah Shure wrote: 1) The left and right channels on the stereo edit are reversed compared to the stereo 4:32 promo 45. The lead vocal is panned more toward the right channel rather than the left (it's dead-center on the Nipper's G.H.CD.) 2) The edit eliminates the second half of the instrumental intro.

So can the promo be extracted from any CD version, or do we have to slow the CD version down first? (It appears the only CD with the proper speed is On The
Radio Volume 6, but I don't have it.)

Also, eliminating the second half of the instrumental intro only shaves off about 12 seconds, so is there another edit or is it faded early?]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:55:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=45998&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#45998 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=37927&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#37927 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 5197
Posted: 08 June 2013 at 1:16pm

I already mentioned it upthread, but yes, my 4:32 DJ copy also lists LYG as the plug side.]]> Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:16:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=37927&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#37927 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=37925&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#37925 Author: Hykker
Subject: 5197
Posted: 08 June 2013 at 11:29am

This all points to the short version of GIC being a later
reservice...someone at RCA must have believed in it, but
thought it was too long. Since "Let Yourself Go" had
already run out of whatever little steam it had, there was
no reason to include it.
I just checked my promo, and LYG was noted as the plug
side...does this agree with everyone else's 4:32 promo?

Edited by Hykker]]> Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:29:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=37925&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#37925 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=37922&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#37922 Author: jimct
Subject: 5197
Posted: 08 June 2013 at 9:14am

Thankfully, as Steve jokingly opined, Pat no longer has the only copy of the
shorter, (3:40) on both sides promo 45. I have just finally picked one up;
deadwax info is exactly the same as what Pat states above. Strangely,
though, for as often as it has been referenced in this thread/how many of us
own the longer promo, existence of the listed (4:32), actual (4:25) promo 45
has never been added to the db. Pat, deadwax for the longer RCA 0204
promo is a faintly-pressed, machine stamped "WPKS 8342 5S". And, unlike
the shorter promo, the longer one has the also-charted-Hot-100 "Let
Yourself Go" on the flip side. ]]> Sat, 08 Jun 2013 09:14:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=37922&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#37922 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=23941&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#23941 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 5197
Posted: 26 September 2009 at 8:02pm

I didn't report back last week, but the yellow label promo I ordered was also the 4:32 version.]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:02:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=23941&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#23941 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=23940&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#23940 Author: Hykker
Subject: 5197
Posted: 26 September 2009 at 5:13pm

jimct wrote: Strange how all 10 of the previous promo copies I'd seen before all featured the stock 45 length, isn't it? 1969 radio must've worn out all of those shorter-length promo 45 copies playing them on-the-air!

Or something like that.
Maybe Pat has the only short promo in existence.
A quick check of the Whitburn book shows that it got up to #15 in Billboard, for some reason I don't really associate the song with being much of a hit...at least in the Boston area/northern New England. Must have been really big in other parts of the country. Gotta say the song has grown on me over the years, didn't care for it much at the time.
It will be interesting to see which version is on the promo eriejwg ordered.



Edited by Hykker]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:13:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=23940&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#23940 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=23938&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#23938 Author: jimct
Subject: 5197
Posted: 26 September 2009 at 3:30pm

Many thanks for the double-check, Pat. Your new included details are much appreciated. Strange how all 10 of the previous promo copies I'd seen before all featured the stock 45 length, isn't it? 1969 radio must've worn out all of those shorter-length promo 45 copies playing them on-the-air!]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:30:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=23938&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#23938 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=23936&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#23936 Author: Pat Downey
Subject: 5197
Posted: 26 September 2009 at 12:25pm

Yep, I double checked my dj copy and it is a yellow label RCA 74-0204 with a stated time of (3:40) and an actual time of (3:38). Matrix number is stamped on the runout groove as WPKS 8342-11S]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:25:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5197&PID=23936&title=friends-of-distinctiongoing-in-circles#23936