https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:09:11 +0000 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 08:14:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5258 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=5258&PID=60626&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#60626 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 5258
Posted: 06 April 2022 at 8:14am

aaronk wrote: I don't know about a live version, but my promo CD on Slash/Reprise (PRO-CD-8097-R) has: 1. Radio Version (3:08) 2. Album Version (3:09) The only difference is that the Radio Version, if I remember correctly, removes the yell before the first verse. Our station always played the Album Version with the yell.

The radio version, without the yell, is not noted as
being on any CD's in the database. Besides the promo CD
single, It's also on a Hitmakers CD sampler from 1994, a
full 2 years before it was a hit. I also have it on a Top
Hits U.S.A. disc.

Edited by eriejwg]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2022 08:14:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=60626&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#60626 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=31263&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#31263 Author: edtop40
Subject: 5258
Posted: 13 August 2011 at 4:45am

the db needs to be revised as it says the below regarding the bodeans track "closer to free"...




1996 - CLOSER TO FREE   (dj copies of this cd single run (3:08) the )]]> Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:45:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=31263&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#31263 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=24438&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#24438 Author: jimct
Subject: 5258
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 6:11am

aaronk wrote: I don't know about a live version, but my promo CD on Slash/Reprise (PRO-CD-8097-R) has: 1. Radio Version (3:08) 2. Album Version (3:09)

Aaron, I have a total of 3 different "Closer To Free" promo CD singles. Two are identical, except for the stock #'s, as WB was prone to do during this time. So, in addition to the PRO-CD-8097-R promo you cite above, the exact same two tracks also appear on PRO-CD-6594. Now to the "live" version. Here is the info for my third promo CD single:

Bodeans-"Closer To Free" (PRO-CD-7979)
1-Studio Album Version (listed 3:09; actual 3:08)
2-Live Album Version (listed 3:54; actual 3:53) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:11:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=24438&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#24438 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=24390&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#24390 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 5258
Posted: 16 November 2009 at 1:18am

Thanks for the info, Aaron and Paul! The "live" version on my Promo Only CD runs shorter than on the commercial CD single, but it's very possible the engineer who mastered the Promo Only disc may have taken liberty to edit or fade out some of the beginning and ending audience applause. It's also possible this shorter "live" version could be on a promo CD single. ]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:18:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=24390&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#24390 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=24380&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#24380 Author: PaulEschen
Subject: 5258
Posted: 15 November 2009 at 8:49am

I have the commercial CD single (Slash/Reprise 2-17674) and Track 1 is the
Studio Album Version (listed 3:09, actual 3:08) and Track 2 is the Live Album
Version (listed 3:54, actual 3:52). The live track is from the album Joe Dirt
Car (Slash/Reprise 45945).

Edited by PaulEschen]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:49:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=24380&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#24380 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=24376&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#24376 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5258
Posted: 14 November 2009 at 3:37pm

I don't know about a live version, but my promo CD on Slash/Reprise (PRO-CD-8097-R) has:

1. Radio Version (3:08)
2. Album Version (3:09)

The only difference is that the Radio Version, if I remember correctly, removes the yell before the first verse. Our station always played the Album Version with the yell.]]> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:37:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=24376&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#24376 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=24373&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#24373 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 5258
Posted: 14 November 2009 at 11:39am

I'm most familiar with the hit studio version of BoDeans' "Closer to Free" as it appears on the group's Go Slow Down CD. However, I have a longer "live" version on my Promo Only Mainstream Radio subscription CD series that runs 3:35. I don't have a commercial or promo single of this song, but my research indicates that a "live" version appeared on both.

Does anyone recall hearing (or playing) this "live" version of "Closer to Free" on the radio? If anyone who has the commercial and/or promo single could pass along the track listing and run time info, that might be helpful too.]]> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:39:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5258&PID=24373&title=closer-to-free-bodeans#24373