https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:54:55 +0000 Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:07:55 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5312 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=5312&PID=50635&title=diana-king-shy-guy#50635 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5312
Posted: 22 November 2018 at 9:07am

I just obtained Volume 110 of the Hitmakers series (radio V/A promo discs), and this CD also features the 3:37 alternate mix of "Shy Guy." For the last 8 years, I've been hunting for evidence of a promo CD single with this mix with no luck.

In my travels, however, I found a remix promo CD single. I had never heard any of these remixes prior to finding this CD, but here are the details:

OSK 7205
1. Salah Einstein Mix (actual 4:21)
2. Einstrumental (actual 4:31)
3. Stripped Salah Mix (actual 4:17)
4. Accapella (actual 4:25)

These are drastically different versions from the hit recording. Not only do they have a very urban sounding backing track, but the vocals are totally re-recorded. The remixes sample "Remind Me" by Patrice Rushen, which was one of the tracks on the same album as "Forget Me Nots."

Edited by aaronk]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:07:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=50635&title=diana-king-shy-guy#50635 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=27635&title=diana-king-shy-guy#27635 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5312
Posted: 30 August 2010 at 10:03pm

OK, I had to go back and listen more carefully. The entire song is a barely noticeable but slightly different mix, and I had never noticed this until doing a side-by-side comparison. The only real difference is that "Radio Edit" on the commercial CD single has "sleigh bells" throughout the song; the promo version has the bells pushed back further in the mix and filtered (all of the high frequencies removed). Also, the EQ on the commercial CD single is much brighter.]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:03:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=27635&title=diana-king-shy-guy#27635 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=27634&title=diana-king-shy-guy#27634 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5312
Posted: 30 August 2010 at 9:39pm

mainrhythm wrote: I swear you can also hear the edit point between the two because of a cymbal being clipped.

I believe what you're hearing is a hi-hat tap and not a clipped cymbal. The ending on this unique version is not simply edited. After the two "shy guys," there is some trailing reverb, but no echo. My stock CD single that has three "shy guys" at the end has an echo--not just reverb. It's more like "shy guy, shy guy, shy guy...guy, shy guy, shy guy (echoes out)." For this reason, you would not be able to re-create the promo version by just editing.]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:39:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=27634&title=diana-king-shy-guy#27634 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=27632&title=diana-king-shy-guy#27632 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5312
Posted: 30 August 2010 at 9:30pm

Pat brought up in another thread that he doesn't include details of DJ compilations, which is understandable. My question, though, is should we include song timing/version info if it has appeared on more than one DJ compilation?

In this thread, for example, it has been documented that THREE different DJ compilations (Promo Only Mainstream, Radio Essential Series, and Network 40) have all included the same edit of "Shy Guy." It is very likely that this version is an official record company issue, although we have yet to see evidence presented on the board of an actual promo CD single with this 3:37 version.

Basically, I have a huge collection of radio compilation discs from the last 13 years, but I don't have a massive collection of promo CD singles from that era. I am more than happy to supply missing database details of radio versions if they have appeared on my DJ compilations and are very likely to have come from original promo CD singles.]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:30:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=27632&title=diana-king-shy-guy#27632 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=27626&title=diana-king-shy-guy#27626 Author: mainrhythm
Subject: 5312
Posted: 30 August 2010 at 12:59pm

My Promo Only Mainstream and Radio Essential Series discs also contain the ending with two "shy guy"s at the end. After listening they seem tighter than the the other version with three. I swear you can also hear the edit point between the two because of a cymbal being clipped.

I also have a "Better Into Edit" version on a Golddisc that has an actual time of 4:04. It cuts off the acapella intro and has a fade ending.

]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:59:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=27626&title=diana-king-shy-guy#27626 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=27618&title=diana-king-shy-guy#27618 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5312
Posted: 29 August 2010 at 9:59pm

I just revisted my copy on a Network 40 radio sampler, and I can confirm that this copy runs 3:37 and only repeats "shy guy" twice at the end. There must be another promo single floating around out there somewhere...]]> Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:59:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=27618&title=diana-king-shy-guy#27618 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=25176&title=diana-king-shy-guy#25176 Author: jimct
Subject: 5312
Posted: 11 February 2010 at 4:48pm

Here are the contents of my promo CD single:

Diana King-"Shy Guy" (OSK 6481)
1-Radio Edit (listed 3:39; actual 3:41)
2-Darpe Mix (listed & actual 3:41)]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:48:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=25176&title=diana-king-shy-guy#25176 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=24763&title=diana-king-shy-guy#24763 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5312
Posted: 03 January 2010 at 7:16pm

eriejwg wrote: Ed, I think Aaron was asking about a different cold ending that his station played.

Yes, I was wondering about the slightly different ending. I've never heard an official version that cuts off the acapella intro; however, my station cued past it when playing it on the air.]]> Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:16:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=24763&title=diana-king-shy-guy#24763 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=24755&title=diana-king-shy-guy#24755 Author: Hykker
Subject: 5312
Posted: 03 January 2010 at 2:56pm

edtop40 wrote: the commercial cassingle starts with the intro "I don't want no fly guy, I just want a shy guy, that's what i want yeah, you know what i want, yeah" THEN the music starts, so it is NOT a cold intro

Actually, a "cold intro" refers to a song starting with the vocal, as your copy does.]]> Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:56:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=24755&title=diana-king-shy-guy#24755 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=24748&title=diana-king-shy-guy#24748 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 5312
Posted: 03 January 2010 at 1:32pm

Ed, I think Aaron was asking about a different cold ending that his station played.]]> Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:32:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5312&PID=24748&title=diana-king-shy-guy#24748