https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 04 May 2026 08:30:38 +0000 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:10:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5915 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=5915&PID=61078&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#61078 Author: kaqueno
Subject: 5915
Posted: 17 June 2022 at 7:10am

Hi Guys, Returning to this topic of "Silent Running" by
Mike + the Mechanics, it is worth clarifying the
information:

Versions:

LP: 6:14
US 45: 4:10
UK 45 (#1) - aka single edit: 5:20 (with the intro sung
by Paul Carrack and cold ending)
UK 45 (#2) (?) - aka single edit 2: 5:20 (without the
intro sung by Paul Carrack and cold ending)
Video Version: 4:20 approx. (5:14 full video) (with the
intro sung by Paul Carrack and cold ending, with
crossfade toward the end, unique edit for the
video only)

There are other edited versions for the greatest hits:

- Hits (1996) 6:10 (LP version with intro a few seconds
shorter)
- Favourites: The Very Best Of (2000) 6:10 (LP version
with intro a few seconds shorter)
- Mike + the Mechanics: The Singles 1985-2014 (2014) 5.47
(missing the first :28 of the LP version)
- Genesis: R-Kive (Box Set) (2014) 5:47 (missing the
first :28 of the LP version)
- Mike + The Mechanics – Silent Running - Master Series
Collection (2018) 5:46 (missing the first :29 of the LP
version)

Carrack's Hits:

- Paul Carrack – The Carrack Collection (1993) 6:14 (LP
Version)
- Paul Carrack – Twenty-One Good Reasons: The Paul
Carrack Collection (1994) 4:10 (US 45)
- Paul Carrack – Carrackter Reference (1999) 5:21 UK 45
(#1)
- Paul Carrack - The Story So Far... (2006) 4:13 (US 45)
- Paul Carrack – Collected 4:12 (US 45)


I hope this information is useful, greetings

Edited by kaqueno]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:10:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=61078&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#61078 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=57778&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#57778 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 5915
Posted: 27 March 2021 at 1:52am

995wlol wrote: No, there is an out of sequence edit, which if I remember correctly, copies the first chorus and puts it before the first verse. I don't remember the other edit details off hand.

Just wanted to drop in my two cents for clarification
purposes. The 45 edit of "Silent Running" eliminates the
opening 54 seconds of the LP version and begins with a
quick fade up to the first downbeat of the instrumental
chorus that kicks off the song itself. Then there is an
edit halfway into that instrumental intro chorus
(starting around 1:08 of the LP length) that drops in
the second half of the first sung chorus (about 2:07 to
2:22 of the LP) before returning to the first verse.
Interestingly, this new sung intro section is actually
repeated later in the first official chorus so you'll
hear it twice in the 45 edit.

]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2021 01:52:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=57778&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#57778 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=31181&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#31181 Author: prisdeej
Subject: 5915
Posted: 03 August 2011 at 8:34pm

Thanks, crap. Yes, from reading everything here, I'm convinced the "A" List Discs and TM Century use the same edits. ]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:34:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=31181&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#31181 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=31177&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#31177 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 5915
Posted: 03 August 2011 at 11:34am

For what it's worth, the version on The "A" List Disc
35 (1994) runs 4:13 with the outro silence (probably a
second or two less without the silence). It's most likely
a clone of the TM Century version.

Going through my notes, I noted to myself that there are
edits at 0:16 and 0:31. I can't tell if those edits are
present in the original LP version or if they came from
TM's editing, but there they are.

(This is a marginally useful post, at best...)]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:34:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=31177&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#31177 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=31176&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#31176 Author: prisdeej
Subject: 5915
Posted: 03 August 2011 at 10:50am

Sounds to me like an early fade, is their an edit elsewhere?]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:50:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=31176&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#31176 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=31174&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#31174 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5915
Posted: 02 August 2011 at 11:08pm

For all intents and purposes, yes. It is a homemade edit, though,
because it goes slightly out of sync with the 45 at the edit points. ]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:08:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=31174&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#31174 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=31173&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#31173 Author: prisdeej
Subject: 5915
Posted: 02 August 2011 at 9:48pm

Bumping this back up. Does the 45 dub match the version on TM Century?]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:48:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=31173&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#31173 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=27870&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#27870 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5915
Posted: 22 September 2010 at 3:05pm

Actually, it does a quick fade in just before the two sixteenth notes, and you can hear the tail end of the lead up music.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:05:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=27870&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#27870 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=27864&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#27864 Author: Jody Thornton
Subject: 5915
Posted: 22 September 2010 at 1:43pm

I imagine that during the "swoosh" sfx at the 45-rpm's opening, the lead up music (on the LP) would not be present either right (except for the first two sixteenth notes prior to the downbeat)? So could you even edit it down from the LP version?
]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:43:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=27864&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#27864 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=27842&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#27842 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5915
Posted: 20 September 2010 at 7:21am

Abagon, thank you very much! I really appreciate it!]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:21:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5915&PID=27842&title=mike-the-mechanics-silent-running#27842