https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:36:43 +0000 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 10:41:03 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6456 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=6456&PID=50519&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50519 Author: vinyljay69
Subject: 6456
Posted: 08 November 2018 at 10:41am

**In regard to the 1970 version**

I realize this is an old post and this may be old news, but I wanted to add what I know about the original topic. The '70s Atco LP of Eric Clapton contained the 2:50 version. When distribution of RSO switched from Atlantic to Polydor in the mid-'70s, the longer 3:10 version was substituted on reissues of the eponymous album. While all CD pressings of the album seem to contain the original LP length, the longer version can be found in digital on the Time Pieces comp.]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2018 10:41:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50519&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50519 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50460&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50460 Author: MMathews
Subject: 6456
Posted: 30 October 2018 at 9:11pm

Just adding that our rock station (WBAB on Long Island)
played this a lot when it was new and I'm pretty sure they
kept it in the regular rotation after that.
MM]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:11:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50460&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50460 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50459&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50459 Author: NightAire
Subject: 6456
Posted: 30 October 2018 at 7:05pm

Really! How odd... I'm going to have to check my source because I came up with 3:33 after trimming the silence.

I thought I sourced it from the Crossroads CD but maybe it was another source that did an early fade.

Whatever the case, I really appreciate the info!]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:05:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50459&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50459 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50453&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50453 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 6456
Posted: 29 October 2018 at 8:24pm

At some point, I recreated the After Midnight 1988 single
version. Crossroads was my source and it runs 3:39.]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:24:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50453&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50453 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50452&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50452 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 6456
Posted: 29 October 2018 at 6:29pm

NightAire wrote: 2) Does anybody have the single / promo info for the 1988 release?

Gene, my stock 45 (Polydor 807 403-7) has a listed time of 3:37 and runs an actual 3:39. ]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:29:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50452&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50452 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50446&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50446 Author: NightAire
Subject: 6456
Posted: 29 October 2018 at 2:48pm

YES!!! Thank you! I don't know WHY that wasn't coming up for me; I appreciate the direct link.]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:48:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50446&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50446 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50443&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50443 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6456
Posted: 29 October 2018 at 5:51am

NightAire wrote: *****Regarding After Midnight '88***** Discogs isn't pulling any single release of this song for me from the 80s.

Is this what you're looking for?

https://www.discogs.com/Eric-Clapton-After-Midnight-Extended -Version/master/791228

Edited by aaronk]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2018 05:51:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50443&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50443 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50442&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50442 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 6456
Posted: 29 October 2018 at 4:40am

The 1988 version of "After Midnight" peaked at #4 on
Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the spring of
1988. I do remember hearing it on the local rock station
(KQRS) quite a bit at the time.]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2018 04:40:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50442&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50442 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50441&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50441 Author: NightAire
Subject: 6456
Posted: 29 October 2018 at 12:16am

*****Regarding After Midnight '88*****

Discogs is really letting me down on this one; various pages across the internet claim there was a single released of the slowed-down version Clapton did for the Michelob commercial. (This is the version that appeared on Crossroads.)   However, Discogs isn't pulling any single release of this song for me from the 80s.

(Something's weird in their database here anyway; I can search and pull up the "Crossroads" album, but when I look through Clapton's discography it isn't listed... don't know if it's them or me.)

Another poster on another form explains what I've found better than I could:

"I had previously assumed the version on Crossroads was from the Michelob commercial, but that isn't the case, and there are various edits:

- Crossroads (4:05) - apparently cut short to fit

- Japanese Cream of Eric Clapton and UK CD single (5:04) - "Extended Version" Just a longer fade? I haven't heard it.

- US single (3:37) - just an earlier fade?

- bootleg (?) version (6:22) - Somebody mentioned this in a post, but I don't know anything about it.

As for the commercial itself, it seems to be a completely different recording. The tempo seems faster, and Eric's vocal is clearly different. He puts in a pause between "mid" and "night", unlike the version on Crossroads. Has this performance ever been released anywhere?"

(From the "Slowhand" mailing list)

I have heard the commercial which does appear to be a unique take, I have the version from the Crossroads CD, and I've found a video on YouTube that demonstrates what must be the edit(s) on the single version.

I guess I have three questions:

1) Was a full-length version of the Michelob take released?

2) Does anybody have the single / promo info for the 1988 release?

3) Did radio pick up the '88 version? I can't find any indication it ever charted.

Thanks! A listener requested it, and I wanted to play the "right" version. :-)

FYI: If you remove on the Crossroads version 2:47 to 3:20 on the snare before "we're gonna let it all hang out" you will duplicate the edit I found on the YouTube video... EXCEPT the instrumental fade goes about 2 seconds longer at the end on the video version! I wonder if this means technically the single version can't be created from the LP version because it fades 2 seconds early, or if the video version has just a hair more audio at the end than the single? Enquiring minds would like to know!

Edited by NightAire]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:16:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=50441&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#50441 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=31946&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#31946 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 6456
Posted: 14 November 2011 at 8:52pm

You're welcome!

But I really like the longer fade version! Does anybody know on what LP or CD that was FIRST released?

Andy]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:52:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6456&PID=31946&title=after-midnight-eric-clapton#31946