https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:31:33 +0000 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:14:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=717 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=717&PID=64928&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#64928 Author: eric_a
Subject: 717
Posted: 10 July 2024 at 8:14pm

aaronk wrote: It would have to be Gitche-Gumee from the first line of the song. I wasn't familiar with the poem ("The Song Of Hiawatha"), but I just looked it up, and it's referenced there, too, in the last part.

Very good! That factoid could have been worth, like,
$20,000. With more time, I might have gotten there but 30
seconds goes fast.

During the credits, I mentioned the Lightfoot connection to
Alex Trebek (another Canadian legend). Alex was polite but
didn't seem impressed.]]> Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:14:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=64928&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#64928 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=64926&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#64926 Author: aaronk
Subject: 717
Posted: 10 July 2024 at 1:47pm

It would have to be Gitche-Gumee from the first line of the song. I wasn't familiar with the poem ("The Song Of Hiawatha"), but I just looked it up, and it's referenced there, too, in the last part.]]> Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:47:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=64926&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#64926 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=64925&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#64925 Author: eric_a
Subject: 717
Posted: 10 July 2024 at 8:56am

At the risk of veering OT...this song, as much as I love it,
will haunt me forever. When I was on Jeopardy, this Final
Jeopardy clue stumped all 3 of us. I'm still bummed that I
didn't make the connection to this song. Any guesses?

THE GREAT LAKES: An 1855 poem gives us this Native
American name for the 1 Great Lake not known to us today by
a Native American word or a tribe's name]]> Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:56:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=64925&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#64925 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=64913&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#64913 Author: garye
Subject: 717
Posted: 06 July 2024 at 1:27pm

Funny looking back over this post,
In Houston all the top 40 stations played the promo 45, and
that was the only copy I ever had of the song.
Chop the 6:27 LP version down to 5:57, then further to
5:23.
Basically 30 second cuts for 45 and promo.
The 2 AOR stations played the LP version.
I can't remember ever hearing the single release ever
played in Houston.]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:27:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=64913&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#64913 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=64873&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#64873 Author: radiofan16
Subject: 717
Posted: 22 June 2024 at 3:57am

The 5:23 version has been re-uploaded

The Wreck of The
Edmund Fitzgerald(45 version)]]> Sat, 22 Jun 2024 03:57:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=64873&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#64873 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=46849&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#46849 Author: radiofan16
Subject: 717
Posted: 24 January 2017 at 4:58pm

Here's the 5:23
version ]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:58:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=46849&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#46849 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=46835&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#46835 Author: Scott Young
Subject: 717
Posted: 23 January 2017 at 2:48pm

This thread inspired me to try my own radio edit, with
the goal of making a 5 minute version without dropping
any lyrics. I took an approach similar to the 5:23
version. There are several places where there's a
measure of instrumental between the lines of lyrics in
the verses. Those can all come out, and then the
instrumental breaks can be shortened. I think the
trick to making it work is to avoid using hard cuts.
All of my edits are crossfades created in multitrack.
A lot of the edits would've been impossible to pull
off with hard cuts. Once all the editing was done the
running time was about 5:05. The oldies station I do
production for (KISN) hasn't been playing the song
until now, just because it's so long and dreary. I
know a lot of stations played the full commercial
version as a current and it was a big hit, but I can't
help thinking 6+ minutes of it might be a bit of a
tuneout today.]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:48:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=46835&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#46835 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=46829&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#46829 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 717
Posted: 23 January 2017 at 9:40am

The DJ edit was creatively done. I ended up purchasing
what turned out to be a cracklefest promo 45 several
years ago but was able to recreate it.

If you take the .flac 45 version and recreate it then no
doubt it will sound amazing.]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:40:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=46829&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#46829 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=46828&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#46828 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 717
Posted: 23 January 2017 at 4:48am

The Rhino Digital 45 of this song with the 45 version is available on Qobuz in flac format.

Edited by Brian W.]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2017 04:48:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=46828&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#46828 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=46821&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#46821 Author: Kiefer2
Subject: 717
Posted: 22 January 2017 at 2:31am

That's it-knew I could count on you!]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2017 02:31:25 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=717&PID=46821&title=wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald#46821