https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 09 May 2026 09:23:30 +0000 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:53:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=7476 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=7476&PID=37902&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37902 Author: Smokin' TomGary
Subject: 7476
Posted: 06 June 2013 at 6:53pm

Promo 45 Prodigal P 0640F Stereo side has an actual time of :08/:17/2:58 with listed time of 2:59. Deadwax is P0640F-65214-S-06A 104360.
The Mono side has the same timings. Deadwax is P0640F-65214M-06A 104359.
]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:53:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37902&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37902 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37901&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37901 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 7476
Posted: 06 June 2013 at 6:39pm

So the 45 is an edit after all. Thank you all for the info
especially on where to find it. Now on with the countdown. ]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:39:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37901&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37901 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37900&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37900 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 7476
Posted: 06 June 2013 at 6:18pm

It would've been a bigger hit if they'd changed the band's name to "Prodigal." ;)

"Warm Ride" stiffed very quickly at our station. Local listeners, record buyers and jukebox pluggers didn't show any interest in it at all.

It always felt weird when you'd see a record your station had dropped weeks earlier begin to show up on AT40's cue sheets. Hearing those "flashbacks" like "Warm Ride" as Casey excitingly touted them as "new to the chart" felt even stranger.

It was similarly fascinating to discover that your station's lackluster experiences with such records had not been unique. "Moving up one spot to number 39" was Caseyspeak for "this &*!@# stiff's outta here next week!"   ;)]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:18:16 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37900&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37900 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37899&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37899 Author: jono
Subject: 7476
Posted: 06 June 2013 at 3:57pm

Hykker wrote: More likely the fact that they hadn't had a hit in 6 years, and were pretty much seen as has-beens by 1978.

Heh, yeah, there's THAT. And they haven't had a hit since, either. Too
bad, "Warm Ride" is a great song.]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:57:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37899&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37899 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37898&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37898 Author: Hykker
Subject: 7476
Posted: 06 June 2013 at 2:21pm

jono wrote: I wonder if Rare Earth's earlier, harder rocking hits had a negative influence on the low chart position, as this was sort of their "Miss You" or "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" moment?? As a young teenager when this song came out, I was not in any way influenced by their earlier sound, and thought this record was great.

More likely the fact that they hadn't had a hit in 6
years, and were pretty much seen as has-beens by 1978. ]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:21:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37898&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37898 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37897&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37897 Author: jono
Subject: 7476
Posted: 06 June 2013 at 10:21am

I, too, was surprised this song didn't do better. It sure was played on
the radio a lot in Northeastern Wisconsin at the time. The BeeGees
were all over the radio back then, but this was one of the few songs
they wrote and/or played on that failed (relatively speaking).

I wonder if Rare Earth's earlier, harder rocking hits had a negative
influence on the low chart position, as this was sort of their "Miss You"
or "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" moment?? As a young teenager when this
song came out, I was not in any way influenced by their earlier sound,
and thought this record was great.

For what it's worth, the version I have is from the Rare Earth LP
"Superstar Series - Celebrating Motown's Twentieth Anniversary",
which includes the single version (I assume), as it runs 2:58 and the
vocal comes in nearly 17 seconds into the song, as abagon pointed
out.

Jon O.

Edited by jono]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:21:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37897&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37897 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37895&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37895 Author: abagon
Subject: 7476
Posted: 06 June 2013 at 8:01am

I have "Band Together" LP. The actual LP running time is (4:01), the listed time is "4:02" on the LP record label.(Prodigal P7-10025R1)
My "Warm Ride" 45 is a promotional copy. The actual running time and the listed time are both "2:59" on the record label.(Prodigal 0640F "STEREO Side")
The 45 vocal starts at "0:16". The LP vocal starts at "0:33"
The 45 version is an edit of the LP version. If the promo 45 is the same as the commercial 45.
The edit point : at 0:00-0:16.7, plus fade out.

--abagon
]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:01:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37895&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37895 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37894&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37894 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 7476
Posted: 06 June 2013 at 4:44am

Thank you both. I think the 45 version is just a fade of
the LP length. Can anyone confirm that for me.]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:44:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37894&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37894 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37893&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37893 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 7476
Posted: 05 June 2013 at 9:06pm

What a shame this song didn't do better than it did back in
1978. There is a CD that has the 2:58 version if anyone is
interested - Greatest Hits And Rare Classics]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:06:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37893&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37893 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37892&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37892 Author: edtop40
Subject: 7476
Posted: 05 June 2013 at 7:35pm

my commercial 45 for the rare earth song 'warm ride' issued
as prodigal 0640 lists the run time on the label as 2:59
but actually runs 2:58....i have the correct 45 version if
you need a copy...]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:35:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7476&PID=37892&title=rare-earth-warm-ride#37892