https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 04 May 2026 14:59:09 +0000 Sun, 02 Jan 2022 10:31:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=77 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=77&PID=59939&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#59939 Author: VWestlife
Subject: 77
Posted: 02 January 2022 at 10:31am

I've never heard the 45 version with all the weird echoey synth clapping during the intro until I read this thread and found a copy of it online.

The version I have on James Ingram's "The Power of Great Music" compilation CD (not listed in the database) runs 4:29 and thus is likely the same as all the other CDs running 4:29-ish and listed as "Remix". The music video on YouTube is the same mix as it except with most of the intro cut off and an early fade:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPYSrcxhzY

And in this aircheck of 640 KFI counting down the Top 84 songs of 1984 (back when they used to play music, in AM Stereo!), at 9:51 they played the full album version, which has less reverb on the synth drums and is slightly longer than the common 4:29-ish remix:

http://am-stereo.dharlos.de/2/640kfi.mp3

So what is the definitve "hit" version??

* The 45 version with echoey synth clapping
* The music video edit of the common remix version
* Or the album version which was played on the radio back in 1984?
]]> Sun, 02 Jan 2022 10:31:21 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=59939&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#59939 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=38652&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#38652 Author: 995wlol
Subject: 77
Posted: 29 July 2013 at 4:46pm

Can the LP version on the "It's Your Night" CD be edited down to the 45 version?]]> Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:46:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=38652&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#38652 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=28477&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#28477 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 77
Posted: 29 November 2010 at 6:45pm

Two tiny items for this track:

The version on Time-Life's 2-CD Body And Soul - Sweet Embrace (Vol. 9, 1999) is a digital clone of Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties 1984-1985 (Vol. 23, 1997), but it's missing the first ten beats of the song. Sounds like an engineer wanted it to start on a downbeat, and just lopped off part of the intro. The fade is the same as the other disc.

The version on WB's Michael McDonald best-of Sweet Freedom (1986, European disc that might not have even been released in US) is missing a tiny bit of the first snare hit on the intro. It's not a big deal, but it does sound like something's amiss, when compared to the Time-Life disc above.

Minor stuff, but thought I should document it somewhere.]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:45:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=28477&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#28477 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=24987&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#24987 Author: abagon
Subject: 77
Posted: 24 January 2010 at 11:27pm

According to the "GUINNESS British Hit Singles 13th edition" book.

Feb 84 pos/44 wks/5
Apr 84 pos/69 wks/3 (re-entry)
Jan 85 pos/12 wks/8 (2nd re-entry)
Jan 85 pos/12 wks/8 (remix)

"Yah Mo B There" was ranked in the U.K. chart four times.
It seems that on the "Now 1985" CD is the "Remix" hit version in the U.K. chart.

--abagon]]> Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:27:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=24987&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#24987 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=24985&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#24985 Author: Indy500
Subject: 77
Posted: 24 January 2010 at 4:58pm

The 12" version is on the 1994 Sony Music French CD
Culture Dance Collector Vol 3

It runs 6:36
]]> Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:58:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=24985&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#24985 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=24984&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#24984 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 77
Posted: 24 January 2010 at 1:45pm

I don't have the 45 for this one, and am a little confused about what it should sound like.

There's the fairly common-on-CD version that starts off with a mid-beat snare hit and a drum machine pattern. Other synth instruments trickle in beginning at :09, but the drum machine pattern doesn't change. This version runs about 4:28, and shows up on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties - 1984-1985 and Body Talk - Heart And Soul, as well as the excellent import WB Michael McDonald collection from 1986 called Sweet Freedom. I assume that's the album version.

There's an edited version of the 4:28 version on The A List, with the intro shortened and faded early, which runs about 4:09. Is this the US 45?

There's an entirely different mix running about 4:04 on the UK 2-CD set from 1993 called Now 1985. This version has an intro with a hi-hat, lots of clapping, and a right-hand synth pattern. There's no constant snare/bass drum part at all until the first verse around 0:33 in. Is this the UK 45?

Anyone?]]> Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:45:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=24984&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#24984 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=2437&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#2437 Author: edtop40
Subject: 77
Posted: 26 October 2005 at 3:58pm

just reviewed the song "yah mo b there" and it is indeed the same version as the 45 but you'll have to fade out the cd version to 4:08 to have it match perfectly......]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:58:21 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=2437&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#2437 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=2411&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#2411 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 77
Posted: 25 October 2005 at 9:51am

Thanks, Pat, for confirming that Rhino got the single version of "Ya Mo Be There" right this time (despite the extended run time length) on Michael McDonald's new Ultimate Collection CD. As you correctly point out in the 10th edition, McDonald's Very Best of disc (Warner Archives/Rhino 76649) contains the LP version even though the CD jacket incorrectly states "single version".]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:51:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=2411&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#2411 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=2401&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#2401 Author: Moderator
Subject: 77
Posted: 24 October 2005 at 5:49am

Yes I have the Michael McDonald Ultimate Collection and the version of "Ya Mo B There" is the 45 version running :12 longer than the 45. The timing index on the cd runs to 4:24 but for some reason the last :04 are silent.]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2005 05:49:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=2401&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#2401 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=2399&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#2399 Author: edtop40
Subject: 77
Posted: 23 October 2005 at 9:01pm

does anyone know if the rhino cd "the ultimate collection" contains the true 45 version of "yah mo b there" by micaheal mcdonald & james ingram........the 45 states the run time as 4:02 but actually runs 4:08.........allmusic.com says that the cd contains the "single version" but it runs 4:24..........does anyone know if this version on this cd is really the 45 version just running a little long or is it the same version from james ingram's best of cd..... ]]> Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:01:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77&PID=2399&title=james-ingramyah-mo-b-there#2399