https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 08 May 2026 19:19:14 +0000 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:34:39 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8271 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=8271&PID=42916&title=saltnpepa-expression#42916 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8271
Posted: 12 January 2015 at 9:34am

Ed, I highly doubt it's your cassette deck, given the fact that the "Brixton Mix" matches the promo CD single timing exactly. I wonder if, perhaps, they accidentally mastered it at the wrong speed at first (which would match the printed time), but they caught the error before they pressed the CD, 12" and 7" and simply forgot to make the correction for cassette singles.

Edited by aaronk]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:34:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42916&title=saltnpepa-expression#42916 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42915&title=saltnpepa-expression#42915 Author: edtop40
Subject: 8271
Posted: 12 January 2015 at 5:50am

aaron sent me an mp3 of his 3:54 'half step' version and it
matches my commercial cassingle exactly, EXCEPT, the
pitch.....the cassingle is pitched down to run 4:03......so
it's quite a difference of 0:09 over a 4:00 song....now, i
would think it was my cassette deck that was the issue, but
since the cassingles sleeve lists the run time as 4:04,
it's probably NOT my cassette deck....bizarre!]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2015 05:50:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42915&title=saltnpepa-expression#42915 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42914&title=saltnpepa-expression#42914 Author: cmmmbase
Subject: 8271
Posted: 12 January 2015 at 5:48am

For what it's worth, AT40 played the half-step version.
That's the only time I recall hearing it on the radio.

The "45" has written in the matrix: KF-329-"live-it" -
(crossed out B) A - DMS - Herbie Jr. for the Half-step
side. KF-329-"learn-it"-B - DMS - Herbie Jr. for the
Brixton Radio remix side. The B on the learn it side
appears to be written over an A.

Edited by cmmmbase]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2015 05:48:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42914&title=saltnpepa-expression#42914 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42911&title=saltnpepa-expression#42911 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8271
Posted: 11 January 2015 at 11:32pm

Thanks, Chuck! If you had to pick a "hit" side of your 45, what would it be? I'm taking a poll ;)]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:32:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42911&title=saltnpepa-expression#42911 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42908&title=saltnpepa-expression#42908 Author: cmmmbase
Subject: 8271
Posted: 11 January 2015 at 9:03pm

Since no one has mentioned the 7" (just the cassingle),
The "live it" side, containing the "half-step" version
has a listed timing of 4:40 but an actual of 3:54.]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 21:03:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42908&title=saltnpepa-expression#42908 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42907&title=saltnpepa-expression#42907 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8271
Posted: 11 January 2015 at 8:32pm

edtop40 wrote: aaron...i would consider the track that is listed first on the cassingle as the 'hit' version.......so in my mind it would be the 'brixton radio' version

In most cases, yes, the hit version is the one listed first and on the A-side of the single; however, we've seen several instances where the B-side was truly the "hit." What I mean by "hit" is which side was the most popular version of the song--the one most listeners would be familiar with.]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:32:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42907&title=saltnpepa-expression#42907 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42905&title=saltnpepa-expression#42905 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8271
Posted: 11 January 2015 at 8:22pm

It's on the way to you now, Ed. Thanks!]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:22:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42905&title=saltnpepa-expression#42905 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42901&title=saltnpepa-expression#42901 Author: edtop40
Subject: 8271
Posted: 11 January 2015 at 5:09pm

aaron...i would consider the track that is listed first on
the cassingle as the 'hit' version.......so in my mind it
would be the 'brixton radio' version......i never heard the
song on the radio at the time either, so i couldn't tell
you which version got most airplay.....as far as the extra
0:10 difference between the 'half step' version i don't
know.....send me an mp3 of your 3:54 version for my
comparison.... ]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:09:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42901&title=saltnpepa-expression#42901 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42899&title=saltnpepa-expression#42899 Author: Underground Dub
Subject: 8271
Posted: 11 January 2015 at 3:39pm

I picked up the Yo! MTV Raps 2 CD from 1991 on Jive records which contains "Expression" with the notation "(Half Step)", and it definitely matches the album version BUT it has a nasty undercurrent of tape "buzzing" running throughout.

I'd assume this is a result of the mastering done for this particular compilation, but I wanted to ask if any of you have come across this particular buzzing issue on other releases of the track.

Edited by Underground Dub]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:39:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42899&title=saltnpepa-expression#42899 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42898&title=saltnpepa-expression#42898 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8271
Posted: 11 January 2015 at 2:10pm

Which do you consider to be the "hit" version? I don't remember it
getting any top 40 airplay in my area.

Also, what accounts for the extra 10 seconds on the "Half Step" version
on your cassette? As mentioned above, the promo CD only runs 3:54,
like most database CDs.

Edited by aaronk]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:10:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8271&PID=42898&title=saltnpepa-expression#42898