https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:58:50 +0000 Sun, 12 Mar 2023 06:37:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=836 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=836&PID=62718&title=disappointing-singles#62718 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 836
Posted: 12 March 2023 at 6:37am

What I would like is the "Dream On" '73 MIX in its unedited
state.

Always loved the background vox & the echo on the guitar
solo on that mix (but I never liked the out-of-sequence
edit).

Andy]]> Sun, 12 Mar 2023 06:37:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62718&title=disappointing-singles#62718 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62717&title=disappointing-singles#62717 Author: Hykker
Subject: 836
Posted: 12 March 2023 at 5:57am

EdisonLite wrote: This was mentioned on other threads but these 2 songs had really disappointing (and horrible) edits for their 45 versions: While You See a Chance - Winwood Dream On (1973 single) - Aerosmith

I guess it's what you're used to, neither of those bothers me a bit. Never cared for the Winwood song all that much, so I
didn't/don't listen all that closely.
I live in New England, "Dream On" was a big hit here in the autumn of '73, and the 45 version is what got played (outside of AOR). To
my ears it's the "correct" version, much of what was edited out sounds "tacked on" in the LP version.]]> Sun, 12 Mar 2023 05:57:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62717&title=disappointing-singles#62717 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62697&title=disappointing-singles#62697 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 836
Posted: 11 March 2023 at 4:47pm

This was mentioned on other threads but these 2 songs had really
disappointing (and horrible) edits for their 45 versions:

While You See a Chance - Winwood
Dream On (1973 single) - Aerosmith

I had tried making a decent neo-single edit of the Winwood song with no
luck. But I was trying to edit spots on beat 1. Luckily, someone here posted
how if you edit on beat 2 (just one beat off from where the real edit occurs)
you can get a smooth edit. Never thought to do that, but he was right, his
edit was good, and I basically did the same thing to get a WAV from my
album version. Too bad the label never thought to edit there. I believe the
length comes out to be about the same as the bad edit.

What's really weird is that when I heard the song in its initial run, I never
noticed the bad edit. It wasn't until years later when I heard the album
version, then went back to listen specifically to the single edit and see
where it was done, that I noticed how horrible it was. And then I could never
un-hear it. I believe it goes "your way-EEEEE". Not even edited on the same
vowel sound!]]> Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:47:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62697&title=disappointing-singles#62697 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62359&title=disappointing-singles#62359 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 836
Posted: 18 December 2022 at 6:49am

One of my least favorite promo edits:

Bram Tchaikovsky - "Girl Of My Dreams"

Extremely hooky power pop.

The promo 45 edited out arguably the catchiest section
twice , the pre-chorus ("oooh, it gets lonely in the
night").

Andy

Edited by AndrewChouffi]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2022 06:49:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62359&title=disappointing-singles#62359 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62351&title=disappointing-singles#62351 Author: mjb50
Subject: 836
Posted: 13 December 2022 at 6:49am

A couple of my least favorite 45 edits:

Michael Jackson - Thriller (Remixed Short Version aka Special Edit) [i.e. the commercial 45 version]. No Vincent Price at all!

Prince & The Revolution - Let's Go Crazy [45 version with the overdubbed/shortened intro]. IIRC, my local Top 40 station at the time only started playing this abomination once the song was on its way out.]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:49:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62351&title=disappointing-singles#62351 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62347&title=disappointing-singles#62347 Author: 75azabache
Subject: 836
Posted: 12 December 2022 at 12:44pm

A bit OT as this relates to an edit of a remix, but the 7" of Paula Abdul's Opposites Attract was horrendous. Edited very poorly, when they could have settled for the far superior Street Mix which included the rap or the non rap Magnetic Mix, the latter of which I heard on American Radio in Europe and the Benny Brown American Countdown in the UK.]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:44:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62347&title=disappointing-singles#62347 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62343&title=disappointing-singles#62343 Author: AutumnAarilyn
Subject: 836
Posted: 11 December 2022 at 11:33am

BB&Q Band-"On the beat" where there's no sax at the end

Atlantic Starr's "Secret lovers" never really worked as a
rondo with a combining of the two verses before the
chorus. Edit was a cross-fade and you can't unhear it.

Evelyn King's "I don't know if it's right" starts with a
bridge-like intro instead of the build-up that the
original album version had. The single is an edit of the
12" single and later replaced that nice album version on
subsequent pressings.

Michael Jackson's "Bad" with removal of much of the
horns.

Too many to mention as I really don't prefer the edits
unless a song sounds clunky. Different mixes are really
what I'm after but quite often as we've found in the cd
era, we end up with a new single mix of the album
version.
]]> Sun, 11 Dec 2022 11:33:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62343&title=disappointing-singles#62343 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62341&title=disappointing-singles#62341 Author: Hykker
Subject: 836
Posted: 11 December 2022 at 7:18am

What? No mention of "Lyin' Eyes"?

I never thought the edit of "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" was that bad, granted it was never a favorite of mine. Back in 1969 WRKO aired a house edit of that which
ran more or less the same length as the single, but they'd removed the whole "Tuesday morning, Sunday in the afternoon..." part. For the longest time it didn't
sound right to me with that part intact. Not sure why they did it...maybe they were trying to scoop the competition on it, and edited the LP version down, and
just never replaced it when the single was released.

2) On Bee Gees' "Nights On Broadway" I don't like the soft bridge being edited out on the dj 45. Still, I preferred a shorter version than the LP version. So I kind of combined the 2 approaches. I took the long version and made it like the dj edit with the exception of deleting the bridge. In other words, I did the one other edit, I sped up the song accordingly, and I did the same early fade as the dj 45.

Just going from memory, a shortened intro, early fade, and removal of the bridge were what was done to create the promo edit on that. So was your end result
basically the full version with a short intro?
]]> Sun, 11 Dec 2022 07:18:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62341&title=disappointing-singles#62341 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62340&title=disappointing-singles#62340 Author: NightAire
Subject: 836
Posted: 11 December 2022 at 12:42am

As I remember, Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion" had the guitar riff (that's a major hook for the record) completely excised from the single!

I'm sure there are others, but that one immediately leapt to mind. Of course there are remixes and edits for time I personally didn't care for, but that felt like a rewriting of the song.]]> Sun, 11 Dec 2022 00:42:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62340&title=disappointing-singles#62340 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62338&title=disappointing-singles#62338 Author: ChicagoBill
Subject: 836
Posted: 10 December 2022 at 10:06am

I think my most 'Disappointing Single' was "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" by Crosby, Stills & Nash.
What a hack job! -Bill.]]> Sat, 10 Dec 2022 10:06:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836&PID=62338&title=disappointing-singles#62338