https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 08 May 2026 10:12:46 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 18:55:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8482 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=8482&PID=44844&title=25th-of-last-december-roberta-flack#44844 Author: sriv94
Subject: 8482
Posted: 01 January 2016 at 6:55pm

Happy New Year, Jim (and everyone), and thx for the disc dubs.

From what I can tell, both sides of the promo are just early fades of the LP/stock 45 version (the longer side about 15 seconds longer than the shorter
side).

So that's another one off the list.

Edited by sriv94]]> Fri, 01 Jan 2016 18:55:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8482&PID=44844&title=25th-of-last-december-roberta-flack#44844 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8482&PID=44838&title=25th-of-last-december-roberta-flack#44838 Author: jimct
Subject: 8482
Posted: 31 December 2015 at 1:18pm

Doug, every year I seem to pick up a couple of Christmas 45s for my
collection. So I'm filing them into my Xmas A-L and M-Z boxes, and I noticed
a copy of "25th Of Last December" in there already. I recall your initial post
got no replies. My memory jives with yours, as to the track being "DOA" on
radio, in both its 12-77 release and ever since. I only have a promo 45 for
the song, so I can't provide background on any stock 45/LP version details.
But it sounds like the LP is where you currently have the song. I just dubbed
and shot out to you both the short and long sides of my promo 45, crossing
my fingers that you can then analyze/answer your own question, after
hearing them.]]> Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:18:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8482&PID=44838&title=25th-of-last-december-roberta-flack#44838 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8482&PID=44825&title=25th-of-last-december-roberta-flack#44825 Author: sriv94
Subject: 8482
Posted: 21 December 2015 at 9:20pm

Another shot in the dark here. A Xmas record that doesn't get any airplay to my knowledge, it was released on Roberta Flack's "Blue Lights in the Basement" LP/CD
(same LP that has "The Closer I Get To You") in its full version, running (4:33). A promo 45 was released for this in 1977, with the "short version" running (3:35)
and the "long version" running (3:50)--both considerably shorter than the full version (apparently a stock 45 was also released with the full version).

Anyone know if either side of the promo is extractable from the full version?]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2015 21:20:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8482&PID=44825&title=25th-of-last-december-roberta-flack#44825