https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:24:41 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:19:42 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8780 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=8780&PID=67752&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#67752 Author: MPH711
Subject: 8780
Posted: 03 February 2026 at 6:19pm

I remember buying the 45 as soon as it was released and was very disappointed that they cut the guitar intro. The radio station playing it was WBBM-FM in Chicago and they were playing the album version. It took a while longer before WLS played it. My guess is they played the 45 version but don’t recall for sure. ]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:19:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8780&PID=67752&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#67752 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8780&PID=67751&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#67751 Author: Kevincafe1966
Subject: 8780
Posted: 03 February 2026 at 4:28pm

Many thanks for the information on this one. I got a perfect recreation of the 45 edit using Audacity.]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:28:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8780&PID=67751&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#67751 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8780&PID=67741&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#67741 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 8780
Posted: 01 February 2026 at 9:00pm

I had this edit long ago on a K-TEL Seals and Crofts compilation LP. I thought it was an in-house K-Tel edit (since they were known for editing song lengths to fit more songs in) but I guess it was the single edit.

That Sounds of The Seventies CD it appears on was one of the handful that Bill Inglot and Ken Perry worked on so it's a little surprising that they did an early fade. If anything they were known for having longer fadeouts.

It's a downright shame that Rhino never got to do a S&C compilation with Bill at the helm. ]]> Sun, 01 Feb 2026 21:00:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8780&PID=67741&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#67741 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8780&PID=47873&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#47873 Author: garye
Subject: 8780
Posted: 10 August 2017 at 6:09pm

Glad I could help you on the Diamond Girl 45 dub! And
your edit is right on the money! Could not tell the
difference! ]]> Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:09:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8780&PID=47873&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#47873 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8780&PID=47806&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#47806 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 8780
Posted: 01 August 2017 at 8:10pm

Thanks to Gary for sending me a 45 dub!

This one is pretty easy. You can recreate the 45 from the LP version or the early fade. I used the timings from the LP version on Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 14 Love And Tenderness (1997), but any of the others should work just fine.

Segment 1
14 beats long
If the very first sound is beat #1, then count and the edit is at beat #15
Extends from 0:00.0 to 0:06.6 of the LP version and the 45 edit

Remove the 32 beats from 0:06.6 to 0:20.6.

Segment 2
482 beats long
Begins on the word "diamond"
Ends on (an absent) downbeat, a half-beat after a crash cymbal
Extends from 0:20.6 to 3:48.3 of the LP version
Extends from 0:06.6 to 3:34.3 of the 45 edit

Fade
32 beats long
Begins on the downbeat following the descending portion
Ends on (an absent) downbeat, a half-beat after a crash cymbal
Extends from 3:34.8 to 3:48.3 of the LP version
Extends from 3:20.8 to 3:34.3 of the 45 edit

Your mixdown will run 3:34.3, with an edit at 0:06.6.]]> Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:10:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8780&PID=47806&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#47806 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8780&PID=47796&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#47796 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 8780
Posted: 31 July 2017 at 7:13pm

Big hit from 1973.

There's a 3:53 version that seems to have first appeared on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 6 1973 (1990). It's just an early fade of the LP version, faded from 3:35 to 3:53.

It's labeled as "edit of the LP version" in the database. It probably should say "early fade of the LP version".

It's safe to say that all the other 3:50-3:53 versions are also this early fade, and are likely based on the mastering for the Time-Life disc. I can verify that the same analog transfer is used for:

• Time-Life's Superhits Vol. 13 1973 (1992) - fade shortened and left/right channels reversed. I think all the tracks on this disc may have their left and right channels reversed. Avoid this disc if possible.
• Time-Life's AM Gold Vol. 3 1973 (1992) - identical to Superhits in every way
• Madacy's Rock On 1973 (1996) - digitally exactly 1.1 dB quieter

That said, can anyone send me a dub of the 45? I'll be happy to post editing instructions once I reverse-engineer the 45.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:13:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8780&PID=47796&title=seals-and-crofts-diamond-girl#47796