https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 06:13:14 +0000 Sun, 18 Feb 2018 21:07:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8879 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=8879&PID=49004&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#49004 Author: Bill Cahill
Subject: 8879
Posted: 18 February 2018 at 9:07pm

The other "Questions 67 and 68" 1971 promo was mono on both sides, with "I'm a Man" in mono on the B side.]]> Sun, 18 Feb 2018 21:07:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=49004&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#49004 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48999&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48999 Author: Hykker
Subject: 8879
Posted: 15 February 2018 at 3:14pm

Bill Cahill wrote: Thanks for the correction on some later Chicago mono options, I didn't have those promos. I've looked for mono promos of the Chicago 5-10 singles, I haven't found any. Not sure about Chicago 11. "Hot Streets" as noted had mono options.

I checked thru my Chicago singles, and my findings agree
with John & Bill. Everything after "Saturday In The
Park" and before "Alive Again" were strictly stereo.
Some double-A, some simply white-label versions of the
commercial single and in the case of "Wishing You Were
Here", long/short. Even my 1971 copy of "Questions 67 &
68" is stereo/stereo, though mine is the reservice single
that's in English & Japanese. Not sure about original
issue, though ISTR it being mono.

The return of mono/stereo promos seemed to coincide with
the end of James William Guercio as producer.
I wonder if for whatever reason he was opposed to mono
mixes of their songs.
]]> Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:14:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48999&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48999 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48998&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48998 Author: Steve Carras
Subject: 8879
Posted: 14 February 2018 at 10:22pm

Tunestony wrote: I have a white label promo copy of this, and both sides list the time as 4:13. Oddly, both sides are stereo. A little odd not to have one side being mono in 1973, don't you think?

Certainly was. Bell was one of those that still did mono in 1974, their last year (and they had two #1's, Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the Sun" and Barry Manilow's debut and the last for the label,"Mandy", both mono I believe.:)
]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:22:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48998&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48998 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48997&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48997 Author: Steve Carras
Subject: 8879
Posted: 14 February 2018 at 9:53pm

Tunestony wrote: AndrewChouffi wrote: I could be incorrect, but I believe a couple of people are misinterpreting Tunestony. I think he's saying that he felt it was odd there was no mono option in 1973 for the Chicago hit, as there were a lot of powerful/influential monaural radio stations back then! Andy Thanks Andy, you are correct. I was saying that I thought it was strange that there was NOT a mono option on a promo 45 from 1973.

Well,I sure was one who didn't misread..Andy and I were the ONLY ones to read your comment as it was meant!!

Edited by Steve Carras]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:53:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48997&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48997 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48996&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48996 Author: Steve Carras
Subject: 8879
Posted: 14 February 2018 at 9:51pm

AndrewChouffi wrote: I could be incorrect, but I believe a couple of people are misinterpreting Tunestony. I think he's saying that he felt it was odd there was no mono option in 1973 for the Chicago hit, as there were a lot of powerful/influential monaural radio stations back then! Andy

You are totally correct. I took his comment the same as you and was a bit baffled by the replies folowing..stereo back in 1973? For singles? I completely intrepreted Tunestony's comment as being mono was still one of the big things in 1973, so why just stereo? Thanks for beatng me to the punch..:) !

Edited by Steve Carras]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:51:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48996&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48996 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48992&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48992 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 8879
Posted: 13 February 2018 at 2:50pm

The Hits Man wrote: Yah Shure wrote: It's a typo. I'm not so sure it's always a typo. many radio stations, even in 1973, were wary of records that went much past 3:30. Having a shorter time on the label could trick a GM or DJ into playing it. This was also at a time when Chicago was learning to write and record shorter, more radio-friendly songs, rather than the long jams they were known for. And, most of the edits of their earlier hits were terrible.

Grant, we're discussing a specific reissue 45 here. There is no 2:43 edit of "Feelin' Stronger Every Day." That incorrect 2:43 timing typo didn't appear until the Columbia Hall Of Fame 33255 "Feelin' Stronger..."/"Just You 'N' Me" reissue 45, which - since it didn't exist in 1973 - would have played no part in airplay determination when the song was a hit.

When the original Columbia 45880 single came out in 1973, both the commercial 45 and promo 45 labels stated 4:13. Therefore, no PDs or MDs were tricked (by the timing on the label, that is. Who knows what other promotional chicanery may have transpired?)    

]]> Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:50:16 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48992&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48992 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48991&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48991 Author: Bill Cahill
Subject: 8879
Posted: 13 February 2018 at 5:18am

Thanks for the correction on some later Chicago mono options, I didn't have those promos. I've looked for mono promos of the Chicago 5-10
singles, I haven't found any. Not sure about Chicago 11. "Hot Streets" as noted had mono options.]]> Tue, 13 Feb 2018 05:18:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48991&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48991 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48989&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48989 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 8879
Posted: 13 February 2018 at 2:23am

Yah Shure wrote: It's a typo.

I'm not so sure it's always a typo. many radio stations,
even in 1973, were wary of records that went much past
3:30. Having a shorter time on the label could trick a GM
or DJ into playing it. This was also at a time when
Chicago was learning to write and record shorter, more
radio-friendly songs, rather than the long jams they were
known for. And, most of the edits of their earlier hits
were terrible.]]> Tue, 13 Feb 2018 02:23:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48989&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48989 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48985&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48985 Author: Hykker
Subject: 8879
Posted: 12 February 2018 at 5:35pm

Yah Shure wrote: There were exceptions to just about any perceived promo 45 "norm" during the early '70s, even within any one label's releases.

Very true, and Columbia was one of the least consistent
labels with promos during that time period. They started
off the decade with most promos being mono/stereo, indeed
in some cases the promo was the only place the stereo
single version existed. Then, inexplicably there'd be a
few promos that were mono only, or different versions,
or, like the aforementioned Chicago songs no mono promo
at all. Columbia (as well as sister label Epic) often
had multiple promos for a given song...as I recall there
were 4 different variations for Redbone's "Come And Get
Your Love".

Finally things more or less sorted out by the mid 70s.
]]> Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:35:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48985&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48985 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48980&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48980 Author: Tunestony
Subject: 8879
Posted: 12 February 2018 at 1:01pm

AndrewChouffi wrote: I could be incorrect, but I believe a couple of people are misinterpreting Tunestony. I think he's saying that he felt it was odd there was no mono option in 1973 for the Chicago hit, as there were a lot of powerful/influential monaural radio stations back then! Andy

Thanks Andy, you are correct. I was saying that I thought it was strange that
there was NOT a mono option on a promo 45 from 1973.]]> Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:01:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8879&PID=48980&title=chicago-feelin-stronger-every-day#48980