https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 05 May 2026 05:58:53 +0000 Sat, 10 Apr 2021 23:37:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9280 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=9280&PID=57898&title=ot-amy-grant-stay-for-awhile#57898 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 9280
Posted: 10 April 2021 at 11:37pm

It's funny - I always thought of this as ABBA-esque (specifically, later ABBA), but it didn't seem like anyone else agreed. I'm glad there are at least two more other people in the world. ]]> Sat, 10 Apr 2021 23:37:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9280&PID=57898&title=ot-amy-grant-stay-for-awhile#57898 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9280&PID=57855&title=ot-amy-grant-stay-for-awhile#57855 Author: EternalStatic
Subject: 9280
Posted: 04 April 2021 at 5:22pm

Thanks David! I like both versions, but the simple edits they made for the single do change the overall impression that the listener is left with, drastically. I had never thought of it as Abba-esque, but I can totally feel
that now, especially without the drawn out outro of the album version. ]]> Sun, 04 Apr 2021 17:22:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9280&PID=57855&title=ot-amy-grant-stay-for-awhile#57855 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9280&PID=57831&title=ot-amy-grant-stay-for-awhile#57831 Author: davidlg1971
Subject: 9280
Posted: 02 April 2021 at 10:37am

I just transferred the promo 45 (AM-2864). It runs 3:43, and is one edit in the intro and a fade. To recreate it from The Collection / full-length version:

Cut from 0:05.8 to 0:14.0, removing the first electric tom hit and subsequent bars, moving up the identical tom hit originally at 0:14.0. Then fade from 3:23 to 3:43.3. The fade-out starts fast but becomes more gradual, fading to silence as she sings "won't you stay with meeee..."

It's interesting - the full-length version tries to marry an upbeat Abba-esque pop song with the moody synth atmosphere of Mr Mister's Broken Wings in the intro and outro, even bringing in Richard Page on vocals to - presumably - emphasize the connection.

But the promo edit removes much of the Broken Wings sound, leaving you with just a hint of it in the intro, and from there it's synthpop Abba all the way to the fade-out. I think it actually works better that way.

Edited by davidlg1971]]> Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:37:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9280&PID=57831&title=ot-amy-grant-stay-for-awhile#57831 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9280&PID=54228&title=ot-amy-grant-stay-for-awhile#54228 Author: EternalStatic
Subject: 9280
Posted: 24 April 2020 at 1:36pm

Not one of her bigger pop successes, "Stay For Awhile" missed the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard A/C chart. Both the commercial 45 and the promo 45, on A&M, display a runtime of 3:43, which would indicate either a very early fade or a significant edit against the 5:37 (listed) runtime of the album version.

I have searched extensively on Discogs and have not found the A&M Records 45 version on CD. Does anyone have this 45 on hand and/or know the edit points to recreate the single version?

There is a separate 45 from Myrrh Records (her Christian label at the time), which issued a (listed) 4:22 edit. That is not the version I am interested in.

Thanks for any help!

A&M Promo 45 at Discogs
A&M U.S. Commercial 45 at Discogs
Myrrh Records Promo 45 at Discogs (Probably not the same edit)]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:36:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9280&PID=54228&title=ot-amy-grant-stay-for-awhile#54228