https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 14:39:11 +0000 Sat, 03 Jun 2017 01:11:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=931 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=931&PID=47507&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#47507 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 931
Posted: 03 June 2017 at 1:11am

I always wished for a shorter version than the 4:46 single/album version - one that simply didn't fade early. Of course, none was ever released/edited. So a few years back, I did my own edit - I wanted the edit to be somewhere toward the end of the song, and I found one spot where it could be done without the edit being noticeable, which brought it to 4:18. It came to a close, not a fade :) Oddly enough, I couldn't find any other spot, except for this one, that could lead to a smooth edit.... although I imagine others could be done.]]> Sat, 03 Jun 2017 01:11:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=47507&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#47507 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=47494&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#47494 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 931
Posted: 30 May 2017 at 8:06pm

The short 45 version fades from 3:50 to 4:13.

For what it's worth, I really like the sound on Atlantic's Softly With These Songs The Best Of (1993), but the other Atlantic discs I've heard with the song also sound just fine.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Tue, 30 May 2017 20:06:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=47494&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#47494 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=43498&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#43498 Author: edtop40
Subject: 931
Posted: 24 April 2015 at 2:54pm

so are we 100% sure the dj edit just fades the song to end
at 4:13?....if so, at what point, time wise does the fade
begin....could someone send me an mp3 of the 4:13 dj edit
version so i can replicate the fade?...thx edtop40]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:54:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=43498&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#43498 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=30247&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#30247 Author: edtop40
Subject: 931
Posted: 19 May 2011 at 9:19am

my commercial 45 issued as atlantic 2940 states the run time as 4:46 and does indeed run that length.....the etching on the run-out groove is "st-a-z5765-16 pp cdk"]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 09:19:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=30247&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#30247 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=25222&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#25222 Author: KentT
Subject: 931
Posted: 15 February 2010 at 7:58pm

First pressings had the edit. Second pressings were the full length LP cut. Both commercial pressings were Stereo. The promo was reserviced by Atlantic and the long version became the common one. Promo was Mono/Stereo! ]]> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:58:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=25222&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#25222 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=25208&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#25208 Author: Bill Cahill
Subject: 931
Posted: 14 February 2010 at 4:56pm

I have the commerical copy, it is indeed stereo. It has a listed time of 4:13 but a run time of 4:46. ]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:56:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=25208&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#25208 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=25147&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#25147 Author: Hykker
Subject: 931
Posted: 10 February 2010 at 11:20am

jimct wrote: Could swear I put this up already, but apparently not: To the best of my knowledge, all stock 45s on this had a listed and actual time of (4:46), and ended, while all promo 45s had a listed and actual time of (4:13), and faded.

Actually, it was released commercially both ways. I have a copy of each.

As far as the "dumbness" of playing an edit, keep in mind that only a small percentage of your listeners will have purchased the song (either single or album). I've never seen any correlation between ratings and whether or not you played the long version of a song. I'll agree it was a bit of a fad in the mid-late 70s to play the long version, but it was by no means universal.
]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:20:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=25147&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#25147 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=25145&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#25145 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 931
Posted: 09 February 2010 at 9:10pm

Brian, I don't have the commercial 45, so I'll let someone else chime in who does have a copy. But FWIW, the '70s-vintage gold-label Oldies Series reissue 45 is the stereo (4:46) version, backed with the mono "Trade Winds," the original B-side of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."

As for the DJ 45s discussed above, my college station received the (4:13) version first. We'd been playing it heavily for a couple of weeks before the (4:46) version arrived. Atlantic indicated that this reserviced copy was the "correct" version, and that the earlier (4:13) edit had been issued in error. By then, the short version had become the "hit" for us, so that's what we stuck with.]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:10:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=25145&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#25145 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=25142&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#25142 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 931
Posted: 09 February 2010 at 8:24pm

Was the commercial issue of "Killing Me Softly" stereo or mono? I ask because on the upcoming Rhino Digial 45 for this song, both sides of the single seem to be mono, judging from the sample. However, the label scan they used for the artwork clearly says "stereo." The running time for the MP3 would seem to indicate it's the commercial 45 length.

Perhaps this is another case of some pressings being mono, others stereo?]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:24:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=25142&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#25142 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=931&PID=4850&title=roberta-flack-killing-me-softly#4850 Author: jimct
Subject: 931
Posted: 10 May 2006 at 5:37pm

Oh, I can read just fine, Gary. If you said earlier that Vince Faraci told you that, instead of "radio programming tip sheets and magazines", I would've understood - to me, Vince and magazines don't mean the same thing - HE would obviously know. I haven't been on this Board very long, but I thought your post was a little hostile and mean spirited. This Board's not about ratings, markets, and who's the bigger programming genius, is it? It's about Top 40 Music on CD, and different versions of hit 45s offered up by the record companies, good or bad, no? I have no opinion on which Flack version is better - I'm just helping Pat Downey & Co. acknowledge its existence in his on-line book by providing facts as best as I can. I believe my comments are within this Board's scope, and I will not apologize for them. Gary, I'm very happy you have a radio philosophy that has worked well for you, and that you are confident in - my kudos, but is it relevant to this Board? Hey, I didn't press the Flack short DJ version up, Atlantic did (apparently, over Vince's better judgement!) I wish you continued success, sir.

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