https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:46:10 +0000 Wed, 20 May 2015 05:40:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=936 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=936&PID=43652&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#43652 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 936
Posted: 20 May 2015 at 5:40am

Yep, the concept of the album was devoted to life on the road, so Browne recorded the entire album while on tour. Songs were recorded on stage, while others were recorded backstage, in hotel rooms, etc.]]> Wed, 20 May 2015 05:40:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=43652&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#43652 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=43648&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#43648 Author: aaronk
Subject: 936
Posted: 19 May 2015 at 8:40pm

I've only ever heard the live recording, and Wikipedia (as unreliable as it may be) confirms that the album by the same name contains many live concert recordings, all of which had never previously been released on a studio album.

Edited by aaronk]]> Tue, 19 May 2015 20:40:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=43648&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#43648 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=43647&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#43647 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 936
Posted: 19 May 2015 at 8:30pm

I'm almost embarrassed to ask this, but...

Are all versions of this song live? I was genuinely surprised to hear applause at the end of all the versions I have on the hard drive. The song was a hit about 8 or 9 months before I started listening to the radio, so it wasn't pounded into my head like everything from 1979 onward.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Tue, 19 May 2015 20:30:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=43647&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#43647 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37350&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37350 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 936
Posted: 16 April 2013 at 7:02pm

Okay, I've now listened to "Running on Empty" as it appears on a parent vinyl LP copy posted on YouTube. To my ears, it sounds like the dry mix on the remastered CD pressing.

"Running on Empty" from vinyl LP

Now if anyone who has a commercial 45 copy of "Running on Empty" who can report whether it also has the dry mix or contains the added reverb, this would pretty much put this case to rest!

Edited by Todd Ireland]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:02:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37350&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37350 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37344&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37344 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 936
Posted: 16 April 2013 at 4:14pm

Pat:

The only other Jackson Browne CD in which I currently own both an original and remastered pressing is The Pretender. Since there aren't any Top 40 hits on For Everyman or Late for the Sky, I figure we don't really have to worry about seeking those CD pressings for database purposes (though I imagine some forum readers might still be interested in any information regarding possible remixes on these discs since both are considered classic Jackson Browne albums). I presently only have a remastered copy of Hold Out but am on the lookout right now for an original pressing.

There was one Top 40 hit on The Pretender album ("Here Come Those Tears Again"). As soon as I get a chance to compare the two CD pressings, I'll post my findings in the appropriate thread.]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:14:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37344&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37344 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37343&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37343 Author: Pat Downey
Subject: 936
Posted: 16 April 2013 at 12:18pm

Todd, have you found any other remixes or running times differences of top 40 hits on the other 5 remastered Jackson Browne cd's?]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:18:07 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37343&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37343 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37341&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37341 Author: MMathews
Subject: 936
Posted: 16 April 2013 at 4:24am

OK
Not important to anyone but me - but i at last figured
out where my custom edit came from. I got it years ago
from a friend. I simply ripped it from his cdr because
it sounded good. Back then i was just trying to get
good mp3 library going.
The edit, btw, used the 45 version, and removed 30 secs
of the ending guitar solo from 4:00 - 4:29. It's so
seamless it could have been recorded that way.

And, it's been so long i had forgotten the 30 seconds of
"quiet audience chatter" before the song starts on the
LP.

I also notice that while the "Running On Empty" album is
available on I-tunes, you can no longer purchase the LP
version. They replaced it with the 45 version, and it
does not track into the next song.

I've encountered "revisionist" album re-issues like this
before, and i find it very irritating. It's not that in
this case i can't live without those quiet 30 secs of
intro, but if i am a customer purchasing an album i once
owned on vinyl or CD, i expect to get the same album. I
doubt i'm alone in that.    ]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:24:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37341&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37341 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37340&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37340 Author: MMathews
Subject: 936
Posted: 16 April 2013 at 3:10am

Oh, yes, i didn't mean to confuse the issue of the true
vinyl and cd releases.   My 4:17 must be a custom edit -
i was saying the scary thing is i don't recall editing it
myself, so i was puzzled as to where i got it. When i
have time i will compare it to a real cd LP version and
see what was edited.

The ZZtop remasters were the fist 6 albums from '73 -
'79. They remixed them with different panning and 80's
style reverb added to the 70's songs. If you have "The
Best Of ZZ Top" on Warner, they used the remixed versions
of "La Grange" And "Tush". But yes, that's for another
thread.

Sorry for the confusion...i guess i'll have to figure out
where i got this "Running On Empty" custom edit from!
]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:10:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37340&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37340 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37338&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37338 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 936
Posted: 16 April 2013 at 12:03am

I checked my "Running on Empty" on CD and it's 4:47. I took this from the "Very Best Of" Rhino CD, and it started at the song (no 30 seconds of audience applause/chatter). I can't recall if I faded the applause ending a bit early. So you're 4:17 version, Mark, must be missing part of the song. ]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:03:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37338&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37338 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37328&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37328 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 936
Posted: 15 April 2013 at 6:51pm

MMathews wrote: I was curious to see which version i had stored on my PC..because i since sold the parent album it came from. Well, my copy is definitely "dry" - i don't hear added reverb, it sounds "up close, on stage". But- don't ask me where i ripped it from now - it runs 4:17 and has full cold ending with applause.

Mark, are you sure your copy of "Running on Empty" runs 4:17? I ask because this doesn't match up with the length of either the 45 or LP version. I should also clarify that I'm basing my run time of 5:30 on the total CD track time which includes :30 of audience chatter at the beginning and the applause at the end, rather than strictly going by the song's actual playing time.

MMathews wrote: As for the re-masters, i'd hope they didn't pull a "ZZ Top" and remix the re-issues. The "80's reverb" they added to the ZZ Top 70's albums is horrific. MM

Funny you should mention this because I bought ZZ Top's Eliminator on CD for the first time just last week and I suspect my copy may be remastered because the audio levels are definitely louder and more compressed compared to that of the band's follow-up CD Afterburner which I bought back in the mid-'90s. When I get a chance hopefully sometime in the near future, I'll report back in the appropriate thread with all the specifics.]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:51:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=936&PID=37328&title=jackson-browne-running-on-empty#37328