https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 03 May 2026 23:08:36 +0000 Sun, 26 Feb 2023 14:08:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9914 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=9914&PID=62597&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62597 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9914
Posted: 26 February 2023 at 2:08pm

The version of "Sometimes" from Total Pop - The First 40
Hits is missing the opening breath I heard on a 45 on
YouTube.

Edited by eriejwg]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2023 14:08:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62597&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62597 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62596&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62596 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9914
Posted: 26 February 2023 at 9:23am

mjb50 wrote: Where was "Sometimes" an airplay hit? I never heard it on the radio where I was. I assume it was a little too, uh, something for the middle-American audience at the time.

It never charted on the Hot 100. I heard it all the time on radio in NY growing up. That and Oh L'Amour as well. Erasure was huge in the NY market!]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2023 09:23:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62596&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62596 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62591&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62591 Author: Paul C
Subject: 9914
Posted: 25 February 2023 at 9:29am

I don't know if "Sometimes" is one of them, but bear in
mind that a number of US single versions of Erasure songs
differ from those issued in other countries. Even the US
and Canadian 45s of both "Chains Of Love" and "A Little
Respect" are different.

I assume that all Erasure compilations originate in the UK
and that their references to single versions or mixes are
to the UK singles.]]> Sat, 25 Feb 2023 09:29:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62591&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62591 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62573&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62573 Author: edogak2000
Subject: 9914
Posted: 23 February 2023 at 5:39am

The 45 version is avaialable on the Erasure compilation "Total" (2009).

If you compare it with the "Circus" album version, you can clearly hear the difference (other drum, different synths)

Adris]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2023 05:39:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62573&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62573 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62572&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62572 Author: mjb50
Subject: 9914
Posted: 23 February 2023 at 1:34am

Where was "Sometimes" an airplay hit? I never heard it on the radio where I was. I assume it was a little too, uh, something for the middle-American audience at the time.

Edited by mjb50]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2023 01:34:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62572&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62572 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62568&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62568 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9914
Posted: 22 February 2023 at 5:43am

I've always wondered if the 45 version made it onto CD. Great airplay hit!]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2023 05:43:16 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62568&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62568 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62563&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62563 Author: mjb50
Subject: 9914
Posted: 21 February 2023 at 8:04am

Nope. It's a different mix, with different stereo (the 7" is quite narrow), and a different breath sound at the start, even. The chorus parts of the 7" add a loud, echo-y tambourine-like sound on top of the snare.]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2023 08:04:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62563&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62563 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62557&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62557 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9914
Posted: 19 February 2023 at 9:12am

Listening on Qobuz, the 12" version starts with the exhale
and sounds like the 7" version only longer. Perhaps, the
12" could be edited down to the 7" version?]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2023 09:12:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62557&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62557 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62556&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62556 Author: mjb50
Subject: 9914
Posted: 19 February 2023 at 3:36am

The 7" Version is a slightly different mix. Same structure, but unlike the album version, it begins with what sounds like an exhaled breath but I think is just an echo from something else unheard. It has lots of extra reverb and different stereo placement of instruments, it is pitched down ~1.4% (and sounds kind of bad at this speed), and the fade ends 5½ seconds sooner.

3:37 is the actual duration, assuming the 7" Version on the Hit It. CD (the basis of my description) is the same as on the vinyl 45. On that CD, it has 2 seconds of silence padding it out to 3:39.

Edited by mjb50]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2023 03:36:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62556&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62556 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62553&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62553 Author: NightAire
Subject: 9914
Posted: 18 February 2023 at 1:47pm

Can anybody confirm the actual, total length of the 7" single for Sometimes by Erasure? I'm finding versions on CD from 3:41 to 3:28. 13 seconds seems like more than just "mastering differences!"

The single label says "edit" but is labeled as 3:37... the same length as the source LP label.

Thanks.

Edited by NightAire]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2023 13:47:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9914&PID=62553&title=o-t-erasure-sometimes#62553