https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:55:58 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:29:06 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 30 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_topic_feed.asp?FID=8 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=1501&PID=68087&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68087 Author: mjb50
Subject: Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" issue
Posted: 22 April 2026 at 5:29am

Thanks for that 1986 MTV reference. I downloaded and extracted the audio. Other than being a lossy mono transfer, it's a perfect match for what's on the MixMash DVD I mentioned. So that DVD is actually a decent PCM source for the original video mix, although it is EQ'd a little weird; there's a significant dip around 1100 Hz.]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:29:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=68087&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68087 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10360&PID=68085&title=o-t-abc-tears-are-not-enough#68085 Author: mjb50
Subject: O/T: ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
Posted: 22 April 2026 at 3:27am

The single version is also on the European compilation CD Gold, which also contains the single version of "Ocean Blue" and the UK single version of "When Smokey Sings".]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:27:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10360&PID=68085&title=o-t-abc-tears-are-not-enough#68085 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10352&PID=68084&title=ot-beats-international-dub-be-good-to-me#68084 Author: mjb50
Subject: OT: Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me
Posted: 22 April 2026 at 2:59am

And for the record, it's an edit of the Norman Cook remix.

Is it identical to the one you have from TM Century?]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:59:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10352&PID=68084&title=ot-beats-international-dub-be-good-to-me#68084 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=68083&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68083 Author: Brian W.
Subject: Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" issue
Posted: 21 April 2026 at 11:04pm

Oh, here's another one. It says 7/22/86. "Sledgehammer" starts at around 50 minutes in (not sure the listed times are accuarte):

https://archive.org/details/1986.07.22_MTV_1_Hours_with_Guest_VJs_Moody_Blues_GTR_July_22nd_1986]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:04:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=68083&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68083 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=68082&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68082 Author: Brian W.
Subject: Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" issue
Posted: 21 April 2026 at 10:58pm

This video on Archive.org appears to show a rebroadcast of a complete 1986 episode of "MTV Guest VJ Hour" with the complete "Sledgehammer" video:

https://archive.org/details/1986.08.00_MTV_Guest_VJ_Hour_Hosted_with_GTR_August_1986]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:58:16 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=68082&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68082 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10360&PID=68081&title=o-t-abc-tears-are-not-enough#68081 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: O/T: ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
Posted: 21 April 2026 at 10:22pm

A detail or two:

The single was actually released first, in Oct 1981. The single was produced by Steve Brown, before Trevor Horn worked with the band. This was the first single credited to ABC (earlier releases without Martin Fry were credited to Vice Versa).

The next two singles by ABC were "Poison Arrow" (released Feb 1982) and "The Look Of Love" (released May 1982), both produced by Trevor Horn.

The full album The Lexicon Of Love was finally released in Jun 1982. The album included all three of the above, but with the Trevor Horn production applied to "Tears Are Not Enough" for inclusion on the album. The LP version of "Tears" includes a cool keyboard solo, which is absent from the original Steve Brown 45.

The superb ABC greatest hits album Absolutely (1990) includes the LP version of "Tears".

(All release dates are UK, and are courtesy of Discogs.)

Edited by crapfromthepast - 7 hours 30 minutes ago at 10:25pm]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:22:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10360&PID=68081&title=o-t-abc-tears-are-not-enough#68081 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10357&PID=68080&title=more-radio-edits-of-nontop40-singles#68080 Author: DON-FM
Subject: More Radio Edits of NON-Top40 Singles
Posted: 21 April 2026 at 8:03pm

Yes I would love to hear it. ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:03:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10357&PID=68080&title=more-radio-edits-of-nontop40-singles#68080 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10352&PID=68079&title=ot-beats-international-dub-be-good-to-me#68079 Author: JackSB
Subject: OT: Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me
Posted: 21 April 2026 at 5:53pm

To answer my own question, the U.S. single edit is a different version to the one the rest of the world received. This version appears on the US Promo CD (PR 8164-2).]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:53:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10352&PID=68079&title=ot-beats-international-dub-be-good-to-me#68079 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=68078&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68078 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" issue
Posted: 21 April 2026 at 5:19pm

Some more random info; maybe it can help us make sense of all this.

For what it's worth, the ending of the song (LP version, 45 version, 2002 remix) is looped. Same 32 beats of audio, cut and pasted at the proper volume.

The 45 and UK 12 inch single end at the 5:00 point, with "c'mon c'mon" being audible but "help" being absent or drowned out by surface noise. I assume that the "LP version" on the promo 12 inch single (printed 4:58) ends at the same point.

The 1986 So CD runs out to 5:09, so that the first syllable of "feedin'" is audible but the last syllable isn't.

BPM Analyzer says that the 1986 So version runs at 96.43 BPM. It stays at that tempo until an edit around 4:46, and continues at that tempo after the edit.

Edited by crapfromthepast - 5 minutes ago at 5:50am]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:19:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=68078&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68078 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=68077&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68077 Author: aaronk
Subject: Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" issue
Posted: 21 April 2026 at 2:21pm

OK, it looks like I've been fooled by swapped audio on YouTube. I managed to find a 6-hour VHS recording of MTV from December 1989.

https://archive.org/details/1989.12.16_MTV_6_Hours_Rewind_Weekend_December_16th_1989

While the audio is mono and very hissy, it's clear that there are no extra synths during the dancing egg/chicken segment. Also, given that the remixed version was available on the 2002 remasters (pre-YouTube), it becomes totally plausible that the audio was swapped. That's frustrating, but it appears to be the case.]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:21:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=68077&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68077