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"Could It Be Magic" - Barry Manilow |
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EdisonLite 
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 Posted: 10 May 2009 at 1:52am |
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BTW, does anyone else have the "Here Comes the Night" CD and was anyone aware that there were 2 different pressings of the CD?
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Todd Ireland
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 1:50pm |
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Very valuable info, Gordon! I see there are Japanese pressings of Manilow's Here Comes the Night CD still in print, so if they have a 1994 copyright date then it would appear we're in business as far as obtaining the correct hit version of "Oh Julie" goes!
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EdisonLite
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 1:58pm |
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And if anyone has a 1994 version with the alternate mix or a 1987 with the original mix (the reverse of what I have) please let us know. I'm only assuming my 1987 and 1994 versions have one pressing each. But we can't say for sure that there aren't other versions of these 2 CDs floating out there (for instance, maybe some 1987 CDs have fixed the problem and used the original mix.) After all the versions of Whitney Houston's first album on CD, anything goes.
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edtop40
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Posted: 04 September 2009 at 12:43pm |
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my japanese cd copy that contains "oh julie" is identical to the 45 version...
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EdisonLite
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Posted: 04 September 2009 at 6:19pm |
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You must have the 1994 CD.
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cmmmbase
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Posted: 09 March 2012 at 9:46am |
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Just curious - has the original version of Could It Be Magic ever appeared on cd? I'm not talking about the Featherbed feat. Barry Manilow version from 1971, but rather the version from the original release of Barry's debut lp Manilow on Bell 1129 (as opposed to the 1975 remix/reissue on Arista as Manilow I). I have the lp, and it times out to 7:15 and has different vocals...
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AndrewChouffi
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Posted: 09 March 2012 at 11:11am |
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To Cmmmbase:
Wow. I never knew there was an original mix of the album version of Manilow's "Could It Be Magic". Even if it's in poor shape, I would love to hear it if you ever have the chance to digitise it... Andy |
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Bill Cahill
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Posted: 09 March 2012 at 12:58pm |
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Yes there are a bunch of versions of that track. Featherbed was the first, recorded again for the Barry Manilow album on Bell records, (I believe that's identical to the version on the B Side of the Bell 45 Cloudburst that came from that album, this version has an electric guitar in it. Of course that is a mono mix, probably a dedicated one), Then the Arista Barry Manilow I reissue, (I believe it's more than a remix, I think it was totally redone) and of course the hit single contains some instrumentation not found on the Arista Barry Manilow I album so it's yet another mix.
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Yah Shure
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Posted: 09 March 2012 at 1:00pm |
Andy, the original mix (and length) was also issued as a single B-side on Bell 45422 in 1973. Perhaps due to the B-side's length, the DJ 45s were Monarch pressings on real vinyl. I have multiple copies of the mono promo 45, and there are two label variations: the first (linked above) with no designated A-side and the second, with "Cloudburst" starred as the A-side and "MONO" shown on both sides in the normal bold Monarch font. With space at a premium in the trail-out area, the normal "MR"-in-a-circle Monarch logo was hand drawn in more of a squashed oval shape. |
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prisdeej
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Posted: 09 March 2012 at 2:58pm |
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Just to clarify; the 7:15 and 6:47 cuts are the LP versions, and all 45's run at
4:16? If this is so, should the database be modified to alert readers? |
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