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Todd Ireland 
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 Topic: "Don’t Be Cruel" - Bobby BrownPosted: 30 September 2008 at 7:25pm |
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According to abagon, the actual and printed commercial 45 run time of Bobby Brown's "Don't Be Cruel" is 4:07. The reason I note this is because database CD appearances of this song sporting a "45 version" comment run 4:07-4:13.
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NightAire
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Posted: 28 April 2010 at 11:04pm |
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It might also be worth mentioning that if you're looking for the "extended version" on CD, just pick up one of the album versions...
I just wasted about 20 minutes carefully comparing the 12" to the album version only to find NO differences! (Maybe a slight speed pitch difference...) On the other hand, the Rapacious Mix was released the same year, in 1988, & truly is a unique remix. I think it may have been available on CD (maybe import) at one point but don't know if it is now. |
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Loveland
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Posted: 16 June 2013 at 7:48am |
Todd or Ron (Crap), was there a U.S. Promo CD for "Don't Be Cruel"? Discogs doesn't list one, but surely there was one? |
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Posted: 16 June 2013 at 4:49pm |
All of the singles following Don't Be Cruel saw US promo CD5 releases, but I've never seen any indication that it had one. Promo CDs were still a bit hit-and-miss in the summer of '88. |
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aaronk
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Posted: 16 June 2013 at 7:55pm |
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I also don't have a promo CD for "Don't Be Cruel," and I've never found one. I have promo CDs for all the other hits from that album, though.
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Brian W.
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Posted: 16 June 2013 at 11:17pm |
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I do have the 45 version it on a HitDisc (or the like) from that period.
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80smusicfreak
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Posted: 17 June 2013 at 6:12am |
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No U.S. promo CD single for "Don't Be Cruel" is listed in Gregory Cooper's 1998 book, Collectible Compact Disc Price Guide 2, either - and it's quite thorough (up through '98, anyway)...
However, it DOES list two commercial 3" CD singles for the song, both imports: One from the U.K. (MCA DMCA-1310); the other from Japan (MCA 10P3-6037). Sorry, but the book doesn't give the contents of either... |
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AndrewChouffi
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Posted: 17 June 2013 at 9:10am |
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To Brian W:
HitDiscs issued in that period oftentimes were vinyl dubs! Now I'm not saying that "Don't Be Cruel" was a vinyl dub, because I don't have that particular HitDisc. TM Century in the early days of HitDisc would transfer the radio version of a cut from the best available source they received; whether CD promo, DJ 45, or promo 12-inch of the radio edit. Andy |
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Brian W.
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Posted: 17 June 2013 at 4:38pm |
It's not HitDisc, anyway, it's Hitmakers, which was apparently a magazine also. They would issue samples every four weeks, it looks like. "Top 40 CD Sampler, Volume 8, July 8, 1988." It's definitely not a vinyl dub on this disc. It runs an actual 4:07. Edited by Brian W. |
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Posted: 17 June 2013 at 5:07pm |
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i have the uk 3" cd single issued as mca dmca1310 which
contains the below tracks 1-rapacious edit (3:41 listed; 3:40 actual) 2-the rapacious mix (7:08 listed; 7:08 actual) 3-extended version (6:49 listed; 6:48 actual) if any one needs these tracks for comparison purposes, drop me a pm.. |
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