OT: Amy Grant "Stay For Awhile"

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   Not one of her bigger pop successes, "Stay For Awhile" missed the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard A/C chart.  Both the commercial 45 and the promo 45, on A&M, display a runtime of 3:43, which would indicate either a very early fade or a significant edit against the 5:37 (listed) runtime of the album version.

I have searched extensively on Discogs and have not found the A&M Records 45 version on CD.  Does anyone have this 45 on hand and/or know the edit points to recreate the single version?

There is a separate 45 from Myrrh Records (her Christian label at the time), which issued a (listed) 4:22 edit.  That is not the version I am interested in.  

Thanks for any help!

A&M Promo 45 at Discogs

A&M U.S. Commercial 45 at Discogs

Myrrh Records Promo 45 at Discogs (Probably not the same edit)

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EternalStatic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 September 2019 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote EternalStatic Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: OT: Amy Grant "Stay For Awhile" Posted: 24 April 2020 at 1:36pm
	Not one of her bigger pop successes, "Stay For Awhile" missed the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard A/C chart. Both the commercial 45 and the promo 45, on A&M, display a runtime of 3:43, which would indicate either a very early fade or a significant edit against the 5:37 (listed) runtime of the album version. I have searched extensively on Discogs and have not found the A&M Records 45 version on CD. Does anyone have this 45 on hand and/or know the edit points to recreate the single version? There is a separate 45 from Myrrh Records (her Christian label at the time), which issued a (listed) 4:22 edit. That is not the version I am interested in. Thanks for any help! A&M Promo 45 at Discogs A&M U.S. Commercial 45 at Discogs Myrrh Records Promo 45 at Discogs (Probably not the same edit)

davidlg1971 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 August 2020 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidlg1971 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 April 2021 at 10:37am
	I just transferred the promo 45 (AM-2864). It runs 3:43, and is one edit in the intro and a fade. To recreate it from The Collection / full-length version: Cut from 0:05.8 to 0:14.0, removing the first electric tom hit and subsequent bars, moving up the identical tom hit originally at 0:14.0. Then fade from 3:23 to 3:43.3. The fade-out starts fast but becomes more gradual, fading to silence as she sings "won't you stay with meeee..." It's interesting - the full-length version tries to marry an upbeat Abba-esque pop song with the moody synth atmosphere of Mr Mister's Broken Wings in the intro and outro, even bringing in Richard Page on vocals to - presumably - emphasize the connection. But the promo edit removes much of the Broken Wings sound, leaving you with just a hint of it in the intro, and from there it's synthpop Abba all the way to the fade-out. I think it actually works better that way. Edited by davidlg1971

EternalStatic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 September 2019 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote EternalStatic Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 April 2021 at 5:22pm
	Thanks David! I like both versions, but the simple edits they made for the single do change the overall impression that the listener is left with, drastically. I had never thought of it as Abba-esque, but I can totally feel that now, especially without the drawn out outro of the album version.

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 203	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 April 2021 at 11:37pm
	It's funny - I always thought of this as ABBA-esque (specifically, later ABBA), but it didn't seem like anyone else agreed. I'm glad there are at least two more other people in the world.