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DeFranco Family-"Abra-Ca-Dabra" |
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jimct ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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I only currently own a promo 45 for this song. Both its mono and stereo sides have listed times of (2:56). However, the stereo side actually runs (3:02), while the mono side actually runs (3:00). The two current database CDs that include this song feature slightly longer run times, at (3:07) and (3:08). Could anyone who may happen to own a stock 45 for this one possibly supply timing info for it?
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abagon ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 01 March 2008 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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Hi, Jim.
The actual running time of the commercial stereo 45 is (3:02), the listed time is "2:56" (20th Century TC-2070). Also I have the CD "Bubblegum Classics volume one" (Varese Sarabande VSD-5535). "Abra-ca-dabra" on this CD has the fade-in intro. (about 9 seconds) The commercial 45's intro doesn't fade in.(about 3.5 seconds) --abagon |
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jimct ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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Thanks for the kind help, my friend. I had no idea your collection of original U.S. 45's went all the way back to 1974 - impressive!
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eriejwg ![]() Music Fan ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 58 |
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After reading Abagon's post, I ordered a commercial 45. The intro is definitely different and, my opinion, the 45 has elements not in the CD version.
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eriejwg ![]() Music Fan ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 58 |
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Jim: The commercial 45 I ordered also runs 3:02.
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edtop40 ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6 |
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has anyone done a vinyl clean-up on this song yet?
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davidclark ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 27 |
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eriejwg, what/where are the elements on the 45 that are not on the LP
version? I am aware of only the intro, where the 45 has a whistle sound not present on the LP version (in addition to it being shorter). |
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eriejwg ![]() Music Fan ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 58 |
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Unfortunately, David, I don't have access to my 45s at this
moment as we are prepping to move into a new house. Wish I could be more help. I honestly don't remember how I came to the conclusion I did. I could have been in error with that statement. |
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sriv94 ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 16 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3 |
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Did we ever solve this? John had sent me a file a few years ago, but the "whistle" sound David hears on the intro of the 45 seems to also be there on the
LP version, just a few seconds later, though. |
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PopArchivist ![]() Music Fan ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 June 2018 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 26 |
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The 45 version intro has a whistle sound effect, the LP has no such sound. There is also a 6 second difference in the intro, the LP having a longer ramp up and the 45 having a short one.
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Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD."
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