DeFranco Family-"Abra-Ca-Dabra"

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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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jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: DeFranco Family-"Abra-Ca-Dabra" Posted: 11 May 2009 at 11:44pm
	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? Edited by jimct

abagon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 March 2008 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote abagon Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 May 2009 at 6:15am
	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

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 May 2009 at 4:25am
	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!

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 58	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 May 2009 at 7:30am
	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.

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 58	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 May 2009 at 8:46pm
	Jim: The commercial 45 I ordered also runs 3:02.

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 October 2013 at 9:30am
	has anyone done a vinyl clean-up on this song yet?
	edtop40

davidclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidclark Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 January 2014 at 9:44pm
	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).
	dc1

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 58	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 January 2014 at 10:47am
	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.

sriv94 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote sriv94 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 March 2017 at 1:48pm
	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.
	Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken.

PopArchivist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 June 2018 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote PopArchivist Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 March 2022 at 9:01pm
	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.
	Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD."