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MikeM ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 18 August 2021 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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There's a version of Spanish Eddie by Laura Branigan that
has an intro of a crowd roaring. Is this a special version or an LP Version on a different pressing? |
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cristianmdp ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 01 June 2021 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 2 |
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It's an edit of the
1985 "Vocal/Extended Remix Version" that was first released on her 1995 "Best Of" CD, then on her south african "Back in control" CD in 1999. Note that the version you're referring to is only present in the physical copies of her 1995 "Best of" set. The ones on streaming platforms (Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz, Tidal, etc) play the regular album version. Weird. Edited by cristianmdp |
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MikeM ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 18 August 2021 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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Thanks cristianmdp. I've wondered about that song. I always
thought it may be an LP version but I listened to the LP version and it was the same as the 45. |
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EdisonLite ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 36 |
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Has the full 12" version of Spanish Eddie been released on CD? Those 2 seem like edits from the way you worded it.
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cristianmdp ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 01 June 2021 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 2 |
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No. Just unofficial (bootlegs), like this one:
https://www.discogs.com/release/14156662-Various-Maxi- Dance-Legend-Volume-2 Excellent quality, but still vinyl sourced. The release of an expanded edition of her 1985 album "Hold Me", through Cherry Pop, has been cancelled because of most tracks licensing that were intended to be included on the set were denied by Warner/Atlantic US (this remix included). |
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EdisonLite ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 36 |
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I heard the same thing about Cherry Red not being able to license the 12"
recordings from this album. Another nice one is "Maybe Tonight". (And "Spanish Eddie" is one of my favorite Branigan records.) I guess I'll only have my vinyl transfers. What's strange about all this is that her previous deluxe edition reissues all included the 12" versions of the singles from those albums. So I don't get why the 12" versions from this album would be unlicensable. Edited by EdisonLite |
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cristianmdp ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 01 June 2021 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 2 |
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No idea either. I know for a fact (friend working for
Cherry Pop as project manager) that, usually, US-based acts (meaning those who signed to US labels), are the hardest to get their material licensed to a UK label like Cherry Pop. The masters usually are in the US and the rights are controlled by US-based companies. I've seen how a lot of previously released material (remixes for example) were denied to Cherry Pop for release, no given reason. Just "no". End of story. It seems it works that way. The funny thing is that for "Hold Me" they approved a handful of tracks that are unreleased to this day. Still, the project is shelved for now because its most important remixes were denied. Lucky for us Branifans, we managed to find a true treasure in a very rare, UK promo, and now we don't need for a proper release (it was denied anyway - but we have it now). "One Day", from the movie "Violets are blue". It was going to be part of the "Hold Me" expanded edition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWJQy_w9fYk Truth is as long as they don't approve the release of its remixes, I doubt it'll happen. They may skip the album and try with "Touch". I don't know. |
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EdisonLite ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 36 |
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Wow, I didn't know there were a handful of unreleased tracks for her "Hold Me"
album. I'll bet there were some good ones in there. But yeah, hopefully they can get the 12" mixes licensed for release. |
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cristianmdp ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 01 June 2021 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 2 |
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"What a woman wants" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=zwDtE3-teyw) was part of the "Hold Me" album sessions and it was left out of the album. The final version of it was included in an early test pressing of "Hold me". There are a lot of demos she recorded (that we know of), and tons throughout her career we know about, that didn't surface yet. Well between her "Meadow" project and her venues alongside Cohen as backup singer, she'd live out of recording demos. I don't know what's the real issue with her past recordings not being released. No idea who own the rights to all that. Her 1981 album seriously need to be released (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnDg81x6qio) It's crazy in my eyes that such amazing vault has not been properly released. But in the end it all comes down to licensing issues (and in some very small cases, lost masters). Cherry Pop is well known for using remastered vinyl rips when masters are nowhere to be found (they even state this in the liner notes ever since buyers started to realize not all the release's tracks were taken from master tapes). |
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EdisonLite ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 36 |
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Do you know if they now generally announce that on any CDs that take bonus tracks from vinyl? Or is it something where they just mentioned it once (or a few) times. I'll check out that other song. As far as Laura's 1st (unreleased) Atlantic album, what I call "Branigan 0", there was a track listing somewhere, and I found the 5 unreleased songs on Youtube, and of course, the 5 that were released on Gold Legion as bonus cuts from master tape. It was a nice album, though the unreleased songs weren't as good as the 4 or 5 that were released (as A or B sides). |
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