Toni Braxton

Pat, I checked my TM Century library, and the "Radio Edit" runs 4:11. Is the version on "Ultimate" an edit of the LP Version or a remix? I've seen singles that contain the "Radio Edit," "Remix Radio Edit" and "Smoothed Out Version."

Aaronk wrote:

<I checked my TM Century library>

Do you happen to have Joe Cocker's "Love Lives on" in your TM Century library? I know the song is on one of their CDs. I find that these CDs rarely show up on ebay, so does anyone know how I can track down a copy of this one?

No, I don't have the disc that contains "Love Lives On" by Joe Cocker.

I e-mailed edtop40 and asked him if he's aware of any radio edits or other versions of "Let It Flow" and "I Love Me Some Him" besides their respective album versions. The short answer is no. He told me both songs appear in their album version form on commercial CD single. I don't believe either song was ever issued on its own promo single release. The reason for this may be because both songs were released only as "B-sides" on commercial singles: "Let It Flow" is the B-side to "You're Makin' Me High" and "I Love Me Some Him" is the flip side to "I Don't Want To".

I compared the 4:09 version of "Let It Flow" from the Ultimate CD to the single and album version running 4:22. The 4:09 version is edited, so at this point I think we can reach the conclusion that it is "neither the 45 or LP version". I also compared the 4:36 version of "I Love Me Some Him" from Ultimate to the single and album version running 5:06. It too is an edit and I think we can once again conclude that this is "neither the 45 or LP version".

Earlier, I spoke of the 3:49 edit of "Another Sad Love Song" on Ultimate and made a preliminary conclusion that it is "neither the 45 or LP version". However, I later got to thinking that this "edit" could possibly be just an early fade of the single version. Edtop40 informs me that the commercial single version, which turns out is the same as the Radio Edit I spoke of earlier, runs 4:14. I'll leave it to someone else to compare the 3:49 and 4:14 versions since I don't yet have a copy of the latter.

Regarding "Let It Flow", I do have a promo CD single for it. And as Arista/LaFace/etc. would sometimes do for either a "rush-released" remix promo, or one not originally planned for radio service at all, this CD has no writing/label on it, with a sticker on the jewel case stating the title/artist/name of movie. The inner groove states stock # LFPCD-4124. One track - actual time (4:24).

As for "Another Sad Love Song", here are the particulars from both my two promo CD singles and my commercial CD single; some info is repeated from earlier in this thread, but provides additional details:

-Toni Braxton--"Another Sad Love Song" (LFPCD-4047)
1-Radio Edit (listed & actual 4:11)
2-Album Version (listed 4:57; actual 5:00)
3-Album Instrumental (listed 4:55; actual 5:02)

-Toni Braxton--"Another Sad Love Song" (LFPCD-4053)
1-(Softer Mix) (listed & actual 3:56)

-Toni Braxton--"Another Sad Love Song" (73008-24049-2)
1-Remix Radio Edit (listed 4:40; actual 4:41)
2-Extended Remix (listed 5:27; actual 5:26)
3-Smoothed Out Version (listed 4:20; actual 4:22)
4-Remix Instrumental (listed & actual 5:01)
5-Album Version (listed 5:01; actual 5:00)

This is the first referencing of the "Softer Mix" version I've seen in this thread; perhaps it may prove helpful in identifying the shorter mix that has popped up on some database CDs.

Edited by jimct