Expose - "Come Go With Me"

I recreated the 45 edit from the promotional CD The Top Ten Hits Of Expose (Arista ASCD-2483, 1992), which appears to have the LP version (actual run time of 4:20). Here's what I did, in case you want to repeat the steps.

There's an out-of-sequence edit you'll need between the first and second verses - it's a transitional 2-second block that gets replaced before the vocals start in the second verse. You probably wouldn't notice if it wasn't pointed out to you.

These are the blocks of the LP version you should use to recreate the 45:

0:00-0:01
edit on downbeat
0:09-0:16
edit between beats
0:24-0:41
edit on upbeat
0:49-1:43
edit on downbeat
0:47-0:49
edit on snare hit between beats
1:45-4:01
start fade at 3:45

When all this is assembled, your mixdown should have edits at 0:01, 0:08, 0:25, 1:19 and 1:21, with a 32-beat sinusoidal fade starting at 3:21.

i believe the proper 45 version is available on cd already...did you check the db first before you made the edit?

Same situation with me - I have both the 45 and CD.

I've done this with a lot of '80s-era songs, but thought this one was post-worthy because the out-of-sequence edit wasn't obvious.

If any of you would like to see more posts like this, I'll be happy to post editing instructions for the other tracks I've worked on.

The only other out-of-sequence edit I've done was to re-create the "short version" of REO Speedwagon's I Do'wanna Know. I didn't save the edit points for reference, but I believe I had to move part of the vocal from the end of the second chorus to the end of the first chorus (in addition to removing the organ solo).
Actually, as I type, I am rememering that I had to resequence some vocals to re-create the edit of Method of Modern Love by Hall & Oates. Part of the fist chorus is also used in the short chorus that precedes the first verse.

Edited by 995wlol

I was curious myself if the 45 version ever appeared on CD, so I dug into it and found exactly two CDs that include it:

• an obscure compilation called Heartthrob Hits (Rhino 75217)
• Playlist: The Very Best Of (Arista/Legacy 373748)

Kudos to the Legacy crew for including the 45 versions on a lot of the Playlist CDs (Eddie Money's "Two Tickets To Paradise" springs to mind).