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Yah Shure 
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 Topic: Harry Chapin - TaxiPosted: 05 June 2017 at 8:31am |
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Yes, it helps! Thanks for the editing instructions, Eric. The crossfade is seamless.
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Posted: 05 June 2017 at 2:17am |
Wow, hard to imagine I started this thread almost 10 years ago. Comparing the Spun Gold reissue 7" to the full version on the Essentials CD, I see only one edit - a crossfade running roughly 2:42-2:46, jumping to the verse that starts at 4:23 ("There was not much more for us to talk about"). Hard to describe the mechanics precisely but I'll try: the crossfade starts right after the line "the sky." After this, a string (violin?) pattern repeats three times, crossfading into the verse mentioned above. The verse vocals begin just before the third high note, which coincides with the word "not" on the downbeat. Does this help? Questions? |
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Gary
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Posted: 03 June 2017 at 6:10pm |
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Does anyone know the edit points for the promo 45 version that is 5:00?
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Posted: 07 June 2011 at 10:42pm |
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Kent, terrific work by you to both get to the bottom of/share your findings
for this long-time promo 45 mystery - many thanks! |
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Posted: 07 June 2011 at 9:46am |
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The 45 single with Taxi on both sides arrived in superb condition 3 days ago. It has the 6:40 full version on one side, the 5:00 short edit on the other. Both sides are mono. As Paul Haney described the one in Goldmine's price guide. Must have been the first promo pressing. I have seen most promos with the normal 6:40 and same flip side as stock copies. This pressing was made by Plastic Products in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Posted: 27 May 2011 at 9:01pm |
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My Spun Gold pressings with EKM-45770-C are indeed 5:00 short edit versions. My EKM-45770-A 45 singles stock and promos are 6:40 versions in mono. Thus far.
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Posted: 27 May 2011 at 7:30pm |
I have two DJ 45s, neither of which has the stock copy's B-side, "Empty", on the flip. Both my Specialty Records pressing and Philips Recording Company pressing (designated "PH" in the deadwax) are the full-length 6:40/6:40 mono/stereo. While the handwriting is different on the two deadwax markings, the primary matrix numbers are the same: EKM-45770 - [crossed out "C"] A. Likewise, the EKS-45770 stereo matrices also have the crossed-out "C" followed by an "A". Hmmmm... Could this "C" have possibly been the original matrix number of the so-far elusive short DJ 45? The crossed-out nature makes me wonder if perhaps the short mono cut was the initially-planned DJ 45, scuttled in favor of the full-length 45, but not before a few copies were shipped to some radio stations. And the mystery continues... Edited by Yah Shure |
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Posted: 27 May 2011 at 4:07pm |
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Paul,
It might just be that one. Look forward to seeing it and hope it gets here in nice shape. |
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Posted: 27 May 2011 at 2:39pm |
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FWIW, my Goldmine Promo Record Guide lists "Taxi" (Elektra 45770) as a white promo label with long version on one side and short version on the other side (unfortunately, there's no photo). Maybe this is the one Kent is getting next week???
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Posted: 27 May 2011 at 11:18am |
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On the promo I made ebay arrangements to buy, I looked for an example from a different pressing plant than the one who made the 6:40 known copies and had a different font. That made me get a different variant and see if that had the Short edit. I am supposed to get it in 4 days. SRC made the promos I examined with the 6:40 full version. SRC being Specialty Records Corporation in Olyphant, PA. All of the Promos I have seen had the normal flip side as on stock copies, the copy I am getting next week has Taxi on both sides. Or is said to be.
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