Aerosmith - What It Takes

In my 8th Edition, Pat lists "What It Takes" by Aerosmith as 'neither the 45 or LP version' on the CD Big Ones. If it hasn't been corrected, this comment should be listed as LP version. Even though the song runs (6:28) on Pump and only (5:10) on Big Ones, this is because on Pump there is an instrumental song that was not given its own track.

If you listen to "What It Takes" on Pump, you'll see that the song completely fades out by (5:10), then there's about nine seconds of blank space before the instrumental song comes on.

I see your point, Pat. I always assumed that this was similar to "Dulcimer Stomp," which is the short instrumental before "The Other Side" on Pump, opening side two of the record. Perhaps your comment in the book, like the way you labeled "The Other Side," could read "LP version without coda" next to Big Ones.

what is a "coda"

I have Aerosmith's "What It Takes" on a promo CD single (Geffen PRO-CD-3852) which contains the following tracks and actual run times:

1) CHR Remix/Edit - 4:06 (printed time: 4:06)
2) LP Version - 5:11 (not 6:28 as printed on the CD label)

Can anyone confirm if the "CHR Remix/Edit" is the same as the commercial single version? I don't have a copy of the latter to verify.

Edited by Todd Ireland

Commercial cassette single copies of Aerosmith's "What It Takes" has an actual run time of 4:06 and does state "Remix/Edit" on the label. As of this time, I still don't know if it's identical to the "CHR Remix/Edit", but I can at least compare the latter to the LP version and see any actual mix differences can be detected.

Edited by Todd Ireland