BOBBY BROWN - "Roni"

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The actual 45 running time is (4:33), the listed time is "4:30" on the record label. (MCA 53463) 

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abagon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 March 2008 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote abagon Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: BOBBY BROWN - "Roni" Posted: 24 June 2008 at 11:54pm
	BOBBY BROWN - "Roni" The actual 45 running time is (4:33), the listed time is "4:30" on the record label. (MCA 53463)

PaulEschen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 December 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote PaulEschen Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 June 2009 at 3:53pm
	The 45 version is a simple edit of the LP version. Cut from approximately 2:38.7 to 3:57, at the chorus phrase "my heart," and then lop off the end at 4:33, starting the fade out at the same place as on the LP version. I don't detect any mix differences.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 December 2010 at 9:30am
	Regarding Bobby Brown's "Roni", does anyone know the origin of the "neither the 45 nor LP version" running 4:24-4:25 that has appeared frequently on CD? I'm wondering if this might have come from a promo single release that we simply haven't identified yet.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 190	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 December 2010 at 9:48am
	My memory isn't too good for this one, but it might be the same version that I have on a Bobby Brown Japanese singles box. A lot of the singles in that box set have "Radio Edit" versions, and some of them were shorter versions of the extended mixes. Those radio edits may or may not have appeared on US promo 7" or CD singles; however, I think at least a few of the US 12" singles had the same "Radio Edit" versions. Again, from memory, the "neither" version of "Roni" on CD has the vocal repeat before the verses, just like the extended mix. ("Truth about, truth about, truth about Roni / She's a sweet little girl...") I'm pretty sure my Japanese single has an edit that sounds the same way.

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 December 2010 at 9:24pm
	Here are the rather straightforward details of my 1989 promo CD single, which unfortunately sheds no new light on the "mystery" 4:25-4:26 CD version: -Bobby Brown--"Roni" (CD45-17760) 1-(non-described version) (listed 4:30; actual 4:35)

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 190	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 December 2010 at 10:38pm
	This probably doesn't help too much, but I just pulled out my Japanese singles box set. Each disc is a replica of the US 12" single. Track 2 on the "Roni" disc is labeled "Radio Edit." It has no printed time but has an actual time of 5:26. The US 12" printed time for this track is 5:30. So, the "neither" version on CD is not from the US 12"; however, it's an edited version of the "Radio Edit" and can be classified as "neither."