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 Topic: paul mccartney "coming up"Posted: 22 October 2005 at 10:29pm |
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need a liitle help here........paul mccartney's hit "coming up" was issued as the studio version on the a side of the 45 columbia 11263 but all the books state the live version as the hit version........why would the b-side of the song be the hit side???..
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Brian W.
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Posted: 23 October 2005 at 2:42am |
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Because that was the version favored by radio DJs, and MAY have been the video version, though I'm not sure. Sad that it's never been issued with the unedited applause and audiece chanting at the end... though with a real clean copy of a 45, it's be easy enough to dub it in, I suppose.
Whitburn said "airplay and sales quickly favored the live version," though I don't know how anywone could know which verson anyone was buying it for. |
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sriv94
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Posted: 23 October 2005 at 7:50am |
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The video version was the studio one--the one where Paul and Linda play about 15 different people (including Paul donning his 1964 Beatle outfit, and also playing at least one character playing the guitar RIGHT-handed).
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Posted: 23 October 2005 at 12:49pm |
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Here in New York, the version I always heard the most on the top 40 radio stations was the studio version. The live version was usually only heard on rock stations.
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Paul Haney
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Posted: 24 October 2005 at 5:27am |
Actually, this practice was fairly common in the radio industry. Sometimes DJ's would prefer the B-side to the record company's chosen A-side or they would like the B-side equally as much (thus the "double-sided" hit). In the case of "Coming Up"...I remember reading in most of the trades at the time, that by the time the song hit the Top 10 at the end of May 1980, almost every radio station had switched to the B-side and record store owners were reporting that customers were specifically asking to buy the more uptempo live version. Thus, the live version is what you now see on most McCartney compilations. |
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Posted: 25 October 2005 at 6:55pm |
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Hmmm, I'm from NY too, and all I ever heard when it was a hit was the live version. (on Long Island, that is...)
I recall do thinking it was odd at the time, that it was stuck on the B-side, as a second track no less! (you didn't see that too often by then). And yet, when it was on the chart, the Hot 100 entry read "Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)", and that's how it appears in the Whitburn. -MM |
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Posted: 25 October 2005 at 7:12pm |
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on my 45 the "live" version is the first track on the b-side and not the second track.......you might want to check you 45.......we want to be as thorough as possible on this site........
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Posted: 27 October 2005 at 5:39pm |
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Oh, oops. I no longer have my copy of the 45, but now that you mention it, it was the first track. Didn't want to start a wrong-confusion over differing pressings.
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Posted: 25 July 2008 at 4:05pm |
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This in from abagon... The actual commercial 45 run time of Paul McCartney & Wing's "Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)" is 3:48, not 3:51 as stated on the record label.
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Posted: 25 July 2008 at 5:17pm |
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I remember living in LA and hearing the LIVE version on top40 radio about
2-3 weeks before it hit the national charts. My local record shop had it, and when I played the A side, it didn't sound right. Then the B-side had want I heard. |
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