"Take It on the Run" REO Speedwagon

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   Does anyone know where exactly the edit occurs in the single version of this song? The single is 3:35 (vs. the album which is about 4:00). Or can anyone email an mp3 of the single?

There's a 50-second guitar solo in the long version, and the single is shorter by 25 seconds, so I'm guessing they edit this section in half, but I have no idea where. 

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EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "Take It on the Run" REO Speedwagon Posted: 29 January 2006 at 1:11am
	Does anyone know where exactly the edit occurs in the single version of this song? The single is 3:35 (vs. the album which is about 4:00). Or can anyone email an mp3 of the single? There's a 50-second guitar solo in the long version, and the single is shorter by 25 seconds, so I'm guessing they edit this section in half, but I have no idea where. Edited by EdisonLite

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 January 2006 at 7:52am
	just sent you an mp3 of the edit version from the cd "classic rock vol 3"...........it's identical to the 45 version
	edtop40

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: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 January 2006 at 3:06pm
	I thought the same thing about the edit point, but it's actually not in the guitar solo. The edit cuts out one of the repeated choruses at the end of the song. Off the top of my head, I can't remember where they made the edit exactly, but I'm thinking it's from the middle of the first chorus to the middle of the second one.

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 June 2010 at 8:31pm
	I just heard an edit of 'Take It on the Run' on an American Top 40 show from May 1981, and it has a different edit than the single edit described above. It actually has NO guitar solo at all (so it probably clocks in around 3:10 but I haven't checked.) Does anyone know if there was a 2nd edited promo single of this song, perhaps geared for AC stations, that eliminated the whole guitar solo, or if this is strictly an AT40-created edit? They often edit recordings themselves, so it's a strong possibility, but I kinda like this edit -- although the guitar solo player (Gary Richwrath?) would probably hit me for saying that. So I'd like to know if this is a legit edit or not. Edited by EdisonLite

RichM921 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 October 2007 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote RichM921 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 June 2010 at 8:56pm
	The only edit version I know of is the one that edits the last chorus. (You're under the gun so you take it on the... (edit) ...ruuuuuuun. Heard it from a friend who...) At least that's where it sounds edited to me. While I'm as much of an "edit" fan as any of you are, I never cared much for this one since it chops off the climax of the whole song. I guess they found it important to be under the 4-minute mark. Although it shouldn't have mattered since REO was the hottest thing going at that time. Even if it was 6 minutes, radio would have played it.