Dire Straits - Skateaway

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   Not a Top 40 hit, but does anyone know how to create the 

4:45 (Edit) from the LP version?

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eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 53	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Dire Straits - Skateaway Posted: 30 September 2016 at 1:38pm
	Not a Top 40 hit, but does anyone know how to create the 4:45 (Edit) from the LP version?

MMathews Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 August 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MMathews Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 September 2016 at 3:43pm
	Ooh I'd be interested in that myself. I like collecting 45 versions of AOR/classic rock hits.

Back2TheFuture Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 05 February 2015 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Back2TheFuture Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 October 2016 at 3:32pm
	Ok, I have this "single version" on a very rare UK 2-CD promo set from 1994 called "Direly Straits" which included most (if not all) of Dire Straits' hit singles on it. Dissecting the edited "single version" cut on the disc, the "single version" can be extracted from the album version. Here's what I concluded to making the edit of "Skateaway." Using the "Making Movies" album version, Keep 0:02.4 to 4:30.5 (the edit is before the echoey drum beat), remove 16 counts (from 4:30.5 to 4:38.2). Next, keep 4:38.2 to 5:02.0. (This section should begin with an "echoey drum beat"). Remove everything else after 5:02 onward. With what you have left, you should have a total file run-time of 4:48 or so. Next, put a sinusoidal fade from 4:30.1 to 4:48.0. Then put a slight fade in from the beginning the file (0:00 to 0:09.4). Hopefully all of this makes sense! One thing I'm not to certain about is the speed. The 45 version sounds more sped up than the album version. Hopefully someone can help fill in this missing piece of the puzzle! Edited by Back2TheFuture

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 53	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 October 2016 at 4:19pm
	I attempted the edit, yet sometimes without a source file it's tricky.

Bwci Bo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 08 August 2013 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bwci Bo Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 October 2016 at 12:29am
	This YouTube clip should suffice as a source file. P.S. Feel free you share your recreation with me :-)

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 53	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 October 2016 at 2:29pm
	Took another stab at it. I didn't write down edit points, but thanks to Jim for sending a 45 dub. Also, thanks to Bo for the YouTube link. You definitely need a source file. With the 45, I think besides being slightly faster (.5 faster), the intro fades in later than the album. Mark Knopfler's opening vocal is at :25 in if that helps. Run time is 4:44.

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 53	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 October 2016 at 2:30pm
	If Ron (Crapfromthepast) or Mark M. has any interest at tackling this one, they can share edit points.