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mjb50 
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 Topic: Free Fallin’ and Rock the CasbahPosted: 27 February 2022 at 1:14pm |
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I was just catching up on several years' worth of posts on the Radio Discussions forum, and ran across a couple of dubious claims in a post from 2014 that made me do a double take:
I have to wonder if this person is just misremembering. I don't think there were special single mixes of Free Fallin' or Rock the Casbah. Does anyone here know what he's talking about? |
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eriejwg
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Posted: 27 February 2022 at 1:32pm |
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There is a 45 or single mix of the Clash. The database lists
several CD's containing the 45 mix. I'm intrigued Tom Petty's Free Fallin'. Does anyone know if there was a different mix issued on the promo CD single? |
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Posted: 27 February 2022 at 2:16pm |
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If you’re curious, you can stream the single remix of “Rock the Casbah” on
US streaming outlets, incl. Apple Music. It’s often labeled as the ‘Bob Clearmountain 12” Mix’, but it was the main 45 version as well. |
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Posted: 27 February 2022 at 3:03pm |
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Oof... The album version of "Rock the Casbah" is all I ever hear on radio anymore, but the single version is what I had in my playlists. I feel like an idiot for not noticing the difference!
As for "Free Fallin'", I wonder if it was just a matter of radio adding lots of dynamic range compression? That would make the chorus echoes louder. But it'd still be happening on radio today too. |
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Posted: 27 February 2022 at 3:20pm |
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iHeart's Bill Cahill, a contributor in the forum here, has
often programmed single mixes and versions for the iHeart Classic Hits formats. |
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Posted: 27 February 2022 at 8:44pm |
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There's quite a bit of echo effect on the chorus on the
album version of "Free Fallin'" and that's all I ever remember hearing on the radio. |
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Posted: 09 March 2022 at 3:28pm |
I can confirm Spotify has it as 'Bob Clearmountain Mix'. |
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I also wish more stations would take the time to find & use the top 40 edits/remixes instead of album cuts. Many times, the vocals & production on the singles was much better than on the original cuts. I like all the tweaked elements that made many much more pop friendly. A couple of single edits I like for little reasons from the 80s, that aren't usually heard are Tom Petty's Freefallin (the single had tons of reverb/echo on the chorus that the album version doesn't & I haven't heard it in years.) Also, The Clash Rock the Casbah where the single mix holds out & echoes the "jive" lyric. John Waites Missing You is another with great reverb vocals on the radio edit that's never heard now.