O/T: Erasure - Sometimes

The 7" Version is a slightly different mix. Same structure, but unlike the album version, it begins with what sounds like an exhaled breath but I think is just an echo from something else unheard. It has lots of extra reverb and different stereo placement of instruments, it is pitched down ~1.4% (and sounds kind of bad at this speed), and the fade ends 5½ seconds sooner.

3:37 is the actual duration, assuming the 7" Version on the Hit It. CD (the basis of my description) is the same as on the vinyl 45. On that CD, it has 2 seconds of silence padding it out to 3:39.

Edited by mjb50

Nope. It's a different mix, with different stereo (the 7" is quite narrow), and a different breath sound at the start, even. The chorus parts of the 7" add a loud, echo-y tambourine-like sound on top of the snare.

Where was "Sometimes" an airplay hit? I never heard it on the radio where I was. I assume it was a little too, uh, something for the middle-American audience at the time.

Edited by mjb50

I don't know if "Sometimes" is one of them, but bear in
mind that a number of US single versions of Erasure songs
differ from those issued in other countries. Even the US
and Canadian 45s of both "Chains Of Love" and "A Little
Respect" are different.

I assume that all Erasure compilations originate in the UK
and that their references to single versions or mixes are
to the UK singles.

The version of "Sometimes" from Total Pop - The First 40
Hits is missing the opening breath I heard on a 45 on
YouTube.

Edited by eriejwg