One Night in Bangkok running time

Bumping this up because the (3:52) dj timing info has not yet been added to the database.

The sound quality on Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 14 (1995) is about as good as it's going to get on CD. It sounds a little dull here, but that may be how the song was mixed. Plus, the first 53 seconds are taken from vinyl. (Thanks to Aaron, who pointed this out years ago.) I suspect that the source tapes for the commercial 45 version are lost, and the commercial 45 intro from vinyl was grafted onto the promo 45 version from tape. The vinyl portion of the song runs 108.4 BPM throughout; the rest runs 108.7 BPM throughout.

There are digital clones of Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 14 (1995) on:

• Universal's Retro Lunchbox Squeeze The Cheeze (1997; digitally exactly 1.56 dB quieter)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 3 1984-1985 (1999; differently EQ'd digital clone)

The version on swaitek's 50-CD promo A List Disc 30 (1994) is taken from vinyl, and runs 108.5 BPM throughout.

Edited by crapfromthepast

The CD arrived today -- lots of great hits in pristine
quality -- and I'm thrilled to have a clean copy of
ONIB...

BUT...

Now that I know the first 50-something seconds are from
vinyl, I can absolutely hear the difference in texture...
AND I CAN'T UN-HEAR IT!!!

Darn you, Top 40 Music On CD, darn you all!

;-)

(Thank you all for the help and information; day by day
BlackLight Radio gets better and better, thanks to you.)

This is quoted from another thread:

NightAire wrote: Aaron, did you ever find the edit points for the "U.S. radio edit" running 3:52... and am I correct this would be considered the "hit" radio version? I've also stumbled across an audio file of unknown origins which chops off about the first 90 seconds of orchestra on the LP version to create an edit running 3:29. I've found two potential sources for this edit, but I don't have the vinyl to compare: This 12" U.S. promo lists a song length of 3:14, and, This 7" Brazil single lists a closer time of 3:31. For some reason this edit sounds familiar, like I might have heard it on American Top 40 or something... but I think the local stations played the commercial single version.

I came across a copy of the promo 12" that Gene mentions, and it has the 4:05 "US Radio Edit" (without symphonic intro). This is the same version that appears on the US 7" single. [Jim states in an earlier post that his station played the "Original European Hit" from the promo 45, but it has been determined that the labels were likely erroneously applied to the wrong sides of the record. The version his station played is the one without the symphonic intro and matches the US stock 45.]

The B-side of this 12" has a printed time of 3:14. I didn't time it, but it was easy to figure out what is missing. This shorter version starts on the downbeat right before the word "Bangkok" in the first verse. You can hear the tail end of the synth stab overlapping this beat, so it's merely an edit.

To answer Gene's other question about the promo 45 version with orchestra intro (aka Original European Hit), it cannot be created from the LP version. There are two main parts of the LP intro that appear on the promo 45 intro, but the fade in is unique to the promo 45. I suspect both versions were edited down from an even longer take by the London Symphony Orchestra.