Rivers of Babylon - Boney M

Summarization for Aaron:

Slight pitch difference, channel-reversal & EQ
notwithstanding, the promo 12" can produce the commercial
7" (& short side promo 12") simply by editing approx.
3min,29.5sec thru 6min,35.3sec out of the promo 12".

Note: what is edited out is mostly redundant as it is
effectively a loop, but there is some unique audio such
as a Liz Mitchell vocal and a piano solo with an off-
measure edit within.

The 3:45 promo 7" is pretty much the LP version with the
first 38.4 sec. intro lopped off.

Please note: I'm only comparing US releases; I am
confident there are myriad other international edits &
versions as this was a worldwide smash. One version I
know of that has leaked onto some CDs is close to the US
commercial single version but with the 2nd half of the
intro edited out.

If anyone wants to add to this overview, please do!

Andy

Earlier in the discussion, Jim (RIP) said the promo 45 did
not match the 4:19 45 version even if you took off the
first 38 seconds. I listened to the 4:19 versions on Qobuz
and they either fade much earlier than the promo 45 or are
edited differently.

I was hoping to create a nice, digital copy of the promo 45
but it sounds as though it can't be done from the 4:19
version.

Just listened to the LP version on Qobuz and it fades to
early at the end. The end result would be about 5 seconds
short if the only difference is the intro that's been
removed.

I had the chance to line up the promo 12" and commercial 7" version in the multi-tracker, and while there are segments unique to the promo 12", most of the song matches up with the commercial 7" version, parts of which have been looped. Specifically, the section from 4:06 to 4:24 and 5:29 to 6:35 of the 12" are unique. These sections are not found in the LP version, either.