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Bobby Caldwell - What You Won’t Do... |
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MMathews ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 18 August 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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You know for the last 40 years I just assumed the 45
was an early fade of the LP version. The database agrees with that since sources are labeled "45 length" or "LP Length". For all these years I've only played the LP version because I always preferred the long ending. So I never compared them until now. I happened to rip the 45 length from the Rhino CD Soul Hits and as soon as I heard it I said "wait....this is not the mix I've been hearing for 40 years!" Turns out the 45 is a different mix from the LP as well as an early fade. The mix on the 45 is a narrower mix and has various other differences, like the horns are mixed to the center but on the LP they are split left and right. The backing vocals on the bridges in the 45 are mixed to the left channel, but on the LP they are split left and center. Lots of other little things too. So I suggest an update to for the database to indicate "LP Version" and "45 Version". Sounds to me like the 45 was the first mix and then when time came time to mix the LP they made a fuller, wider sounding mix. That's my theory anyway. MM Edited by MMathews |
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crapfromthepast ![]() Music Fan ![]() ![]() Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 60 |
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Boy, this song is a lot more yacht-rocky/Earth Wind And Fire-y than I remembered. Smooth soul goodness!
45 version (about 3:29) This first appeared on a cheapie Sony CD called Great '70s Dance Grooves (Sony Music Special Products 22347, copyright 1992). The credits on the back of this disc say, in all caps: "ALL SELECTIONS ARE COURTESY OF RHINO RECORDS, INC." In addition to having the first appearance on CD of the 45 version/mix of "What You Won't Do For Love," it also has the 45 edit of "Jam On It" by Newcleus (the only place I have this edit). Unfortunately, it has an incredibly bad-sounding version of "Dance Across The Floor" by Jimmy "Bo" Horne, but the other nine tracks sound great. The same analog transfer is used on Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 20 (1995), but with absolute polarity inverted (insignificant). Both discs sound quite nice. It's safe to say that any other 3:29 versions of "What You Won't Do For Love" are also based on the mastering from Great '70s Dance Grooves. LP version (about 4:45) Of the handful of compilations that I have, I found two distinct masterings for the LP version. The first is on Rhino's Smooth Grooves Vol. 2 (1995), where it is indeed smooth and does indeed groove. There are digital clones on:
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eriejwg ![]() Music Fan ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 72 |
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The database since says length and not version. Unless it
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VWestlife ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 02 April 2020 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6 |
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I discovered there is actually an edit in the 45 version of "What You Won't Do For Love". Near the end of the fade, where the LP version goes into a theremin-like synth solo, instead the 45 version loops the brass riff again until it's done fading.
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