Real Life - "Send Me An Angel"

The 45 version sounds great on Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 11 (1995), where it runs 3:53 and 129.4 BPM throughout. There's a differently-EQ'd digital clone on Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 15 Lost Hits Of The Mid '80s (2001). The same analog transfer is also used for Warner Special Products' 2-CD sets Punk (1996) and Sweet Love (1996), which are differently-EQ'd digital clones of each other. All sound very good.

There's a severely muffled version on Sony Germany's 2-CD Pop And Wave Vol. 1 (1992), which also has its left/right channels reversed. Avoid.

The database says that the LP version runs 3:51. I don't know what the difference is between the LP and 45 versions.

The version on Sony's Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites Vol. 5 runs 5:41. This is probably the 1983 12 inch single version, which has a printed time of 5:40. (It's not the 1989 version.)

The promo 45 has an edit that runs 3:04. Here are editing instructions for recreating the promo 45 from the commercial 45 version on Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 11:

Segment 1
Extends from 0:00.0 to 0:37.0 of the commercial 45 and promo 45
Ends on a snare hit

Remove the 40 beats from 0:37.0 to 0:55.6 of the commercial 45.

Segment 2
Begins on a snare hit
Extends from 0:37.0 to 2:43.6 of the promo 45
Extends from 0:55.6 to 3:02.2 of the commercial 45
Ends on a downbeat-with-handclap

Remove the 64 beats from 3:02.2 to 3:31.8 of the commercial 45.

Segment 3
Begins on a on a downbeat-with-handclap
Extends from 2:43.6 to 3:08.0 (end) of the promo 45
Extends from 3:31.8 to 3:56.3 (end) of the commercial 45

Your mixdown will run 3:05 (excluding outro silence), or 3:08.0 (including outro silence), with edits at 0:37.0 and 2:43.6.

Edited by crapfromthepast