OT: Bob Seger - Beautiful Loser

The 45 for the Beautiful Loser by Bob Seger states a
3:14 run time versus the album run time of 3:29. Has
anyone edited this down to the single length? Is it
just an early face?

It's an early fade, but not as early as we think. My 45RPM single states 3:14 but runs
3:19.4, silence to silence. My Capitol CD of 'Beautiful Loser', Capitol 91424, doesn't state
a time but runs 3:26, silence to silence. So, I guess if you trim the end of the CD 6.6
seconds and fade, you can effectively create the single version. I find there is no
difference in speed. -Bill.

The fade starts at 3:05.3. For the last 35 seconds of the song it's a quiet passage, anyway. That brings up
another question, what kind of fade? It's real gradual at first, so to my untrained ears, I think it's
referred to as 'Sinusoidal'. -Bill.