"Lights Out" - Peter Wolf

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   Just wondering if the 45 is a straight edit of the LP version, or if it's a different mix (or both or neither).  Odd for a 1984 song that peaked at #12 in BILLBOARD to only have one CD appearance (that being the original album on which it appeared)--Wolf or EMI-America seemingly didn't want to make it available for compilations.

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sriv94 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote sriv94 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "Lights Out" - Peter Wolf Posted: 03 June 2010 at 5:35pm
	Just wondering if the 45 is a straight edit of the LP version, or if it's a different mix (or both or neither). Odd for a 1984 song that peaked at #12 in BILLBOARD to only have one CD appearance (that being the original album on which it appeared)--Wolf or EMI-America seemingly didn't want to make it available for compilations. Edited by sriv94
	Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken.

Roscoe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 July 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Roscoe Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 June 2010 at 6:14pm
	The 45 is an edit of the LP version; I didn't detect any mix differences. I don't recall the edit points to recreate the 45, though. Agreed that this one has been strangely elusive on CD. That Peter Wolf CD goes for big bucks on the used market. The song was quite popular at the time and I heard it on my local radio station a lot. I'm afraid it's become one of those "forgotten" 80s hits due to its lack of availability in the CD era.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 June 2010 at 10:06pm
	Two of my luckiest ever finds occurred while I was visiting a small, obscure CD store in the Dayton, Ohio area in 1996. I was scouring the bargain bins in the used CD section and happened to pick up a used copy of Peter Wolf's Lights Out and the Breakin' original motion picture soundtrack for an incredible price of $5 each! I'm pretty sure both titles were out-of-print even back then, but I honestly had no idea at the time just how rare these discs were and how much money they were commanding in the used market! I'm surprised a Peter Wolf best-of compilation has never been released to make his Top 40 singles available on CD again for the first time in many years.

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 July 2010 at 11:49am
	pat the 45's label states the run time as 3:46 but the 45 actually runs 3:53 and is an edit of the 4:25 full cd/lp version....thanks paul for the great edit you did for me so long ago.........THANKS!!!......this should be noted in the db...... Edited by edtop40
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DJghr1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 October 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote DJghr1 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 May 2013 at 3:12pm
	I'm looking to find the correct edit points to recreate the 45 version? Thanks, in advance.

KentT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 25 May 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote KentT Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 June 2013 at 6:32pm
	One thing to know on the Peter Wolf, while it was scarce on CD, the LP is easily findable in near mint for cheap. I see them often for no more than $4 maximum, $2 often buys nice copies.
	I turn up the good and turn down the bad!

JL328 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 May 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote JL328 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 February 2017 at 5:36am
	I've been messing around with this one, and could use a little help. I'm using the physical CD LP version from Peter Wolf's "Lights Out," which I think is still the only place to find this track at all. It's got 4 edits to get from the LP version to the 45 version. I have 3 of them but can't get the 4th. Assuming I have it in the right place, the first edit runs from about 0:18 to 0:26 of the LP version and cuts part of the introduction. I can't get it though. There's a cymbal crash at 0:18.01 of the LP version that isn't on the 45 and I can't find the right spot for the edit. Wherever the right spot is, the edit is about 8 seconds long. The other 3 edits are as follows, according to my calculations. Delete 2:33.188 to 2:37.264 of the LP version. Snare to snare. Delete 2:50.456 to 2:58.674 of the LP version. Edit right before the guitar. Delete 3.08.042 to 3:16.236 of the LP version. Snare to snare. The end result runs 3:55. The 45 version is 3:53 and change. Difference is probably in that first edit that I can't get, but the fade may also run a hair longer on the LP version. Does anybody have that first edit point? I'd be forever in your debt.

JL328 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 May 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote JL328 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 February 2017 at 3:59pm
	I figured it out. Here are the 4 edits I came up with... Delete 0:17.913 to 0:26.120 of the LP version. Edit right before the snare/cymbal crash. Delete 2:33.188 to 2:37.264 of the LP version. Snare to snare. Delete 2:50.456 to 2:58.674 of the LP version. Edit right before the guitar. Delete 3.08.042 to 3:16.236 of the LP version. Snare to snare.