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995wlol 
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 Posted: 17 August 2015 at 11:05am |
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I've recreated a number of in-house edits from the 80s that were aired on WLOL Minneapolis:
Guns N' Roses - Paradise City and Patience Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart (crossfade edit during the instrumental break) Naked Eyes - Always Something There To Remind Me (single-length edit of the US extended version) Hall & Oates - Jingle Bell Rock (spliced to create a duet version with Daryl and John) Two other custom edits that I have not tried to recreate: Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep (splices the LP and 12" versions) One Night In Bangkok (spliced to create a duet with both Murray Head and Robey--I can't recreate it exactly because it includes additional gong sound effects at the beginning and end, plus I'm missing the first few seconds from when I recorded it off the radio) Beginning in May 1990 when WLOL moved to dance/top 40, a good portion of the music was composed of in-house edits--mostly edited from 12" and dub mixes. |
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Paul Haney
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Posted: 17 August 2015 at 12:29pm |
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Doug was kind enough to send me some WLS custom edits from the 1970s.
The following are terrific and match what I remember from back in the day: Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - Temptations (3:35) Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Elton John (4:41) Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John (4:25) The edits for "Pinball Wizard" and "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" are not so great. In fact, the edits are pretty bad, so I think I'll stick with the longer versions on those two. I'm always up for hearing more! |
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sriv94
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Posted: 17 August 2015 at 2:28pm |
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Actually, AT40's edit of "SSMLT" isn't bad. I'll send you that at some
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Michaeldila
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Posted: 17 August 2015 at 4:38pm |
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i definitely remember edited versions of madonna's "spotlight" "like a prayer"
and "bad girl"...all under 4:20 minutes long. |
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DJghr1
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Posted: 25 August 2015 at 5:29pm |
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I made a custom edit of "I'm So Excited" by the Pointer
Sisters which I used the 1984 45 version and added the 12" cold outro. Also I made one for "Isn't She Lovely" which sounds much like the version played nowadays on many classic hits stations, with his vocals starting @22 seconds, running time 3:38. Feel free to PM me if you need a copy for review. George |
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Steve Carras
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Posted: 25 August 2015 at 8:03pm |
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KHJ 93 in Los Angeles did these in 1974:
"Band on the Run"-Wings- edited from the DJ copy so as to REMOVE the second part ("never never get outta here..") Elton John's "Don't Let the sun Go Down on Me" (which I'm surprised was even played with the innuendo:D) lost a second verse/chorus and went straight from first or (after 2nd verse edit) Chorus 2 Kiki Dee's "I've Got the Music in Me" in the DJ edit was already short but the station took out the open piano notes. The single just starts out with the drums/tambourine!) Three Dog Night's "Show Must Go On" lost the first part of the sample of "March of the Gladiators". Kool & The Gang's "Hollywood Swingin'" was faded after the vocal (but then most of it is a long 2:40 instrumental, applying to all after the second chorus.) Reunion's "Life is a Rock" missed the first half of its first chorus ("Life...is a rock...but the radio Rolled Me/Gotta turn it up louder/so my DJ told Me"..and just went to "At the end of the rainbow/lies..a golden oldie). Otherwise same. From 1974 to exactly a year later, 1975: Miracles "Love Machine": After playing the OFFICIAL Chelsea Records DJ edit that combined parts one and two of Disco Tex's "Get Dancin'" with the Sex-o-lettes in 1974-75, KHJ did a similar edit (unless there WAS an OFFICIAL one like it) of The Miracles's "Love Machine"(Epic) with 1st chorus, 1st verse, 2nd chorus, choral break then when to the final chorus with "push it push it baby", so that line like "gentle as a lamb..":(2nd verse between 3rd and 4rd chorus and second bridge,all gone but picks up as mentioned on the fifth verse, then plays most of part 2). Edited by Steve Carras |
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Hykker
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I'm not sure if these were KHJ-specific edits or RKO- General corporate ones. I remember hearing similar ones on WRKO as well. Paul Drew, RKO's VP of Programming at the time was a stickler for lengths, I've heard that there was a limit of 3:30 on songs (though this was the time when Elton John cranked out marathon song after marathon song and I'm sure some leeway was granted for a must-add artist like him). In late '68/early '69 WRKO had quite a few house edits they aired (most of which weren't very big hits)...a couple that come to mind were "Someday Soon" - Judy Collins (instrumental bridge shortened) & "I Can't Turn You Loose" - Chambers Brothers (2nd verse removed).
Don't remember that, but WRKO (as did many stations) played a custom version where the chorus went "life is a rock but RKO rolled me". Did KHJ play a similar one? Edited by Hykker |
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sriv94
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Posted: 26 August 2015 at 8:05pm |
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WLS did that edit as well, but I didn't include it in my care package to Paul because I couldn't remember where to start and end the edit. |
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garye
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An older thread and some thoughts.
Recently have gotten on the in-house edits bandwagon and giving a try to some old classics edited as radio did. Example: "Philadelphia Freedom" edited down to 4:09 with fade. "Do You Feel" from ol' Pete down to 6:11. Any shorter I think would ruin the song. I just edited the LP version and then used to 45 from the talkbox break to the end and corrected pitch. Even Traffic's "Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys" from 11:30 to 4:20 just for fun. Have done that and enjoy those and other edits over this last year. See what happens when you get bored? PS: distilled "Thick AsA Brick" from jethro Tull to 5:48 recreating the edit AOR KILT FM in the 70's used when playing the record. And no will not touch "Stairway to Heaven"! Afraid of what Zep fans might do to me! LOL |
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edtop40
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Posted: 24 February 2021 at 4:34am |
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one that i don't think has been discussed is Janet
Jackson's 'where are you now' which on the lp runs 5:47....i asked Todd to try and come up with a shorter version and he did an excellent job editing it down to 4:31....if anyone wants to check out his work.....let me know... |
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