(O/T) Glam Slam - Prince - remix or edit?

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   I don't remember radio playing this track from 1988's "Lovesexy" at all, and Wikipedia backs that memory up, not showing it even touching the lower rungs of the Billboard Hot 100.

There appear to have been two attempts to get radio to pick it up: the original edit (3:28) which was released on 7" promo single and promo CD single, and a remix / edit (4:22) which appears to only have been released on 7" vinyl.

Does anybody remember hearing this on the radio or playing this on the radio, and if so, which version was played?

Edited by NightAire

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NightAire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 20 February 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote NightAire Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: (O/T) Glam Slam - Prince - remix or edit? Posted: 02 October 2024 at 7:08pm
	I don't remember radio playing this track from 1988's "Lovesexy" at all, and Wikipedia backs that memory up, not showing it even touching the lower rungs of the Billboard Hot 100. There appear to have been two attempts to get radio to pick it up: the original edit (3:28) which was released on 7" promo single and promo CD single, and a remix / edit (4:22) which appears to only have been released on 7" vinyl. Does anybody remember hearing this on the radio or playing this on the radio, and if so, which version was played? Edited by NightAire
	Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 161	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 October 2024 at 7:52pm
	Warner Bros. sent my college station a promo CD single (PRO-CD-3181) with the 3:28 "Edit" and the 4:40 "LP Version". We didn't like the song very much, so we didn't play it (and we loved "Alphabet St." (PRO-CD-3079)). I didn't know that the 4:22 "Remix/Edit" (on PRO-S-3211) even existed until right now. This wasn't really a hit, so I don't think any one version would qualify as the "hit version".
	There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one Crap From The Past.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 260	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 October 2024 at 8:43pm
	I have the promo 45 with the remix/edit. If I recall correctly, it's similar to the 12" remix, but it's dedicated mix and not just an edit of the longer 12" remix. I agree with Ron that neither one would be considered a hit, but if I had to pick one, it would be the "Edit" (of the LP version).
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

NightAire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 20 February 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote NightAire Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 October 2024 at 10:12pm
	With no technical "hit" version, it's tempting to cut of the synthesized "strings" at the end. If you don't know the song you don't know it should be there, and it feels like it brings the song to a screeching halt.
	Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

Paul Haney Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 April 2005 Status: Offline Points: 48	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul Haney Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 October 2024 at 4:31am
	Peaking at #44 on Billboard's R&B charts, it does appear that "Glam Slam" got a little bit of airplay, mostly on the Rhythmic CHR stations. I certainly never heard it on the radio (and I was in the Twin Cities at the time!).

cmmmbase Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 04 May 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote cmmmbase Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 October 2024 at 4:55am
	I was working in the backwoods of Maine in the summer of 1988 - I recall hearing Glam Slam on the Bangor CHR. Also, Glam Slam did spend a few weeks on Radio & Records' significent action column for CHR (maxed out at 34 stations) Edited by cmmmbase