"Love Light in Flight" - Stevie Wonder
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Topic: "Love Light in Flight" - Stevie Wonder
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Love Light in Flight" - Stevie Wonder
Date Posted: 03 June 2006 at 10:23pm
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Pat:
I'm thinking about purchasing Stevie Wonder's At the Close of a Century CD box set (Motown 012153992) and every track listing I've run across indicates that "Love Light in Flight" is on it. The database however does not reflect this. Would you mind double-checking your copy and make sure the song is on there? Thanks! |
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Posted By: Jeff H.
Date Posted: 03 June 2006 at 11:12pm
| Yes Todd, "Love Light In Flight" is on the Stevie Wonder box set. I actually just bought a copy of the 45(comes in a nice looking picture sleeve also) for my collection since I didn't previously own one. The box set has the full LP version. To my knowledge the single edit has never been issued on CD. |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 4:42am
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jeff.....have you or anyone else tried to re-create the 45 version from the full cd/lp version..........can it be done??? ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 10:05am
| I do have the LP version on The Woman in Red CD soundtrack so I'd be willing to try to edit it to match the 45 version if I had a copy of the vinyl 45 to compare it with. (Hint, hint) ;-) |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 10:28am
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todd...comin to ya this evening.... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Jeff H.
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 10:51am
The 45 edit of "Love Light In Flight" runs 4:36, while the full length version runs 6:54. I haven't A/B'ed them to compare where the edit points are, but I'm pretty sure the single version can be extracted from the long version. There is a US promo only 12" remix of this track that is a bit shorter than the soundtrack version running 6:30, and is quite different. I'm certain that the 45 edit is not taken from this version. |
Todd Ireland wrote:Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 25 January 2009 at 7:21pm
Todd, were you ever able to successfully create the single version of "Love Light In Flight" from the LP version? |
Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 7:19pm
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John graciously sent me a dub of the 45 version from his "Love Light In Flight" promo 45. I used it as a guide for re-creating the 45 version from my "Woman In Red" soundtrack CD (by the way, the copy I used was the early Japan-for-US pressing on Motown MCD06108MD, which is not listed in the database).
The re-creation involves an out-of-sequence edit using the following sections of the LP version: 00:00:00 - 00:00:07.386 00:00:16.215 - 00:03:57.749 00:04:15.408 - 00:04:18.838 00:05:29.525 - 00:05:32.564 00:04:21.898 - 00:05:04.105 Apply a fade beginning at 00:04:53.938 (or 10.166 seconds from the end of the final edit) The final cut should have edit points at: 00:00:07.386 00:03:48.919 00:03:52.349 00:03:55.388 fade begins at 00:04:27.429 Thanks again John! |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 8:03pm
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Mike,
Glad I could assist! |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 9:19pm
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I have a 45 edit of it made from a CD that someone gave me a couple of years ago. ------------- |
Posted By: Fetta
Date Posted: 25 June 2011 at 7:22am
| "Love Light In Flight" also appears on Stevie Wonder's "Song Review - A Greatest Hits Collection" however it is not noted in the database. It is the LP version clocking in at 6:54. |
Posted By: Ron S
Date Posted: 17 February 2019 at 12:59pm
| Has the 45 version ever appeared on CD? |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 17 February 2019 at 1:04pm
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Maybe on an import CD but certainly not on a US release. This is one of Stevie's songs that rarely has appeared on CD compilations of his or the label's. ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: elcoleccionista
Date Posted: 26 February 2019 at 8:45am
Hello! I was wondering if you'd be willing to send me your recreated 45 version of this track? |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 26 February 2019 at 8:41pm
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Message me with your email. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: elcoleccionista
Date Posted: 27 February 2019 at 4:07am
| Thank you John!! :) |
Posted By: EternalStatic
Date Posted: 17 February 2025 at 2:22pm
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Discovered something odd today. I was filtering my digital library today trying to find the best-sounding release of the LP Version of this song. I have a shared file taken from Song Review, a copy
from the Woman in Red soundtrack released as a part of the Complete Stevie Wonder digital release, and a rip from my own copy of the At the Close of a Century 4-CD box set. When comparing the files, I realized that the version on At the Close of a Century sounds like a different mix than the others, with much less reverb on the drums and vocals. To be clear, it is definitely not the 12" Remix: it has (from what I can tell from a quick listen) the same instrumentation and flow as the LP Version but sound of the drum track (especially the snare) is very dry -- almost no air at all -- compared to the other files. It sounds blunt when A/B'd with either of the other two files I have. Can anyone shed any light on whether this was a situation where two different but very similar mixes were issued? Or did they grab the wrong tape when compiling the box set? (Or are we dealing with that ugly third option on the box set: heavy-handed noise reduction gone wrong?) (Sorry if this has been touched on somewhere else -- I sought and did not find!) |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 18 February 2025 at 11:31am
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I compared the version on At The Close Of A Century to the "Woman In Red Soundtrack Version" from The Complete Stevie Wonder.
The Century version uses the same analog transfer as Complete (to the extent that any analog equipment was used for this track). The version on Century is certainly more muted than Complete. To my ears, it sounds like the effects of added noise reduction - it basically leaves the track lifeless. It's an odd thing to see in a mid-1980s track, though, so my guess is that mastering engineer Kevin Reeves either used noise reduction when there wasn't any on the source tape, or perhaps used the wrong type of noise reduction on playback (like Dolby A vs. Dolby S, etc.) Regardless of what caused it, it's certainly an artifact of incorrect playback when producing the At The Close Of A Century set. Avoid that set for this track. It sounds just fine on The Complete Stevie Wonder and Song Review (1996). ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: EternalStatic
Date Posted: 18 February 2025 at 5:30pm
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Thanks for the rundown, Ron. The more I thought about it after my post
yesterday, I had a feeling that NR interference was going to be the consensus. Glad I’m not going crazy and it really does sound notably different. |