Snap-"Rhythm Is A Dancer"
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Topic: Snap-"Rhythm Is A Dancer"
Posted By: jimct
Subject: Snap-"Rhythm Is A Dancer"
Date Posted: 09 July 2006 at 9:17am
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As I was re-filing "Show Me Love", I noticed 2 different promo CD singles on this. The first, ASCD-2437, has 3 tracks:
1-Single Edit (listed and actual 3:51) 2-Tee's Choice Mix (listed and actual 6:19) 3-12" Mix (listed and actual 5:12) The second has no label, or no handwritten information on it. I took ASCD-2494 off the CD equivalent of the "deadwax." 1 track. We were told it was the "No Rap Edit." There is no listed time, but the actual time is (3:27). We switched over to this version the second we got it in, and continued to play this version for the duration, FYI. |
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Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 09 July 2006 at 10:25am
| Are you speaking of "Show Me Love" or the topic title "Rhythm Is A Dancer"? |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 09 July 2006 at 10:33am
| The above info is for "Rhythm Is A Dancer", Pat. I did recently add a post to "Show Me Love", but within its own separate thread. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 27 August 2006 at 9:34pm
| Bringing this topic to the top of the board for chendagam. Welcome to the board! |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 28 August 2006 at 7:40am
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chendagam??? ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 29 August 2006 at 12:43pm
| Is the single edit the version with the rap? I have not been able to find the rap version on CD anywhere. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 29 August 2006 at 1:29pm
| On my TM Century disc, the "Single Edit" (as it's labeled) DOES have the rap. I've seen import singles list a 7" Edit; however, I don't know if this is the same as the "single edit." |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 29 August 2006 at 1:52pm
| the 7" edit does not have the rap. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 29 August 2006 at 11:07pm
| Based on Jim's description, it sounds like his unlabeled promo CD copy of "Rhythm Is a Dancer" running 3:27 is the equivalent of the 7" edit (a.k.a. the "No Rap Edit") Aaron has seen on import singles. I'm pretty sure most mainstream Top 40 stations around the U.S. were playing this version. |
Posted By: kodamar
Date Posted: 30 August 2006 at 9:32am
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I used to play "Rhythm Is a Dancer" when we were Top 40 in the mid '90s. The TM Century 'Golddisc' (issued after hits became recurrents) Had Track #1 as the '7" edit' (3:51-with rap) and Track #20 as the '7" rapless edit' (3:27)
I currently have in my collection of retired Hitdiscs the 7" version with the rap. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 30 August 2006 at 9:41am
| kodamar, you are correct, as I also have that TM disc in my collection. Track 1 is labeled as "single edit" on the GoldDisc, which, as chendagam notes above, is different from the 7" Edit. |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 30 August 2006 at 9:47am
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jimct wrote:Posted By: kodamar
Date Posted: 30 August 2006 at 9:52am
You are correct. I was going from memory, as all my station's TM discs have been retired to the locked closet since the hard drive started spinning... It was found that too many of them were growing legs after hours. |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 30 August 2006 at 1:31pm
So as a DJ would you switch over because it's the lastest version sent to you or just because of preference? |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 31 August 2006 at 12:40am
| During those years, we and many other Top 40 stations would almost always opt for a "no rap" version of big hit records. Not true anymore, but at the time there was still a perceived "discomfort" level among 35+ adult listeners, regarding raps. Chendagam, I can tell you're a big fan of the "with rap" versions. But with pro radio, it's always about ratings - nothing else. We didn't want the "Soccer Moms" to change the channel. As a result - we went with the no rap versions. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 17 September 2006 at 12:24am
I believe this version is on Billboard Top Hits 1993, but double check before purchasing. |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 07 March 2007 at 2:29pm
| I made a mistake on this. The "7" Edit" does in fact have the rap in it. It appeared commercially on an import CD. The difference is that the intro is a bit longer and it has a cold ending with the "slamming doors" sound effect. On the version on my cassette single, the intro is shorter with a fade out. Actual run times are 3:43 on the 7" edit and 3:49 on the cassette. Does anyone have more infomation on this? |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 08 March 2007 at 6:17am
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You can listen and compare the two at www.gamsworld.com/snap/
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 18 February 2008 at 2:27pm
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my cassingle issued as arista 12437 contains a non descibed version which runs 3:51 and does contain the rap from 1:48-2:19..... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 18 February 2008 at 6:29pm
I agree. I was music director of a small-market CHR thru much of the 90s, and we were VERY cautious about anything too "urban sounding". In several cases, we made our own rapless edits of songs that either didn't come with one or we were unable to get serviced with. We'd often play the unedited version at night when it was mostly teens listening. |
Posted By: AaronsAmazing
Date Posted: 11 June 2024 at 2:31pm
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Is it possible to recreate the "Single Edit" using only the "7" Edit"? My local
radio station plays that version, and I would've just simply assumed it was a custom edit they did to make it more "appealing" to listeners (rather than accidentally getting hold of the US cassingle)… Single Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJslbA6QU7I 7" Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-IHYOpI3gc |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 June 2024 at 3:59pm
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Don't think so. The intros are noticeably different and not just editing differences. That's as far as I listened, so there might be other differences, too. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |