James "Laid"
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Topic: James "Laid"
Posted By: chendagam
Subject: James "Laid"
Date Posted: 28 August 2006 at 8:53pm
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Is there a promo CD for "Laid" where the word "c&%s" is replaced with "sings"
The only way I was able to get this version was to rip it from VH1-Classic. |
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 28 August 2006 at 11:31pm
| I do have a 1-track promo on Fontana/Mercury 1010. It's a cardboard sleeve promo, and I'm 99.9% sure it has the word "comes." I can't seem to locate it, which probably means it's packed away at my parents' house. I don't ever recall hearing a version with the clean lyric, which also makes me think that the promo I have is not the version you're looking for. |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 29 August 2006 at 1:31am
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Yes, the radio version has the word "sings".
Although I don't own the original promo CD, my 'Promo Only' DJ subscription version has the "sings" replacement of "comes". Andy |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 29 August 2006 at 11:11am
| Good info, Andy. I'm going to have to have my parents dig it out to see if my copy is censored or not. |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 29 August 2006 at 12:40pm
| Good to know about it being on Promo Only! I have been looking for a promo copy of that for years (12 to be exact) and can't find it anywhere. Every commercial single has the word "comes" and my local radio station always plays the "sings" version. Do you guys trade mp3's at all or are we on our own? Some of this stuff is impossible to find on CD or it just takes too long. |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 29 August 2006 at 12:48pm
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Is this the promo only disc you have:
Artist James Title Laid Track/Chapter 4 Issue February 1994 Series Mainstream Radio Mix Label Mercury Records BPM 116 Time 02:35 Run Time 00:00:00 Intro :00 Ending Cold Publishing Style Section/Release Content Warning |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 29 August 2006 at 3:22pm
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Yep, that's the one.
PM me if you want. |
Posted By: kodamar
Date Posted: 30 August 2006 at 9:35am
| I have a copy of the clean version also on an RPM hitdisc (also known as Top Hits USA) It was sent to us as a demo by the company to sell the service. |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 30 August 2006 at 10:24am
| I have the elusive promo CD single for this, CDP 1010. It contains one track, and Aaron's recollection is correct - the "comes" lyric is indeed present on this issued version. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 30 August 2006 at 12:48pm
| Thank you, Jim! I appreciate the help. I won't have my parents try to locate this one. |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 30 August 2006 at 1:20pm
| So, was the "sings" lyric ever released on a CD promo??? |
Posted By: gnj1958@sbcglob
Date Posted: 23 June 2007 at 9:49pm
| The "sings" version is on the UK CD Now 26. Just so you know. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 April 2014 at 6:06pm
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I have two copies of CDP 1010 in front of me. Neither one has any mention of a specific version. One of them has the lyrics "she only comes when she's on top" and the other one has the lyrics "she only sings when she's on top."
The matrix numbers are almost impossible to read on each one, but here's what I can see. CDP1010 appears on both copies, and so does DISC MFG INC. "Comes" version has W O 77408-1M "Sings" version has W O 77632-2V Finally, all these years later, I was able to answer your question :) ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 12 April 2014 at 6:05am
| Could you please pass along the running time information (stated and actual) on both dj cd single versions? |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 12 April 2014 at 8:17am
| Interesting...wonder if the label sent out specific version to specific stations. I remember the alternative station back then used the album version. The "pop" station used the "sings" version. Thank you so much for ending this mystery! |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 12 April 2014 at 11:25am
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Listed 2:36 & actual 2:38 for the "sings" version.
Listed 2:36 & actual 2:37 for the "comes" version. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 12 April 2014 at 5:23pm
| So what's with the 11 second difference? |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 13 April 2014 at 12:08am
Sorry. That was a typo. The actual time is 2:37, not 2:27. I have corrected my mistake above. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
chendagam wrote:Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 18 September 2017 at 7:36pm
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I was ripping this to my digital library tonight, and I noticed something I
hadn't before. While the printed catalog number of the "sings" version says CDP1010, in microscopic backwards print in the inner ring it says CDP1108. There's one more clue for anyone looking for this particular disc. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |