Naked Eyes - Always Something There (12")
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Topic: Naked Eyes - Always Something There (12")
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: Naked Eyes - Always Something There (12")
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 5:28pm
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Once upon a time, I came across a Naked Eyes compilation CD that had the (6:15) 12" mix of "Always Something There To Remind Me." I should've picked it up when I saw it, but you know how that goes...
Anyhow, if anyone has any info on what this compilation is called, I'd greatly appreciate it. I believe it is an import, and it is NOT Everything And More, as I have that disc. This one could possibly be a Canadian release, but I can't say for sure. |
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Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 5:43pm
| On allaccess, they list it on a cd called Hardest Hits Vol. 2, but this all by various artists. They said you could buy it for $27.97. |
Posted By: budaniel
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 5:44pm
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Hey aaron,
That particular 12" version is not on the CD called "Promises, Promises: The Very Best of Naked Eyes" either. But I do have the 6:15 mix on the SPG records compilation "Hardest Hits 2", which is all extended mixes of 80s new wave goodies. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 5:51pm
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Thanks Gary & budaniel. How is the sound quality on the SPG compilation? I was leary about buying it, because a few of their other 80's-era extended mix compilations have several vinyl transfers.
I do know that there is another Naked Eyes CD that has the extended mix on it. It's not listed on allmusic.com, but I've seen it before on ebay. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 5:56pm
| WAIT A MINUTE! I just found a listing for it. It's actually a CD single b/w Jocelyn Brown "I Wish You Would." It has a red cover and says "12 Inch Classics On CD." That's the one I was thinking of...now, just to find it :) |
Posted By: Roscoe
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 10:04pm
| Does the 12" version have the "no drums" intro that was used in the video? I have been trying to locate a version with this alternate intro for years. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 10:34pm
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No, both 12" mixes start with drums. The "no drums" version has appeared on both commercial and promo 45s (only some copies), and it also has appeared on some copies of the vinyl LP. Here's a summary of the different mixes for this one:
"no drums" intro - Appeared on some copies of the promo and commercial 45s and some copies of the vinyl LP. It has yet to make an appearance on a commercial CD, although TM Century did a nice vinyl transfer for one of their GoldDiscs. "drums" intro - Appeared on some copies of the promo and commercial 45s and some copies of the vinyl LP. This is the standard mix found on most CDs. Tony Mansfield 12" Mix - Some copies of the 12" call it the "American Remix." This version appears on the out-of-print CD single and Hardest Hits, Vol. 2 compilation, both on the Unidisc label. It runs (6:15). "Jellybean" 12" Mix - This mix appeared on promo 12" copies labeled "remixed version." This is the version on the Naked Eyes compilation Everything And More, although that CD incorrectly labels it as "Tony Mansfield 12" Mix." Run time is (5:42). |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 18 October 2006 at 6:56am
| If I were to remove the drums from the intro of "Always Something There to Remind Me" using my digital editing software, would I have the correct intro? Or is there a difference in the mix as well? |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 18 October 2006 at 7:42am
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The "no drums" intro has some additional bell sounds that aren't present on the common "drums" intro version. You can't recreate it by removing the drums from the "drums" intro version. The rest of the track is identical once the intro ends.
I have an Australian 5-CD box set put out by EMI Australia in 1999 called "Eighties Complete", which is the only place I've seen the "no drums" intro on CD. I haven't listened closely enough to figure out if it's a transfer from vinyl, but it sounds mighty clean. (There's also an "Eighties Complete Vol. 2" - that's not it.) When I get home tonight, I can provide the catalog #. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 18 October 2006 at 1:21pm
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Good info! I didn't realize that version was available on an import.
Todd, the "no drums" intro sounds almost like the standard version, except you'd have to remove the drums from the multi-track tape until the first verse starts. Essentially, the intro is just the bells and synthesizers with an added "thunder" sound effect, and then the beat kicks in when the first verse begins. |
Posted By: budaniel
Date Posted: 18 October 2006 at 3:53pm
| was that the version used in the video? it's been so many years I can't remember, but I know the video began with a wedding scene coming out of a church, and I think it may have been just the bells playing. |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 18 October 2006 at 7:10pm
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The "bells and thunder" intro is indeed the one on "Eighties Complete", 1997, EMI Music Australia, No. 7243 8 56761 2 3. It may be pricey - it's 90 tracks on 5 CDs, with one entire CD dedicated to Australian artists. (Models! Divinyls! Swingers! 1927!) It appears to be mastered fairly well, without excessive compression/maximizing.
Total time of track is 3:38. The only place on vinyl that I'd seen this version is on a promo 12"; I can't confirm on any commercial US releases. My Naked Eyes CDs, LP, and 45 are all the "drums" intro. |
Posted By: budaniel
Date Posted: 28 October 2006 at 9:58am
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Just a note, that the Eighties Complete 5 disc set was sort of repackaged with some track changes and rereleased as "Complete Eightes". I've seen it in Virgin Record stores in New York City and I got it off amazon marketplace new for 13 bux, and it still has the beatless opening version of Naked Eyes. As a treat for me, it also has the ORIGINAL mix of "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora, which I happened to ask about on the board ages ago...this version is very different than the hit version from the US.
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 10:56pm
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The thunder/chime version is also on this import collection:
http://sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=2099165 |
Posted By: bwolfe
Date Posted: 19 January 2008 at 5:20am
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I guess I'll hold onto my vinyl "Naked Eyes" album.
It has the chimes intro. I wonder if radio was serviced with both versions? Back in the old days when we played carts the version we had was the drums version from a company called Far West. They supplied radio with tape services of gold tunes. Before CD libraries. I feel really old saying that! ------------- the way it was heard on the radio |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 19 January 2008 at 12:47pm
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bwolfe wrote:Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 19 January 2008 at 5:42pm
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How is the sound quality of "Jellybean 12" Mix" on the "Everything And More" compilation--is it overly compressed/maximized? I have a mint vinyl 12" copy of this mix so the CD would have to be really good to motivate me to track it down.
Speaking of the "Jellybean 12" Mix", WLOL in Minneapolis used to play an edit of this version in the 80s. Was there an official edit or was this just a homemade version? |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 19 January 2008 at 8:49pm
| It sounds good to me, but I've never analyzed it in Cool Edit. It might be maximized, but if so, it's certainly not to the point of distortion. It's also from the master tapes. I haven't listened to that CD in quite some time, but as I recall, the label incorrectly labels it as the Mansfield 12" mix, when in fact, it's the Jellybean 12" mix. |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 12 January 2013 at 6:35pm
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In Dec. 2012 the UK label Cherry Red released an expanded
version of the Burning Bridges LP (that was the name of the duo’s debut album in England). The CD has a total of 18 tracks (including six bonus cuts). This reissue uses the original “no drums” intro version of “Always Something There To Remind Me” (also know as the “chimes” intro or the “bells and thunder” intro). Track 14 is the American remix (also known as the Jellybean 12” mix) that runs (5:42) and ends cold. Sadly, the Tony Mansfield 12" mix was not included. ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |