"Tight Rope" - Leon Russell
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Topic: "Tight Rope" - Leon Russell
Posted By: sriv94
Subject: "Tight Rope" - Leon Russell
Date Posted: 15 February 2007 at 7:54am
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Listening to "Tight Rope" recently on the T-L SotS 1972 Take Two CD, it sounds a little slow to me (it runs (2:58)). I don't know whether it matches the 45 or not.
I noticed one CD with a (2:53) run time in the database--is that speed more in line with the 45, or is the speed and length on the T-L CD correct? ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 15 February 2007 at 10:22am
| Doug, my commercial 45 has a listed time of (2:59), but an actual time of (2:57). |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 15 February 2007 at 10:56am
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Thanks, Jim. TTBOYK, does the speed match? It just sounds a little slow compared to how I remember hearing it on radio back in the day (even a one-second difference in pitch could make it a little peppier). ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 16 February 2007 at 10:26pm
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Some stations sped up the music to make room for more commercials. ------------- |
Posted By: Gary Mack
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 2:51am
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No, we sped up the music to make our stations sound more exciting and, by comparison, to make our competitor sound slow and boring. Added commercials were never the goal, though one additonal 30 or 60 second spot per hour was appreciated by our sales departments!
GM |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 7:23am
What Gary said, but in this case, this was a radio station that was not noted for speeding up their music. ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
The Hits Man wrote:Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 02 April 2009 at 9:35am
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Earlier in this thread, Jim reported the actual 45 run time info for Leon Russell's "Tight Rope" is 2:57. I bring this up because the song's CD appearances run from 2:53-2:59.
Did anyone come up with an answer to Doug's question regarding the correct speed? |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 16 July 2016 at 12:53pm
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Sorry to bump, but I'm still curious on this one as well. ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Posted By: Bill Cahill
Date Posted: 22 July 2016 at 2:04pm
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Runtime on my "Tightrope" Shelter/Capitol stock 45 is 2:59, as stated on the label. The only CD source that I have is "Appetizer" which I believe is a sampler from a boxed set. I ran
the two simultaneously in a digital editor, and Tightrope is definitely slower from the Appetizer CD, and only runs 2:57, with an earlier fade. |