"Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves"
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Topic: "Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves"
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves"
Date Posted: 24 April 2005 at 10:41pm
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Pat:
In an e-mail conversation I had with Ed a couple nights ago, he brought to my attention that The Eurthymics and Aretha Franklin's "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" on the Chicken Soup for the Soul - I'll Be There for You CD (Rhino 75526) is not the 45 version, as stated in the 10th edition of T40MOCD. The CD and the actual 45 version are the same up until the 4:00 mark. But from that point through the end of the song, Franklin's lyrics and vocals on the CD clearly differ from the 45. The instrumentation on the 45 version also changes at the 4:13 point when the lead guitar and keyboards stop playing. By contrast, the lead guitar and keyboards play all the way through to the song's end on the Chicken Soup CD. If you get an opportunity to compare "Sisters" on the aforementioned CD to the commercial 45, Pat, I think you'll agree they are definitely not the same. |
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 25 April 2005 at 6:00am
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well put, todd.... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Moderator
Date Posted: 26 April 2005 at 6:57pm
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Yes that is all correct information Todd. What you didn't mention is that the version on all of the Rhino "Chicken Soup For The Soul" cd's is the LP version faded out by 4:29 to simulate the 45 version. ------------- Top 40 Music On Compact Disc Moderator |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 11 July 2006 at 2:17pm
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Pat:
I've resurrected this old thread because not all of the information regarding "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" on the aforementioned Chicken Soup for the Soul CDs has been fully updated in the database. As documented earlier in this thread, the correct 45 version of this song does not appear on the Chicken Soup CDs. When looking up "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" in the search engine under "Eurythmics", the comment for the Chicken Soup discs is correctly shown as: (LP version faded early in an unsuccessful attempt at recreating the 45 version). However, when looking up the song under "Aretha Franklin", the database wrongly shows that those same Chicken Soup CDs with the comment: (45 version). Just thought I'd bring this to your attention. |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 16 April 2012 at 2:14pm
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The 45 version of this duet appears as a bonus track on the just released Who's Zoomin' Who? (expanded edition) two CD set. It is a Funky Town Grooves USA release (manufactured by Sony Music): FTG 282. It includes all nine original tracks plus 17 additional bonus tracks. ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: AdvprosD
Date Posted: 07 February 2022 at 10:58pm
I'm probably going to look for this set. I just obtained another collection that has the LP version on it, and I'd like to hear the 45 version too. I was going through some old 45s today and found a promo of "Sisters...", but I think they called it an "Edited" version. The timing is right at 4:29, but I don't really know if it is just an early fade as discussed before. On a side note, I found two threads on this song with almost the same information. Should I bump-up the other one too? ------------- <Dave> Someone please tell I-Heart Radio that St. Louis is not known as The Loo! |
Santi Paradoa wrote:Posted By: EternalStatic
Date Posted: 08 February 2022 at 8:28am
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The 45 Version of this song, aka the "Edited Version", runs 4:30 and contains one edit and an early fade compared to the original 5:58 (listed) album version from 1985. The edit comes on the downbeat concurrent with
Annie Lennox singing the word "sisters" at 3:59 and extends to a (roughly) identical downbeat at 4:34 of the original album version. After making the edit, the fade would begin at around 4:22 of the single version (the album version ends cold with some reverb and studio sound noises, etc.) However, please note that I called it the original album version above for a reason. While Eurythmics' Be Yourself Tonight and Aretha's Who's Zoomin' Who both contained the nearly 6-minute version in 1985, the most recent reissue/remaster of Be Yourself Tonight (digital only, 2018) uses an incorrect version, which contains the edit at 3:59 but plays out to the original cold ending, running about 5:25. If this is the album version you have, then yes, the 45 Version would seem to be a simple early fade (because the edit is already present). Eurythmics' Greatest Hits (UK Version) and Ultimate Collection (worldwide) contain a further incorrect version, which is the 5:25 "incorrect" album version, but faded early to about 4:55. I do not believe this version was released in 1985 on a 7", 12" or otherwise. To be sure that this was not the official UK single version, I just reviewed a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkgIfTDdg3Q - Youtube video of the UK 45, and it appears to be the same edit released in the US. |
Posted By: AdvprosD
Date Posted: 08 February 2022 at 11:17am
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I'm thinking from the explanation above this means if I Buy the remastered version of Who's Zoommin' Who, I won't find the original album version for comparisons?
------------- <Dave> Someone please tell I-Heart Radio that St. Louis is not known as The Loo! |
Posted By: EternalStatic
Date Posted: 08 February 2022 at 2:08pm
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Hi Dave-
The remastered Zoomin’ contains the original long album version and the single edit as well. It’s the most recent digital reissue of the Eurythmics’ Be Yourself Tonight that contains the “incorrect” album version. E |