Roberta Flack-"Killing Me Softly" update
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Topic: Roberta Flack-"Killing Me Softly" update
Posted By: jimct
Subject: Roberta Flack-"Killing Me Softly" update
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 11:31pm
| A while back, I posted that all commercial 45s for this ran (4:46). As of tonight, I now know this to be incorrect, as I have just acquired a listed and actual (4:13) commercial copy. Deadwax is "ST - A - 25765 - 3." |
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Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 17 May 2007 at 8:03am
| Jim, Is this 4:13 version an early fade or an edit? |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 17 May 2007 at 8:51am
| Gordon, it is an early fade, and the same as the (4:13) promo 45 version I own. |
Posted By: bwolfe
Date Posted: 24 May 2007 at 7:07pm
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I remember buying the 45 which was the full version only to find my neighbor had purchased the edit you mention.
This forum is such a great resource. Keep up the great work! ------------- the way it was heard on the radio |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 9:23pm
| Trying to recreate the 4:13 edit, but not having a 45 to go by, where does the fade starts and ends... |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 5:27am
If I'm not mistaken, there was an edit in the instrumental bridge right after the acapella intro too. |
jimct wrote:Posted By: bwolfe
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 5:49am
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I always thought it simply faded out early.
I know I haven't heard it since 1973 so the memory maybe a bit foggy. That's also how it was played on American Top 40. But there were always edits of songs to make up for the three hour show. ------------- the way it was heard on the radio |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 5:54pm
| A promo 45 I ordered came in today. Listed is 4:13, but this one fades rather quickly at 4:11...ST-4-25765-8. |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 7:39pm
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I heard both versions on the same radio station in 1973, come to think of it. ------------- |
Posted By: KentT
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 1:04pm
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First pressings were the edit version. Later pressings substituted the LP length version. The later pressings were also cut at reduced volume so tended towards noisy. ------------- I turn up the good and turn down the bad! |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 19 May 2011 at 9:21am
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my commercial 45 issued as atlantic 2940 states the run time as 4:46 and does indeed run that length.....the etching on the run-out groove is "st-a-z5765-16 pp cdk"
double post.... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 24 April 2015 at 2:57pm
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so, do we know if the 4:13 dj version is a quick fade or an
edit? ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 24 April 2015 at 7:46pm
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There are not any edits in the song. It's a long, drawn out fade on the promo 45 found on YouTube, posted by HitsTownUSA. The fade is 22 seconds long, and the song runs about 0.6% slower than the 4:46 version on the "Best Of" CD I have. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |