Heart - Barracuda (DJ edit)
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Topic: Heart - Barracuda (DJ edit)
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: Heart - Barracuda (DJ edit)
Date Posted: 01 December 2007 at 10:20pm
After obtaining a copy of the promo 45 for Heart's "Barracuda," I am now skeptical about the three database CDs which list "this is the 45 dj edit."
On the short side of the promo, the mix is mono, and there are two places where this mix differs from the stereo. First, there are two extra bass notes on the mono promo 45 right before the first verse starts. These bass notes are not on the stereo version. Second, on the fadeout of the promo 45, there is an extra guitar overdub not on the stereo version.
Can anyone verify if the so-called DJ edit on CD matches my description above? What makes me skeptical is that those CD versions are all stereo. I can send audio from the actual promo 45 for comparisons.
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 02 December 2007 at 12:52am
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Aaron, I will shoot you out the "DJ edit on CD", from my V/A "Rock: The Train Kept A Rollin'" collection, for your comparison/analysis.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 02 December 2007 at 2:25am
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Jim, thanks for helping solve this mystery. The version on this CD is just an early fade of the stereo version. It does not have the extra overdub on the fadeout or the extra bass notes. It's a very picky detail, but I suppose it would make the database CDs "LP faded early" instead of "DJ edit."
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Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 08 January 2022 at 12:05pm
The “LP faded early” version was issued as the commercial 45 in the
UK and in Canada (where the song reached #2).
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Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 04 July 2025 at 2:17pm
Because of the mix differences in mono that Aaron cites specifically in the mono mix it doesn't appear a proper stereo can be made of it. Not sure if Bill C can make a proper stereo DES of it though based on the differences Aaron cites. Odd that in 1977 when every 45 was pretty much stereo at that point we have something mixed down to mono differently. Odd.
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