Hall & Oates-"Some Things Are Better..."
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Topic: Hall & Oates-"Some Things Are Better..."
Posted By: jimct
Subject: Hall & Oates-"Some Things Are Better..."
Date Posted: 14 December 2007 at 9:05pm
| Pat, the database currently says that commercial 45s state (3:50) as the run time. My commercial 45 states a run time of (4:02). Deadwax is "PB-14035-A", with a crossed out "1", and then a "2" right next to it. FYI. both sides of my promo 45 also state run times of (4:02). |
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Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 15 December 2007 at 3:54am
Jim, Do you have an actual run time of this song from your 45? I can't find mine. Thanks! |
jimct wrote:Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 15 December 2007 at 8:59am
| Gary, the actual time of my commercial 45 is also (4:02). |
Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 01 March 2011 at 12:12am
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Is the 7" simply an early fade, an edit, or a completely different mix? ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 01 March 2011 at 8:33am
| It's an edit, as far as I can remember. |
Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 03 March 2011 at 12:02am
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Working with most of the music video, I've come up with two edit points (one certain, the other guessed) and an early fade.
Using the track from the album Big Bam Boom (which has about a second silence on my copy; if you've trimmed yours, you'll need to adjust these times): 1) Take out 2:28 - 2:44. It sounds to be right on the downbeat, trimming the musical bridge to half its original length. I'm confident about this one; it's edited this way on the music video. 2) Take out :01 - :17. This is a guess as my copy of the video starts almost immediately into the lyrics, but I used the opening downbeat to splice into the second half of the opening bars... can anyone with the 45 confirm this edit for me? 3) Take an early fade. Because I like to fade completely out at the end of a phrase, mine actually ends up running 4:04 in length... but since it's for use on a radio station, the segue will happen MUCH earlier anyway... I can't imagine a listener being able to tell. Hope this helps somebody... and hope to get some feedback on how to trim the intro! Thanks. ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 30 January 2013 at 8:49pm
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I was curious to make the 45 edit so i got a reference 45
dub, and just completed the edit. I figured i'd share the info. BTW, i used a synch-track to learn the exact edit points as that's more accurate than by ear. These times assume you'll start with LP version, and make edits starting at the intro [the later times are only accurate if you've already done the first edits]. There are 3 edits: Edit on downbeat from :04 - :21 in intro. Edit on snare from 2:10 - 2:26 Edit on snare from 3:41 - 4:06 Now in that result, (edit off remaining audio after 4:03) then fade from about 3:47 until 4:02. So if you were edit starting from the other end, the sections taken out of the full LP version are: 4:14 - 4:38 2:26 - 2:42 :04 - :21 MM |
Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 31 January 2013 at 12:32am
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Good info, MM! Thank you!! ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 27 June 2013 at 12:27pm
| Been meaning to ask this question for years to anyone who owns the US 12" single. Can you detect a difference between the so-called "Special New Mix" and the LP version? I can't. |