Rod Stewart - Ain’t Love A Bitch
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Topic: Rod Stewart - Ain’t Love A Bitch
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: Rod Stewart - Ain’t Love A Bitch
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 10:04pm
The database currently lists "LP length" for Rod Stewart's "Ain't Love A Bitch"; however, the 45 has some unique vocals that are not on the LP version. The designator will have to be changed to "LP version."
At (3:21), the line "terrantial rains..." was resung on the 45. Also on the fade out of the 45, the repeated "ain't love a bitch" vocals were resung.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 10:06pm
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I just found another line where the vocal was resung: the first line "I've been in pain..." Also, at (1:07), the LP version has a cough before the line "the rest is history," which was removed on the 45.
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Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 14 May 2013 at 5:32pm
Does anyone have the actual time for the "rare" 45 version
of this song? Rod must not be a fan of this track since it
is never included on any of the many hits compilation CDs
released over the past two decades.
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Santi Paradoa
Miami, Florida
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Posted By: jcr102
Date Posted: 15 May 2013 at 3:48am
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The Canadian WB 45 lists a time of 4:07, although I haven't played it for the actual time. FYI, I've noticed that in earlier years, 45's issued in Canada were often LP versions, not the mix issued in the U-S. Don't know if that was still the case in 1979.
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Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 19 September 2015 at 11:33pm
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The Joel Whitburn "Pop Annual" book lists the US time as 4:07 as well, and from internet photos, that's the time listed on the 45. But ... in addition to the vocal additions/removals, was there editing done to the single version? If I fade the LP version down to 4:07, it's a very odd place for the song to end at because the song starts kicking back in again at 4:03 or 04, so you'd think they'd end there, instead of continuing the fade for another few seconds while the song gets louder/bigger. So I'm just wondering if there's an edit, too.
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Posted By: Smokin' TomGary
Date Posted: 20 September 2015 at 4:20pm
Promo 45 WBS 8810/(WCA 8339)S (deadwax WBS-8810-WCA8339-S-LW2) has a listed time of 4:07 and an actual time of 4:05.
Riva UK 45 RIVA 18 (deadwax RIVA-18-A-3 Strawberry) has no listed time and an actual time of 4:35. The label states "Taken from the album RVLP8 "Blondes Have More Fun".
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 21 September 2015 at 6:05am
Here is the 45: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SuUWPD1ckLY
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Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 21 September 2015 at 8:01pm
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Thanks Aaron, I guess should check YT for the single edits more often! I thought I had on some of these, but maybe I just didn't see them there. And sometimes I just assume, in this CD & digital world, where the 45 has never been digitized, no one's going to bother to put the vinyl edit on YT - especially for Rod Stewart, Pink Floyd, and Boston (which I'll be checking next - I did see the notes for "Don't Look Back" on this board, but I was a bit confused by exactly how to edit that down to the single.)
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