"Endless Love" - Diana Ross/Lionel Richie
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Topic: "Endless Love" - Diana Ross/Lionel Richie
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Endless Love" - Diana Ross/Lionel Richie
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 5:39pm
| In the database, there are two CDs where Diana Ross & Lionel Richie's "Endless Love" appears in edited form with a run time of 3:04-3:05. Was there a promo 45 release containing this short edit? |
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Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 16 August 2020 at 9:57am
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Great question. Only the instrumental on the b-side was
shorter than the a-side (the listed time on the instro is 2:50). No idea where the edit came from (don't have either of the two discs with the edit so not sure what was cut). ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 16 August 2020 at 10:26am
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Nope.
The culprit is a 2-CD set from Time-Life called Heart Rock (1988), which includes a lot of early fades. This particular song fades about 90 seconds early, which is awful. The 3:05 version wasn't released at the time, and any appearances on CD can be traced back to Heart Rock. ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 16 August 2020 at 10:40am
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Good info Ron. So the note in the database should
actually be early fade (instead of "edited"). ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 07 November 2021 at 3:42pm
Why someone would want an edit or fade that did not exist back then is beyond me. Worse off for the label putting it out that way... ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
crapfromthepast wrote:Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 07 November 2021 at 3:52pm
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I imagine that (especially in the early days
of CD's) songs were sometimes edited or faded early to fit as many songs as possible on a disc, and I think at first CD's only held 74 min. of music, later on expanding to 80? That might be the case with the "Heart Rock" comp from 1988 that Ron mentioned. I have the 3:04 version of "Endless Love" on the "Duets" VA Compilation, and I imagine it's the same one as "Heart Rock". ------------- Dan In Philly |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 08 November 2021 at 5:39am
Clearly, you never owned any K-tel albums. :-/ On some volumes it was a challenge to find a song that was complete. |
Posted By: Scanner
Date Posted: 08 December 2021 at 3:39pm
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There was another track, "Dreaming Of You," by Lionel and
Diana on the "Endless Love" soundtrack which received some Pop airplay according to R&R. I always wondered why this was not released as a single after "Endless Love." Lionel's solo album was still a year away (and featured neither song!) and Diana was off to RCA. Even though she was about to release "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" on her new label, that didn't stop Motown from releasing a previously recorded track, "My Old Piano," as a single and a new compilation, "All The Great Hits," that contained "Endless Love" at about the same time. Capitalizing on a nine week # 1 with another duet would have seemed to be a better opportunity than an obscure track from the "Diana" album. |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 08 December 2021 at 5:22pm
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https://www.discogs.com/release/2598317-Diana-Ross-Lionel-
Richie-Dreaming-Of-You Mercury did release this promo. |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 31 August 2024 at 3:00pm
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In 1981, Diana had already signed with RCA where she recorded a solo version of this song. The label released this solo recording on a promo 45.
The promo 45 has a long version (same as the LP version found on her album "Why Do Fools Fall In Love") and a shorter edited version. The rare edited promo 45 version can be found on the 2015 expanded version of the album as a bonus track. In 2003, Universal Music reissued Lionel's solo debut LP and included his demo as a bonus track. ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |