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"The Lady in Red" - Chris DeBurgh

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Topic: "The Lady in Red" - Chris DeBurgh

Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "The Lady in Red" - Chris DeBurgh
Date Posted: 22 September 2008 at 10:07am

This comes to us from abagon... The actual commercial 45 run time of Chris DeBurgh's "The Lady in Red" is 4:13, not 4:16 as stated on the record label. Database CDs containing this song all run in the 4:10-4:15 range, except one... On the 1985 - Only Love - 1989 CD (JCI 3186), the database shows the song with a time of only 4:03. Is this shorter time due to an early fade, an edit, or something else?

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Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 6:05pm

It's an early fade. That JCI series of discs all have 20 tracks, and they occasionally do an early fade to cram everything on there.

There's a similar early fade on UK's 2-CD Now 1986, but with a different mastering. Probably faded for the same reason, although I don't know how long the UK single runs.

Best compilations for this song are Billboard Top Hits 1987 and Forever '80s. Both sound quite nice.