"Don’t Be Cruel" - Bobby Brown
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Topic: "Don’t Be Cruel" - Bobby Brown
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Don’t Be Cruel" - Bobby Brown
Date Posted: 30 September 2008 at 7:25pm
| According to abagon, the actual and printed commercial 45 run time of Bobby Brown's "Don't Be Cruel" is 4:07. The reason I note this is because database CD appearances of this song sporting a "45 version" comment run 4:07-4:13. |
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Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 28 April 2010 at 11:04pm
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It might also be worth mentioning that if you're looking for the "extended version" on CD, just pick up one of the album versions...
I just wasted about 20 minutes carefully comparing the 12" to the album version only to find NO differences! (Maybe a slight speed pitch difference...) On the other hand, the Rapacious Mix was released the same year, in 1988, & truly is a unique remix. I think it may have been available on CD (maybe import) at one point but don't know if it is now. ------------- 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: Loveland
Date Posted: 16 June 2013 at 7:48am
Todd or Ron (Crap), was there a U.S. Promo CD for "Don't Be Cruel"? Discogs doesn't list one, but surely there was one? |
Todd Ireland wrote:Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 16 June 2013 at 4:49pm
All of the singles following Don't Be Cruel saw US promo CD5 releases, but I've never seen any indication that it had one. Promo CDs were still a bit hit-and-miss in the summer of '88. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 16 June 2013 at 7:55pm
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I also don't have a promo CD for "Don't Be Cruel," and I've never found one. I have promo CDs for all the other hits from that album, though. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 16 June 2013 at 11:17pm
| I do have the 45 version it on a HitDisc (or the like) from that period. |
Posted By: 80smusicfreak
Date Posted: 17 June 2013 at 6:12am
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No U.S. promo CD single for "Don't Be Cruel" is listed in Gregory Cooper's 1998 book, Collectible Compact Disc Price Guide 2, either - and it's quite thorough (up through '98, anyway)...
However, it DOES list two commercial 3" CD singles for the song, both imports: One from the U.K. (MCA DMCA-1310); the other from Japan (MCA 10P3-6037). Sorry, but the book doesn't give the contents of either... |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 17 June 2013 at 9:10am
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To Brian W:
HitDiscs issued in that period oftentimes were vinyl dubs! Now I'm not saying that "Don't Be Cruel" was a vinyl dub, because I don't have that particular HitDisc. TM Century in the early days of HitDisc would transfer the radio version of a cut from the best available source they received; whether CD promo, DJ 45, or promo 12-inch of the radio edit. Andy |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 17 June 2013 at 4:38pm
It's not HitDisc, anyway, it's Hitmakers, which was apparently a magazine also. They would issue samples every four weeks, it looks like. "Top 40 CD Sampler, Volume 8, July 8, 1988." It's definitely not a vinyl dub on this disc. It runs an actual 4:07. |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 17 June 2013 at 5:07pm
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i have the uk 3" cd single issued as mca dmca1310 which
contains the below tracks 1-rapacious edit (3:41 listed; 3:40 actual) 2-the rapacious mix (7:08 listed; 7:08 actual) 3-extended version (6:49 listed; 6:48 actual) if any one needs these tracks for comparison purposes, drop me a pm.. ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 17 June 2013 at 7:51pm
Andrew is correct about the sources for HitDisc. They did use vinyl for many of their sources. Hitmakers is interesting, though, because I have never detected vinyl sources for any of their early discs, yet they issued quite a few songs that I've never seen on promo cd single. They must have had label connections that provided them with DAT copies. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 09 June 2020 at 1:35pm
I have the rapacious edit. I could swear this was played on the radio here in NY in the 80s and 90s. Anyone else confirm? ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 09 June 2020 at 6:20pm
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It was played when they did mix specials but I don't
remember it as a current or alternate. |