"As" - Stevie Wonder
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Topic: "As" - Stevie Wonder
Posted By: sriv94
Subject: "As" - Stevie Wonder
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 9:23am
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And now, an on-topic question. I just bought the import edition of Stevie Wonder's The Definitive Collection and see there's a version of "As" running 3:29. Was that the single length, or just a really early fade (or maybe both)? In other words, did I stumble onto the 45 version?
Doug |
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 9:48am
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i don't own that 45, yet, but a review of 45's available for sale, they state the run time as 3:27....so we may be in luck.... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 10:10am
Most 45 sites I've visited don't have run times listed. So can I ask where you found this out that the run time was 3:27? Doug |
edtop40 wrote:Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 10:15am
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i check on ebay from time to time and look for auctions with pictures........many times it's clear enough to make out the run times on the 45's face....i've got most 45's so if you ever need to confirm a 45's run time feel free to email me.....edtop40 ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 11:03am
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I do that as well--but I didn't see a 45 of "As" currently available (unless you saw one earlier and just memorized the time).
Doug |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 11:20am
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yup, i wrote it down i my top 40 records research book... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 17 June 2011 at 11:54am
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Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 17 June 2011 at 3:00pm
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In another thread (somewhere), but we did. ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 25 June 2011 at 6:42pm
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I have it on the European version of the "Song Review" CD.
I do recall my local radio station fading it out up to three minutes back in 1977. ------------- |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 17 November 2011 at 8:31pm
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the vinyl 45's run time of 3:27 needs to be added to the
db..... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 23 June 2015 at 7:56pm
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Unless I'm missing something, I think the 45 is an early fade of the LP version, with a 32-beat fade from 3:08 to 3:27. The 45 length is unavailable on a US CD.
The LP length of "As" on the '80s-era Songs In The Key Of Life doesn't sound very good - very muffled-sounding and lifeless. I'd read that the '80s-era Motown releases of the Stevie Wonder albums didn't use the lowest-generation source tapes. That seems very much to be the case for Songs In The Key Of Life. I'm kinda disappointed. I noticed the difference by comparing Songs with the version of "As" on the 4-CD At The Close Of A Century. The EQ is a little shrill, but it reveals SO much more high end detail than Songs. In an A/B comparison with Century, Songs sounds like there's a blanket over the speakers. I haven't heard anything about a remaster of Songs In The Key Of Life. I'd read that the late '90s Stevie Wonder remasters sound very shrill, and I heard the shrillness for myself on the remaster of Musiquarium, so I'd guess the same would be true for Songs In The Key Of Life. Can't confirm firsthand, though. Personally, I choose the version from At The Close Of A Century. If you go with Century, you might want to dial down the high end a bit. ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |