"Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band
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Topic: "Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band
Date Posted: 20 April 2009 at 7:58pm
| The actual commercial 45 run time of the Allman Brothers Band's "Jessica" is 4:01. (Timing info compliments of Jim. The printed record label time is 4:00.) Database CDs containing a "45 version" comment have run times ranging from 4:00-4:08. |
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 11 September 2011 at 5:02pm
| In comparing 2 files, one from 18 Rock Classics, Vol. 2and one from Stand Back: The Anthology, the version from Anthology runs about 3 seconds slower than the version from Classics. This perhaps may indicate a speed issue on some of the listed 45 versions. |
Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 12 September 2011 at 1:20pm
| The "Anthology" cd presents an improper edit of the LP version in an unsuccessful attempt at recreating the 45 version. |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 26 March 2024 at 1:58pm
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Someone tell me how this classic only hit #65 on Billboard? ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 27 March 2024 at 3:46am
Top 40 radio didn't embrace the song like they did with their previous hit "Ramblin Man." In fact, it didn't make the Top 10 in any of the surveys currently listed at ARSA. In addition, most fans of the band probably already had the album and didn't need the single. It did chart higher in the other 2 major trades (#33 in Cash Box and #55 in Record World), so there's that. |
PopArchivist wrote:Posted By: VWestlife
Date Posted: 27 March 2024 at 3:18pm
| It also reached #29 on Billboard's Easy Listening (later known as Adult Contemporary) chart. |
Posted By: CountryPD
Date Posted: 28 March 2024 at 1:00pm
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Jessica seems to be a go-to favorite for "bumper" music on radio
talk shows. The Morning Joe Show on MSNBC has it in a regular rotation for the same purpose. |
Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 28 March 2024 at 5:26pm
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Odd that the first post indicates database timings, yet the song is not in the
database (#65 being far off Top 40). I found two supposed posts of the 45 on YouTube, one from The45Prof and another. They are not the same. It's clear the second one is a 45 playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9zhAX00Mcc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxIH7ffi0eA Which one is correct? And, Pat, how/where in the song is Anthology an incorrect edit? Can it be corrected? ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 29 March 2024 at 5:13am
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The only edited version that I heard when the track was a
single was the second one from 'Danny's 45s". I remember distinctly ('cos I owned the LP) that I hated the way it faded out in a guitar solo instead of the resolve of the melodic hook. Andy |
Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 29 March 2024 at 10:07am
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David I removed the Jessica entry in the database yesterday
as that song was not a top 40 hit. Unfortunately I also deleted all my supporting documentation related to the entries for that song so I cannot now tell you why the Anthology cd was an incorrect edit of the LP version designed to recreate the 45. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 29 March 2024 at 4:46pm
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The edited version or 45 version I have from 18 Rock
Classics. Volume 2 matches the 45 playing on the Danny's 45's link. The 45prof may have either posted a different 45 edit or the incorrect edit from Anthology. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 29 March 2024 at 9:16pm
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I was able to compare the Anthology incorrect edit with the actual 45 edit, and
it appears that Anthology missed an edit from 1:53 to 1:57 (2 bars). They also let the fade run a couple more seconds. The45Prof has also realized his edit is incorrect - he sometimes has to take a file from another source when he doesn't have a 45, and doesn't indicate it is "from the 45" in such cases - and will be fixing his post. ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 30 March 2024 at 6:42am
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What may have prevented “Jessica” from being a bigger hit is that it was on
the chart at the same time as Gregg Allman’s solo recording of “Midnight Rider”. |