DeFranco Family-"Abra-Ca-Dabra"
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Topic: DeFranco Family-"Abra-Ca-Dabra"
Posted By: jimct
Subject: DeFranco Family-"Abra-Ca-Dabra"
Date Posted: 11 May 2009 at 11:44pm
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I only currently own a promo 45 for this song. Both its mono and stereo sides have listed times of (2:56). However, the stereo side actually runs (3:02), while the mono side actually runs (3:00). The two current database CDs that include this song feature slightly longer run times, at (3:07) and (3:08). Could anyone who may happen to own a stock 45 for this one possibly supply timing info for it?
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Posted By: abagon
Date Posted: 12 May 2009 at 6:15am
Hi, Jim.
The actual running time of the commercial stereo 45 is (3:02), the listed time is "2:56" (20th Century TC-2070).
Also I have the CD "Bubblegum Classics volume one" (Varese Sarabande VSD-5535).
"Abra-ca-dabra" on this CD has the fade-in intro. (about 9 seconds)
The commercial 45's intro doesn't fade in.(about 3.5 seconds)
--abagon
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 13 May 2009 at 4:25am
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Thanks for the kind help, my friend. I had no idea your collection of original U.S. 45's went all the way back to 1974 - impressive!
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 17 May 2009 at 7:30am
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After reading Abagon's post, I ordered a commercial 45. The intro is definitely different and, my opinion, the 45 has elements not in the CD version.
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 17 May 2009 at 8:46pm
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Jim: The commercial 45 I ordered also runs 3:02.
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 12 October 2013 at 9:30am
has anyone done a vinyl clean-up on this song yet?
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edtop40
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Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 10 January 2014 at 9:44pm
eriejwg, what/where are the elements on the 45 that are not on the LP
version? I am aware of only the intro, where the 45 has a whistle sound not
present on the LP version (in addition to it being shorter).
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dc1
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 11 January 2014 at 10:47am
Unfortunately, David, I don't have access to my 45s at this
moment as we are prepping to move into a new house. Wish I
could be more help. I honestly don't remember how I came to
the conclusion I did. I could have been in error with that
statement.
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Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 05 March 2017 at 1:48pm
Did we ever solve this? John had sent me a file a few years ago, but the "whistle" sound David hears on the intro of the 45 seems to also be there on the
LP version, just a few seconds later, though.
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Doug
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Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 22 March 2022 at 9:01pm
The 45 version intro has a whistle sound effect, the LP has no such sound. There is also a 6 second difference in the intro, the LP having a longer ramp up and the 45 having a short one.
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