whitney houston "i will always love you"
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Topic: whitney houston "i will always love you"
Posted By: edtop40
Subject: whitney houston "i will always love you"
Date Posted: 06 October 2009 at 7:12am
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i see in the db that there was a dj 45 issued with a edited version (3:51) of the song "i will always love you" by whitney houston, but all the cd singles i've come across contain the album version which runs 4:31......was there ever an edited version issued on cd? ------------- edtop40 |
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 06 October 2009 at 7:18am
| Ed, I believe "dj 45" is actually referring to one of the promo CD singles. I can't imagine that the record labels were issuing too many (if any) promo 45s by the end of 1992. Todd points out in a "DJ edits" thread that there is more than one promo CD for this song. The short one that you are referring to has a "just in time for the holidays" message on the front. I think it cuts the first verse (acapella) and starts with "And Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii..." |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 06 October 2009 at 7:58am
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thanks for the insight, aaron........does anyone have the 3:51 promo cd single version they could send me a wave file of? ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 07 October 2009 at 5:36am
I have a version that fits this description on a TM-Century GoldDisc. This is the version I'd always play on the air during the song's chart run. It was/is such a screechy, annoying song I just wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible. :-/ |
edtop40 wrote:Posted By: bwolfe
Date Posted: 07 October 2009 at 11:40am
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We never cared for the "edit".
When heard on the radio it made me think that the air personality should say "we now join Whitney Houston already in progress." ------------- the way it was heard on the radio |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 20 February 2020 at 8:36pm
There is some information in the "DJ edits still at large" thread that is not correct. Here's what was reported:
As of today, I now own both promo CD singles, and the audio contained on them is identical. ASCD-2490 1. actual time 4:23 2. actual time 4:31 Neither disc lists two tracks, but the artwork is totally different between the two, including the disc label. The only thing that differs is the matrix numbers: Black disc label: ASCD2490 10/92 1DA1 Red disc label: ASCD2490 12/93 2DA2 The second disc was clearly issued a full year after the song had hit #1. First of all, the back insert reads "From the 10x Platinum #1 album The Bodyguard." Secondly, this one lists a copyright of 1992 & 1993. Third, Arista, around this time period, would often put the month and year in the matrix, and this one clearly has "12/93" indicating the disc was sent out "just in time for the holidays" in 1993 (not 1992). As for the version that has the edited intro, I believe that version was done by TM Century, appearing originally on HitDisc 972A. It was subsequently included on GoldDisc 944 in their Hot AC library. ------------- 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: thecdguy
Date Posted: 21 February 2020 at 8:57am
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I assume the 4:23 version is the one that fades out with Whitney singing the word "You.....", whereas on the 4:31 version, it fades out with "You...oooh...oooh"? The former is the one that appears on her Greatest Hits CD. I wonder why they felt the need to make a separate fade for it when it was less than a 10 second difference.
The edited intro version is also on TM Century 9208, along with the 4:23 version. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 21 February 2020 at 9:54am
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That's correct. The 4:23 version fades :08 early, and it does seem odd they would bother to fade it early.
Which library did the 9201 to 9208 discs belong to? I noticed they also have 9106 to 9108 in their database, which seems random. ------------- 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: thecdguy
Date Posted: 21 February 2020 at 10:06am
| My 9208 disc just says TM Century GoldDisc3. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 21 February 2020 at 10:15am
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Yes, none of the discs were specifically labeled for a particular library, but I know firsthand from working in radio many years that certain number sets were intended for certain formats. The 900 series, for example, was for Hot AC. Many of the discs in the 100 & 200 series were CHR. The 500 series was classic rock, and so on. ------------- 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: Hykker
Date Posted: 21 February 2020 at 5:40pm
I have quite a few of that series, most of the stuff on them seems pretty AC-ish. The 91xx are all songs from 1991, likewise the 92xx series is all from '92. It's almost like it was issued as a recurrent series. We were an AC station, so maybe there were 91xx and 92xx discs for other formats too. Not sure how long it continued...the station mine came from transitioned to BPI Chartbreakers around '93. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 22 February 2020 at 12:36am
I've carried that 'edited' version for years in my DJ library not even thinking twice of looking in Pat's database to realize it was never an official edit. lol. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 22 February 2020 at 10:32am
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John, up until a day ago, Pat listed 3:51 as one of the DJ edits in the song notes. He removed it given the new information I was able to supply. ------------- 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: Loveland
Date Posted: 22 February 2020 at 12:34pm
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Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 02 March 2020 at 4:33pm
So is the 3:51 a real radio edit? Or is the 4:30 we all know and love the correct version.... You said you supplied some info Aaron. What did you supply? ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 02 March 2020 at 5:55pm
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Hi Rich, I believe this is the information Aaron supplied
to Pat: As for the version that has the edited intro, I believe that version was done by TM Century, appearing originally on HitDisc 972A. It was subsequently included on GoldDisc 944 in their Hot AC library. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: VWestlife
Date Posted: 03 December 2020 at 7:13am
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When the song was a current hit I always remembered hearing it with the shorter ending. In fact when I finally heard the full ending it was quite jarring! The version with the intro cut off came quite a while later, when the song was entering recurrent status and stations were growing tired of playing a song with such a long, slow intro.
They did the same thing with songs like Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" and Melissa Etheridge's "Come to My Window" -- initially playing the full-length version, and then later playing the edited version. |