tears for fears "break it down again"
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Topic: tears for fears "break it down again"
Posted By: edtop40
Subject: tears for fears "break it down again"
Date Posted: 26 July 2010 at 6:28pm
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does anyone know if the 3:51 dj edit of the tears for fears song "break it down again" listed in the db was ever was issued on an import cd or promo cd or was it just a vinyl dj promo release..... ------------- edtop40 |
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 26 July 2010 at 9:02pm
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I have this on a TM Century GoldDisc, and they label it as "Edit." I'm 100%
certain this was issued on a promo CD, but I don't have details. |
Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 27 July 2010 at 9:49am
It was issued as a promo CD single--I have it. I'll try to dig it out tonight when I get home. |
aaronk wrote:Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 27 July 2010 at 8:00pm
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US promo CD single for "Break It Down" again issued under Mercury CDP 953:
Track 1 - Edit (3:51) Track 2 - Album Version (4:31) |
Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 15 January 2022 at 9:01pm
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What are the edit points, assuming the edit can be made
from the album version? ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 16 January 2022 at 8:44pm
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Good news/bad news. Read on...
I (mostly) reproduced the edit, using the timings from the promo CD single. The actual timing on the full-length Elemental may differ by a little bit. Delete first 16 beats from 0:00 to 0:09.2 of the LP version. Segment 1 21 beats long Ends on a snare Extends from 0:09.2 to 0:20.7 of the LP version Extends from 0:00 to 0:11.6 of the Edit Delete the 8 beats from 0:20.7 to 0:25.1 of the LP version. Segment 2 Begins on a snare Ends on a snare on the word "it" Extends from 0:25.1 to 2:37.2 of the LP version Extends from 0:11.6 to 2:23.7 of the Edit Segment 3 Is a cross-faded section * (see below) 6 beats long Begins on a snare on the word "it" Ends on a snare Extends from 2:23.7 to 2:27.0 of the Edit Faded-out portion: Extends from 2:37.2 to 2:40.6 of the LP version Faded-in portion: Extends from 2:59.2 to 3:02.6 of the LP version Segment 4 Begins on a snare Ends on a downbeat that starts the word "break" Extends from 3:02.6 to 3:58.2 of the LP version Extends from 2:27.0 to 3:22.5 of the Edit Delete the 8 beats from 3:58.2 to 4:02.6 of the LP version. Segment 5 Begins on a downbeat that starts the word "break" Extends to end of song Extends from 3:22.5 to about 3:51 (end of song) of the Edit; last note is at 3:49 Extends from 4:02.6 to about 4:31 (end of song) of the LP version; last note is at 4:29 Your mixdown will run 3:51, with hard edits at 0:11.6 and 3:22.5, and a cross-fade from 2:23.7 to 2:27.0. I played with the cross-fade a bit. As a practical matter, you can probably fake it by deleting 40 beats, starting on the downbeat right at the end of the word "again" (on the last beat that starts the breakdown, so that the end of the word "again" is partially cut off), and picking up on the downbeat that starts the keyboard part that mimics the "break it down again" melody. But doing so means that you won't hear a faint crash cymbal on the snare that starts the word "again", and you'll delete the end of the word "again". The cross-fade is not easy to duplicate. ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 17 January 2022 at 7:04pm
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Thanks for taking the time to figure it out, Ron! ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |