skyy call me
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Topic: skyy call me
Posted By: edtop40
Subject: skyy call me
Date Posted: 24 July 2011 at 6:58pm
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has anyone tried to re-create the 45 version of skyy's hit "call me" ------------- edtop40 |
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Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 24 July 2011 at 7:19pm
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What's the actual time on the 45 for this song? All I have is the CD version that is an incorrect edit and neither the 45 or LP versions. ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 24 July 2011 at 7:34pm
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my commercial 45 issued as salsoul 2152 lists the run time as 3:55 and does indeed run that length....i have, on cd, one of the neither qualifiers from the db running 4:08.... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: mainrhythm
Date Posted: 24 July 2011 at 9:01pm
| Mine's from the Funk Classics The 80's CD, which has a similar time as your CDs. I wonder what the 45 sounds like vs. this one?? |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 25 July 2011 at 12:14am
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I created my own edit not too long ago. I also have Funk Classics The 80s, and I seem to recall there was an edit on the intro that doesn't match the 45 (and possibly one other edit they goofed on). The 45 version cannot be created using Funk Classics. You have to start with the LP version. ------------- 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: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 25 July 2011 at 1:59pm
I did this many, many years go for an 80s comp I was putting together. I don't keep notes of such things, so I cannot tell you in print exactly where to make the cuts. I keep it all in my head though. I used the the original 45 as the guide, and the telephone spoken break is a bit tricky. ------------- |
edtop40 wrote:Posted By: Fetta
Date Posted: 25 July 2011 at 3:36pm
| I can forward a copy of the original 45 if anyone is interested. |
Posted By: JL328
Date Posted: 12 March 2017 at 11:18am
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*Posted edit points, but I realized that one of them may be off. So I deleted
this. I wil fix and revisit. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 12 March 2017 at 1:15pm
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I recreated the 45 edit a few years ago but didn't save
edit points. I saved it as a 320 bit rate mp3 if anyone wants to hear it to recreate it as a wav. My file runs 3:58 and I used the LP version to recreate the 45 version. |
Posted By: JL328
Date Posted: 12 March 2017 at 2:20pm
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Sorry for the false start earlier...
I worked this one using a low quality dub as a guide for the 45. Can't completely guarantee it was the 45, but I was told it was and it was definitely sourced from vinyl. The only edit I detected was during the telephone call segment, and happens right after the smarmy guy says "You know I got this little place I like to go to uhhh...." The 45 cuts the "uhhh" off mid-word and shifts ahead to a drum fill. Using the online iTunes version of Skyy Line for the LP version, this edit runs from 3:16.7 to about 3:20.65 (it's really tricky and sounds pretty abrupt). Seems completely unnecessary too, but whatever. Other than that one edit, it was just an early fade from about 3:40 to 3:55. Reading the thread above led me to believe there was more than one edit, so I'm questioning whether my guide was truly the 45 (but like i said, it was taken from vinyl somewhere and runs the correct length, so i'm fairly confident it's correct). Is that really the only edit? Also, my guide cuts off the first 2 guitar notes from the LP version. I think that may just be a case of me having a crappy dub though. Were the first 2 guitar notes missing from the 45? |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 12 March 2017 at 3:31pm
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Hi JL....
i just played a disc dub of the 45 and it matched your description perfectly. To answer your Q, no the 45 does not cut off the first 2 guitar notes. The vocals start at :24 in both cases. That one edit is very bizarre. It actually doesn't sound abrupt unless you are looking for it. But I am baffled as to WHY they felt it needed the 4 second cut. All that does is remove the words "it's kind of dark and quiet". ??? But there it is. MM |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 12 March 2017 at 5:11pm
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JL,
Glad you brought this thread back. Looks like I need to redo the recreation. I didn't make the cut in the right place or just faded the song early. Something I did incorrectly which I can correct right now. :) |
Posted By: JL328
Date Posted: 12 March 2017 at 7:35pm
nothing for time so maybe it was content? This song was pretty risqué for 1982 and perhaps they thought the description of this cat's secret lovenest as dark and quiet was just a bit too creepy for radio at that time. Not a lot of subtlety in these lyrics. Such an odd place for an edit. |
Posted By: promojunkie
Date Posted: 22 November 2021 at 7:06am
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Bumping this one back up. I have several versions from
various sources and none of them are the true 45 edit. The version on the re-issues of Skyyline (track 10) don't appear to be the original US edit. Does anyone know if the true 45 version has made it to any cd compilation(s)? Or can someone shoot over a dub so I can re-create it myself? Thanks. ------------- Rick |
Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 22 November 2021 at 7:58am
To which reissue are you referring, Rick? I have the 1993 Japanese reissue (Octave 5037), and the 'Original Single Version' of "Call Me" (track 11) sounds like the actual 45 version to me, although I have not done a close comparison. |
Posted By: promojunkie
Date Posted: 22 November 2021 at 8:03am
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I have the UK (2012) reissue - Big Break Records – CDBBR
0136 . The edit is track 10. I bet it is a UK edit of Call Me. I'll have to look into the Japan release. Thanks for the info ------------- Rick |