Missing Persons - Walking In L.A.
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Topic: Missing Persons - Walking In L.A.
Posted By: NightAire
Subject: Missing Persons - Walking In L.A.
Date Posted: 24 September 2013 at 9:00pm
I'm baffled by Missing Persons' "Walking In L.A."
I have a 4-minute version that is (I assume) the album length.
I also have a version from Can't Get Enough - New Wave Hits Of The 80s which cuts out part of the instrumental near the one minute mark and then takes out some of the "nobody's walkin, walkin, walkin" at the end to get to a length of 3:37.
http://www.discogs.com/Missing-Persons-Walking-In-LA/release/149146 - This single says on the label that it runs 3:30, but I have no way to check that.
The mix of the 4-minute and 3:37 versions are identical, it is a simple edit. The video version is the 4-minute version.
Does anybody know the real length of the single version, especially the DJ promo single, and if it was a simple edit of the LP version or a different mix?
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Gene Savage
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Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 24 September 2013 at 10:28pm
Gene, I'll shoot a dub of the stock 45 to you momentarily.
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Aaron Kannowski
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 25 September 2013 at 8:26am
Gene, both sides of my promo 45 are exactly the same: stereo, a listed time
of (3:30), an actual time of (3:37) (which exactly matches your "New Wave
HIts Of The 80's" CD timing), and deadwax info of "S45-B-5212-98216A-
Z1", and then a faint "#2" at the end.
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Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 25 September 2013 at 3:23pm
So, the printed time on the 45 label is wrong.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 25 September 2013 at 8:28pm
Yes, the stock 45 also runs an actual 3:37.
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Aaron Kannowski
http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound
http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop
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Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 25 September 2013 at 9:24pm
Jim, Aaron, you both are correct. Aaron came through with the dub, confirmed the label misprint, and now I can confirm the single version (with no known shorter radio promo) runs 3:37 and is an edit of the LP version.
If you don't have "New Wave Hits Of The 80s," you can replicate the edits by removing (timing based on newly edited file each time):
1:15 - 1:22
1:22 - 1:29
3:20 - 3:27
Thank you, everyone, for your help!!
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Gene Savage
http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com
http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage
Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
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