five keys ling, ting, tong
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Topic: five keys ling, ting, tong
Posted By: edtop40
Subject: five keys ling, ting, tong
Date Posted: 18 November 2013 at 6:49pm
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my commercial 45 for the five keys song issued as capitol
2945 has, at the beginning, the breath right before they start singing.....the cdr version i have from, i believe the 'doo wop' box set does NOT contain the breath.....question is, do any of the cd's contain the breath before the song starts, like the 45 does? ------------- edtop40 |
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Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 18 November 2013 at 8:47pm
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Ed, I have "Ling Ting Tong" on the various artists Capitol Collectors Series promo sampler (DPRO-79346), which includes a "1-2-3-(pause)" countoff on the track. There's a light tap on that pause - or what would be the fourth beat of the countoff - which makes it sound sort of like a breath when the "1-2-3" portion of the countoff that precedes it is trimmed off.
I don't have the 45, but will send you a dub so you can edit it accordingly. |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 19 November 2013 at 5:13pm
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john, (yah shure) was kind enough to forward me a copy of
his cd version with the count-off.....if you edit the first :02.10 seconds and capture the breath before the songs starts, you can effectively re-create the true vinyl 45 version...thanks john for your help on this one!!! ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 19 November 2013 at 9:57pm
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makes me wonder, when CDs are mastered, do engineers hear such a breath
and think "why is that there" then trim it off, then years later, we 45 purists learn that the 45 had it, so we want it! I LOVE it! lol ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 20 November 2013 at 9:57am
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Funny you should mention that, David. I had an idea after getting Ed's response last night: a 99-track compilation CD, titled Every Breath You Take, comprised of nothing but the opening breaths from all the singles which had left them intact.
Imagine how many clearance hoops there would be to jump through. Then there's the matter of finding the best tape sources, having to decide to go with mono or stereo... Still, the inital reactions from all those licensing people would be so worth it: "You want to... what?" :) Great ringtones, though! |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 20 November 2013 at 6:49pm
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OK YahShure, let's get stupid for a moment...
My nomination for best opening breath on a top-40 hit is on the single/radio version of "High Enough" by Damn Yankees (Jack Blades?) The album version doesn't have the breath; it has a musical intro instead. Andy |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 20 November 2013 at 10:49pm
You say that as if some of us are able to get that part of our brains on and off the clock at will. ;) "High Enough" is a good pick! Hadn't gotten that 45 off the shelf since probably 1992 or so. My nomination fell short of the pop top 40 (#69) but did manage a #35 AC showing in 1980: Karla Bonoff's "Baby Don't Go." Speaking of that "getting stupid" notion: while on one of those typical daisy-chain YouTube journeys a few hours ago, I came across a posting of an Every Brothers song that the poster listed as the original version of "The Air That I Breath." (sic): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUMqLAs4frc |
AndrewChouffi wrote:Posted By: 80smusicfreak
Date Posted: 21 November 2013 at 6:39am
Well, to be fair, the YouTube poster did get the brothers' name right... ;-) (Sorry, Yah Shure - couldn't resist, lol. Happens to all of us, I guess...) |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 21 November 2013 at 8:29am
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D'OH!
:) |
Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 22 November 2013 at 1:15am
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Not only that, Originals Project lists it as a Phil Everly solo release (and indeed http://www.45cat.com/record/rca2409 - it was ) ------------- Live in stereo. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 27 November 2013 at 1:46pm
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I have "High Enough" from Damn Yankees (the 45 version) on
a Monster Ballads CD and it's missing the opening breath. Good news, though, I came across a copy of the 45 version that HAS the opening breath on a T-L Box Set. For Jack Blades' sake, good thing we found his missing breath. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 27 November 2013 at 1:48pm
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It's possible any of the database entries running 4:16 for
"High Enough" may also have the opening breath. |