Reunion Life Is Rock But Radio Rolled Me
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Topic: Reunion Life Is Rock But Radio Rolled Me
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Subject: Reunion Life Is Rock But Radio Rolled Me
Date Posted: 11 March 2017 at 9:14pm
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RCA had a big hit in 1974 with the 45 of Reunion's "Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)", but never got any of the 45's producers to put together a full Reunion album.
Maybe we should start a thread for acts who had a big 45 but no full album. I can only think of one (non-benefit) hit single from the 1980s, where the recording act never recorded anything else but that one single. Can you guess who it is? The song first appeared on CD on RCA's Nipper's Greatest Hits The '70s (1989). Here, it runs 3:29, which is 35 seconds longer than the 45 version. It sounds excellent on this disc. There's a differently-EQ'd digital clone on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 41 Pop Nuggets Early '70s (1996). It sounds even better on Rhino's Have A Nice Day Vol. 13 (1990), where it extends out to 3:30. The same analog transfer is used on:
To trim Rhino's Have A Nice Day Vol. 13 (1990) down to the 45 length, add a 16-beat fade, downbeat to downbeat, from 2.45.1 to 2.53.6. Any of the other discs can easily be trimmed using roughly the same times. ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 March 2017 at 11:11pm
The one that comes to mind for me is "Pump Up The Volume" by M/A/R/R/S. Is that the same one you were thinking of? ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
crapfromthepast wrote:Posted By: Steve Carras
Date Posted: 12 March 2017 at 12:49am
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My radio station, 93 KHJ-AM actually did a promo oif their own where they actually EDITED OUT the first half of the first chorus ("Life..is a rock.../but the radio rolled me.....turn it up lou-der...../so my DJ told..ME, whoa-oa"), cutting intstead from the first verse to the second half ("Life....is a rock.../but the radio rolled me..../at the end of the rai-ai-nbow".../lies a gol-den..oldie") then on FM I heard the short version, then the fuller version. I linger then for decades under the illusion that, that first version WAS the original, with no "so my dee JD told me") part, or maybe there were two choruses between the trwo verses..btw there is no chorus between the 2nd verse and the midle instumental..fun song all the same. ------------- You know you're really older when you think that younger singer Jesse McCartney's related in anyway to former Beatle Paul McCartney. |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 12 March 2017 at 3:26am
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 12 March 2017 at 1:10pm
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I used this 45 as a guide to create the fade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq3nT_BXNbs This 45 fades from 2:50-2:55 |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 17 March 2017 at 10:57pm
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The version of "Life Is A Rock" on the Rhino CD sounds
compressed. ------------- |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 18 March 2017 at 6:12am
I'm surprised KHJ didn't have the wherewithal to have Joey Levine record a custom verse for them ("Life is a rock...but KHJ rolled me..."). In Chicago, both WLS and WCFL got custom versions made. ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 18 March 2017 at 6:35am
Most of the other stations in the RKO chain aired the custom sings as well, including WRKO & KFRC. It may have been a local programming decision, though the edit you describe makes no sense. |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 19 March 2017 at 11:45am
| Other than WRKO, does anyone recall any Boston (or Providence, RI) played custom edits with local letters? I didn't listen to WRKO, and I don't recall if the stations I did listen to DID. |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 19 March 2017 at 3:04pm
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In Miami we had a custom edit on WQAM (560 AM). ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |