Trivia Question: fastest fade
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Topic: Trivia Question: fastest fade
Posted By: NightAire
Subject: Trivia Question: fastest fade
Date Posted: 11 May 2019 at 6:20am
I don't have the answer, but I'm curious if someone here does:
What top 40 recording has the fastest fade?
I'm not counting cold or cold / fade endings, but actual fades with the band continuing to play.
I know some fade down in a matter of a few seconds, so this should be interesting!
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Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 11 May 2019 at 3:27pm
The first one that springs to mind narrowly missed the top 40 in 1979 - "Girls Talk" by Dave Edmunds.
I'm sure there are some '60s-era songs that fade abruptly. Looking forward to seeing what others post in this thread!
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Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 12 May 2019 at 7:13am
I don't know if this counts, but the short version on the
promo 45 of "La Bamba" by Los Lobos just dumps out before
the accoustic part at the end.
There is a short version with an actual cold ending around
(I thought I had it on a TM GoldDisc, but it turned out to
have an incorrect time and had the full version), but
that's not what was on the promo.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 13 May 2019 at 10:15pm
The short version of "La Bamba" with the "actual" cold ending was created by TM Century, as far as I know. Rather than doing a quick fade, they added reverb to the last few notes just before the acoustic guitar solo.
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 May 2019 at 9:55am
Didn't Tuesday Afternoon by the Moody Blues fade really
fast on the 45?
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Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 18 May 2019 at 9:34pm
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Not top 40, but the 1967 mono Atco 45 of Buffalo Springfield's "Bluebird" falls off a cliff: a whopping 1.6 seconds from full volume to total gonner.
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