OT: Aaron Neville-"Don’t Take Away My..."
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Topic: OT: Aaron Neville-"Don’t Take Away My..."
Posted By: prisdeej
Subject: OT: Aaron Neville-"Don’t Take Away My..."
Date Posted: 10 May 2020 at 6:55pm
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Great tune in '93 and received a fair amount of airplay thanks to the accompanying music video.
Does anyone have the promo CD single and could post the listed vs. actual times? ------------- DJ L. |
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 May 2020 at 9:07am
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I have this, and I'll try to post details later today
when I have a chance to retrieve the disc. ------------- 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: Bellenger1981
Date Posted: 11 May 2020 at 5:02pm
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I have the promo CD right in front of me, as I had
recently ripped the "Remix" versions for my USB flash drive, so here's what I have for you: 1. Remix - Listed 4:36. Actual 4:37. 2. LP Version - Listed 4:37. Actual 4:34. 3. Remix with Intro - Listed 4:30. Actual 4:52. Note that these are the times (roughly) after removing silence. Despite only reaching No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Don't Take Away My Heaven" reached No. 37 on Billboard Hot 100 Airplay in 1993. It also reached No. 4 AC. It was a staple on my local AC station, 98 WGRD in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in which I remember hearing both the "Remix" and "Remix with Intro" versions. Those were the days when A&M loved remixing several songs for radio. ------------- Jason Bellenger Byron Center, Michigan, USA |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 11 May 2020 at 5:35pm
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Good tune. Besides the promo CD have any of the remixes appeared on CD or is it always the LP version that gets released? ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: Bellenger1981
Date Posted: 12 May 2020 at 3:11pm
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I am not sure, Santi. Perhaps someone else would know? I
would imagine that all his compilations use the album version of "Don't Take Away My Heaven", as A&M/Universal usually drop the ball and feature the album versions despite the hit versions being different mixes. ------------- Jason Bellenger Byron Center, Michigan, USA |
Posted By: prisdeej
Date Posted: 12 May 2020 at 8:27pm
Thank you for taking the time to post the promo CD single details, Jason. The LP version is what we played constantly at WWLI/Providence. This is an example where I find the "remix" and "remix with intro" far superior. The remix with intro (as the title suggests) has a nice long intro for those chatterbox DJ's could talk up and drop liners over. I believe the intro is too much of a good thing though. I would have cut it down to 22 seconds before Aaron's vocal starts. Maybe that's what they intended to do with the extra 22 seconds discrepancy with the listed vs actual time. I guess we'll never know what Arista was thinking. ------------- DJ L. |
Bellenger1981 wrote: