Elton John - I’m Still Standing extended
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Topic: Elton John - I’m Still Standing extended
Posted By: NightAire
Subject: Elton John - I’m Still Standing extended
Date Posted: 15 July 2023 at 11:12pm
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In 1983, an extended version of I'm Still Standing running 3:46 was released on vinyl.
I've been looking for a digital release from tape of this version and have so far come up empty. I don't find it on CD and I don't find it on the digital services. (There was an unofficial "extended re-mix" released in 2010 on Big 12 Inches vol. 5 from Hong Kong; this isn't what I'm looking for.) Does anybody know of a digital source for a copy of the original tape of this extended version? ------------- 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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Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 16 July 2023 at 10:23am
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I can tell you with 100% certainty that this has never been
released in any digital format. Which really surprises me. |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 16 July 2023 at 4:13pm
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Is it a longer fade of the LP version?
Andy |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 16 July 2023 at 6:22pm
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I just listened to it on YouTube. It has a unique intro that adds about 45
seconds of instrumental on the beginning. I was listening on my phone, so I couldn’t tell if the rest of the song was the same as the original mix, but nothing stood out as wildly different. ------------- 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: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 17 July 2023 at 2:22am
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Thanks, Aaron.
Yeah, I just did a search on YouTube and found it. You're right, it does sound like a 45 second breakdown tacked on to the intro of the LP/45 version. Andy |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 17 July 2023 at 5:16am
| One of my favorite EJ songs, but there seems to be a lot of distortion on it. Intentional? |
Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 24 July 2023 at 7:41pm
Where are you hearing distortion? ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |
Hykker wrote:Posted By: mjb50
Date Posted: 25 July 2023 at 5:25am
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Just listening to the original Too Low for Zero CD mastering, the lead vocal is distorted in a lot of places. For example, start at 1:24... the bold text is distorted:
no, I'm still standin' better than I ever did lookin' like a true survivor feelin' like a little kid I'm still standin' after all this time pickin' up the pieces of my life without you on my mind I'm still standin' ... The guitar solo has some random noises at 2:04 to 2:10. Sounds like someone rustling some papers. There's lots more. I doubt it's intentional, but it seems to be baked in. I just checked what purports to be the 1998 remaster on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye9hGotPPVk - on YouTube and it's about the same, maybe not quite as dramatic, but I still hear it. |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 30 July 2023 at 11:25pm
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Is the only difference between the 12" and the regular version is the 45-
second intro which is unique to that version? After that, it goes into the regular song and even fades the same? |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 03 August 2023 at 1:38pm
I think so. I am very surprised it never made CD (not that I am aware of). Considering Elton's vast catalog being available I don't recall ever seeing it on any official disc, comp or va collection. I'm not sure if this is official or not. It doesn't sound like it is from vinyl though DJ Paul T from Burning The Ground did a dub many years ago of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4JhMU4nnvY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4JhMU4nnvY ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 04 August 2023 at 7:18pm
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Attempting to edit the LP version onto the vinyl 12" mix, I have come to the conclusion that the 12" either is a remix, or has added instrumentation, because the rhythm section is subtly more "jumpy" in the 12" mix vs. the more straight-ahead rhythm track on the LP version.
However, the sound quality of all the dubs I've found so far has been so terrible that I'm still creating my franken-mix of the first 45 seconds of vinyl followed by the CD because I don't think my audience is likely to notice and the quality is so much better. This one REALLY needs a digital release from the master tapes! (Has the source LP, "Too Low For Zero," ever gotten a 24 bit / 96 kHz release? That would be really nice, too. The CD I'm using actually fades on the right channel a hair before the left channel at the end of "I'm Still Standing.") ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 04 August 2023 at 10:57pm
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I'm listening to the dub from DJ Paul T, and it sounds like the LP version spliced in after the intro (or perhaps the extended version is the full take where the intro was edited down for the LP). I don't hear any mix differences. The YT link in Rich's last post has a pretty drastic smiley-face EQ applied, making it sound quite a bit different from the (presumably) un-EQ'd dub I have from DJ Paul T. ------------- 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: NightAire
Date Posted: 26 May 2025 at 10:32am
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All these years later listening to this song again, I have to second the comment earlier about distortion. Every single version, from every single source, every remaster, has sounded "gritty" to me on the top end. I don't believe these versions are coming from vinyl, and it doesn't sound like tape overload distortion, so my only conclusion is that there's something unique about the mix and EQ of the individual instruments and the final mix that, to my ears, sounds "gritty." I'd love to know why my ears react to this recording this way, but I doubt there's any explanation other than "I hear weird." I'm just glad I'm not the only one who hears it that way! :-) ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: crocodile
Date Posted: 26 May 2025 at 1:46pm
The 3:45 Extended Version of I'm Still Standing is available on the compilation CD Maxi-Tubes (42 Super Hot Powerful Tracks) Volume 7, from the same company that put out the Big 12 Inches Series. Check Discogs.com for more info.It IS very difficult to find and the legitimacy of whether or not it's a bootleg is debatable but as someone who owns many of the Arcana releases, I find the sound quality on par if not better than many "official" releases and I don't think anyone who manages to find one will be disappointed with any of them, especially considering that it's the only place to find many 12" single versions. The Big 12 Inches series is easily my favorite compilation of all time in terms of 12" versions, if you can locate and afford it.
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