rod stewart "hot legs"

The LP version of "Hot Legs" sounds great on the 4-CD Storyteller (1989), where it runs 5:14. It's very compressed/limited on Very Best Of (2001) and incorrectly edited on Greatest Hits (copyright 1979). Overall, Storyteller sounds great and has a good enough track selection to make all of the other WB-era Rod Stewart collections obsolete.

The 45 version runs 3:56, and can be edited down from the LP version with two edits and an early fade. The second edit is laughably bad - one of the very worst I've ever heard on a 45, but I confirmed it with two different needledrops of the 45. I'm going to give my editing instructions with extra significant figures in the numbers, because otherwise you'd never match the true edit location for the second edit.

Segment 1
32 beats long, not counting the opening snare hit
Extends from 0:00 to 0:17.664 of both the LP version and 45 edit
Ends on a downbeat

Remove the 48 beats from 0:17.664 to 0:42.981 of the LP version.

Segment 2
Begins on a downbeat
Extends from 0:17.664 to 1:43.339 of the 45 edit
Extends from 0:42.981 to 2:08.656 of the LP version
Ends very awkwardly after a nonsense syllable

Remove the 16 beats from 2:08.656 to 2:17.269 of the LP version.

Segment 3
Begins mid-crash cymbal. OUCH!
Extends from 1:43.339 to 3:58.190 of the 45 edit
Extends from 2:17.269 to 4:32.119 of the LP version

Fade
16 beats long
Begins and ends on downbeats
Extends from 3:49.81 to 3:58.190 of the 45 edit
Extends from 4:23.74 to 4:32.119 of the LP version

Your mixdown will run 3:58, with a good edit at 0:17.7 and a terrible-sounding edit at 1:43.3, and a 16-beat fade from 3:50 to 3:58.

Seriously, you'll never be able to un-hear that second edit.

Edited by crapfromthepast

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Tim Brown Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 15 May 2012 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tim Brown Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 November 2012 at 2:29pm
	Thanks, Aaron!

davidclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 25	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidclark Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 November 2012 at 12:31am
	aaron, i would love to hear that 1:43 edit point to help me make a 45 edit...I can guess at it, but without the actual, I can't be sure I am getting it right. Also, need to hear the fade (I did the intro edit from memory!). thanks!
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crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 39	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 June 2015 at 11:27am
	The LP version of "Hot Legs" sounds great on the 4-CD Storyteller (1989), where it runs 5:14. It's very compressed/limited on Very Best Of (2001) and incorrectly edited on Greatest Hits (copyright 1979). Overall, Storyteller sounds great and has a good enough track selection to make all of the other WB-era Rod Stewart collections obsolete. The 45 version runs 3:56, and can be edited down from the LP version with two edits and an early fade. The second edit is laughably bad - one of the very worst I've ever heard on a 45, but I confirmed it with two different needledrops of the 45. I'm going to give my editing instructions with extra significant figures in the numbers, because otherwise you'd never match the true edit location for the second edit. Segment 1 32 beats long, not counting the opening snare hit Extends from 0:00 to 0:17.664 of both the LP version and 45 edit Ends on a downbeat Remove the 48 beats from 0:17.664 to 0:42.981 of the LP version. Segment 2 Begins on a downbeat Extends from 0:17.664 to 1:43.339 of the 45 edit Extends from 0:42.981 to 2:08.656 of the LP version Ends very awkwardly after a nonsense syllable Remove the 16 beats from 2:08.656 to 2:17.269 of the LP version. Segment 3 Begins mid-crash cymbal. OUCH! Extends from 1:43.339 to 3:58.190 of the 45 edit Extends from 2:17.269 to 4:32.119 of the LP version Fade 16 beats long Begins and ends on downbeats Extends from 3:49.81 to 3:58.190 of the 45 edit Extends from 4:23.74 to 4:32.119 of the LP version Your mixdown will run 3:58, with a good edit at 0:17.7 and a terrible-sounding edit at 1:43.3, and a 16-beat fade from 3:50 to 3:58. Seriously, you'll never be able to un-hear that second edit. Edited by crapfromthepast
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