SOS Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)

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   Has the 3:51 single edit of this appeared on CD yet?  Pat says the 3:56 version on Razor & Tie's "Disco Fever" is an edit of the LP version that does not quite match the 45.

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Brian W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brian W. Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: SOS Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right) Posted: 28 November 2004 at 8:05am
	Has the 3:51 single edit of this appeared on CD yet? Pat says the 3:56 version on Razor & Tie's "Disco Fever" is an edit of the LP version that does not quite match the 45.

80smusicfreak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote 80smusicfreak Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 December 2004 at 8:35am
	As you may already know, on August 24, a new and much-welcomed "Greatest Hits" CD by S.O.S. Band was released here in the U.S. on Virgin/The Right Stuff 72435-97449-2-6. As a long-time fan of the group, I of course bought it the week it came out... Unlike 1995's "The Best of..." (which I also have, although long out-of-print), which featured the 7:39 LP version of the song, the new collection contains what is claimed to be "Take Your Time (Do it Right) (Part 1)", or the single edit that you seek. However, the version on "Greatest Hits" clocks in at just 3:14, not 3:51. Admittedly, I've never owned the 45, but it sure sounds like the single edit to me (e.g., it lacks the male vocal chants of "let's do it!" at the very beginning, the extended instrumental break in the middle, etc.), which I've had for years on other V/A compilations that were never released on CD. Perhaps this is another example of the timing on the original 45s being mislabeled (3:51, when it really ran about 3:14)??? Hopefully Pat can double-check...

davidclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidclark Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 December 2004 at 5:26pm
	how long is the version on Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1980, and, is it the single? Mine is packed in a box due to move so can not check.
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Moderator Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 10 July 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Moderator Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 December 2004 at 6:33pm
	"Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1" which is the 45 version has yet to appear on a domestic cd. The 45 runs 3:50 by actual timing and is not the same version as found on the Billboard Top Hits of 1980 which runs (3:29) nor is it found on the new "Greatest Hits" cd mentioned above which runs (3:14).
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80smusicfreak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote 80smusicfreak Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 December 2004 at 8:45am
	Thanks for the input, Pat. Frankly, I'm a bit surprised (and a little disappointed) to now know that the version of "Take Your Time (Do it Right)" on the new "Greatest Hits" collection isn't the complete single edit, even though the wording on the CD itself suggests otherwise - a tad misleading, eh? But I guess that's one of the big reasons most of us bought your book in the first place. :-) I will say this: The version on "Greatest Hits" definitely starts out identical to the single, so my conclusion is that it's the 45 version faded :36 early. Nevertheless, I still highly recommend the new CD to fans of classic '70s and '80s funk, as it's without a doubt the best (and most complete) S.O.S. Band collection released to date...

Pat Downey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 01 October 2003 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pat Downey Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 December 2004 at 10:32am
	The version on "Greatest Hits" does indeed match the 45 for about 1:20 but then deviates from the 45. It is not the 45 version faded early!

80smusicfreak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote 80smusicfreak Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 December 2004 at 8:28pm
	Thanks for setting the record straight - I guess that means this previously unavailable 3:14 mix of "Take Your Time (Do it Right)" will be designated as "(neither the 45, LP or 12" single version)" in the 11th edition of your book. :-) But it also begs the following: When the record labels use (or license) the recordings to make these new CD compilations, wouldn't it just be a whole lot easier to use the masters w/ the original 45, LP, or 12" version of the song in question, rather than use or create these "new" mixes, or whatever??? And in the case of "Take Your Time (Do it Right)", according to the book, there are already two additional versions of the song that clock in at 3:29/3:30 and 4:37 that are also "(neither the 45, LP or 12" single version)". I mean, fading the 45, LP, or 12" version of a song early is easy, and sometimes understandable - but all-new mixes??? (And a quick scan of the book reveals that this practice is apparently somewhat common, not just w/ the S.O.S. Band.) And w/ a total running time of 79:08, I'm sure it wouldn't have been too hard to find room for the extra :36 that it would've required for the record label to squeeze the true 3:50 45 version of "Take Your Time (Do it Right)" (by far the group's biggest hit, after all) on "Greatest Hits", no???

budaniel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 12 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote budaniel Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 January 2005 at 12:18pm
	anyone know what the difference is between the 12" version and the album version? I have both on CD, and I really can't distinguish the difference. Thanks

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 August 2005 at 5:19pm
	has anyone tried to re-create the true 45 version with music editing software???
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aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 August 2005 at 5:35pm
	It cannot be done. The mix on the 45 is different from the album and 12" versions. Unless someone knows of a source that uses the same mix, we'll have to keep hoping that the 45 version gets released someday. On a side note, I have this song from TM Century, and their version is the same mix as the 45, but it's edited differently. I'm not sure what their source is, but it's definitely not vinyl. I think they might have pulled this from Rhino 70276 The Disco Years, Vol. 5, but I don't have this CD to verify. Also posted above, the song is on the SOS Band GH compilation disc, which uses the same mix as the 45, but it's also not edited correctly. Unfortunately, it's not just the spoken vocal "let's do it" that differs from the 45. It is mixed differently throughout the whole song, so you can't splice on parts of the LP version to create the 45.