Stevie Wonder - Do I Do

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   Seconded on both Aaron and John's questions.  I had the chance to hear the Motown YxY 1982 version and to my ears it sounds exactly the same as the Definitive Collection version, so if it's not the 45 version I too would like to know the differences.

Also, is the 45 in fact an edit, or could it be just a very early fade (a la "Superwoman")?

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sriv94 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote sriv94 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 November 2009 at 8:44pm
	Seconded on both Aaron and John's questions. I had the chance to hear the Motown YxY 1982 version and to my ears it sounds exactly the same as the Definitive Collection version, so if it's not the 45 version I too would like to know the differences. Also, is the 45 in fact an edit, or could it be just a very early fade (a la "Superwoman")?
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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: 12 November 2009 at 9:21am
	Can someone please send me a dub of the 45? I'll be happy to do an A/B and answer all of the above questions.

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: 12 November 2009 at 11:45pm
	Abagon was kind enough to send a dub of his US 45, and just as Robert stated above, the Definitive Collection version does not match up. The edits are in the wrong place. The US 45 version can be edited from the LP version. (Using the non-remastered Original Musiquarium and trimming the tail end of the previous track first, the edits remove the section from 3:25.972 to 6:06.976. Then, with what remains, cut 4:21.818 to 4:38.786. Then, with remaining audio, cut 4:30.291 to 4:38.766. Finally, cut from 4:49.357 to 5:06.298. The song does a 4 second fade to end at 5:01 and some change. Thanks for this great catch, Robert! Doug, to verify that the Motown Year By Year is also wrong, here is where a couple differences occur: - 45 at 3:25, Stevie sings "your love, love, love, love, love..." - Definitive Collection at 3:25, Stevie sings "your looooooooooooove" - 45 at 4:22, Stevie sings "uuuuhhhh! yes, I got some..." - Definitive at 4:22, there is no "uuuuhhhh!"

sriv94 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote sriv94 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 November 2009 at 10:12pm
	I've just unraveled the mystery. There are two Definitive Collection CDs--one is a US pressing (a single CD), one is an import (a double CD). I happen to have both--the single version of "As" is on the import. A while back, I had uploaded "As" into my iPod and iTunes and went ahead and uploaded "Do I Do" as well from the import version, having no knowledge that the version of "Do I Do" on the import is not the same as the one on the US version. So when I heard the Motown YxY 1982 version, I was comparing it to the import Definitve version. To my ears, those are identical. However, as Aaron and Robert correctly point out, the version on the US Definitive CD does not match up (for the reasons Aaron described above). So I think it's safe to say that the Motown YxY 1982 CD has the correct 45 version.
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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: 13 November 2009 at 10:58pm
	Thanks, Doug! It's also good to know that the import version of Definitive is correct.