The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann

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   what's the actual 45 timing on this one?  CDs are all over the map.  Same 

with the LP timing.

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davidclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 21	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidclark Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann Posted: 30 December 2012 at 9:51pm
	what's the actual 45 timing on this one? CDs are all over the map. Same with the LP timing.
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jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 December 2012 at 4:52am
	David, both the listed and actual time for my 1966 commercial 45 is (2:05).

KentT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 25 May 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote KentT Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 January 2013 at 7:36pm
	And so is my UK Capitol 45, which is also 2:05
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Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 April 2013 at 6:44pm
	Bringing the second part of David's question back up regarding The Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann", I notice the database CDs with "LP version" comments have run times ranging wildly from 3:05 to 3:23. What is the correct LP run time?

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 May 2014 at 9:40am
	I'm bumping this one back up because there still exists two very different groups of LP run times in the database for the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann". One group runs in the 3:05-3:07 range, while the others clock in at 3:22-3:23. Am I correct that the parent vinyl LP for "Barbara Ann" is Beach Boys' Party! from 1965? If so, there's no run time consistency among the album's various CD reissues, so does anyone have a vinyl LP copy who can verify the song's length?

Kerry Jackson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 15 June 2012 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kerry Jackson Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 May 2014 at 12:30pm
	My vinyl copy of Beach Boys' Party! has Barbara Ann at 3:05. It's Duophonic Stereo.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 May 2014 at 12:42pm
	Many thanks, Kerry! So I wonder then if the longer 3:22-3:23 LP version database appearances of "Barbara Ann" are actually a previously unreleased extended version/length?

Kerry Jackson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 15 June 2012 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kerry Jackson Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 May 2014 at 1:54pm
	My theory is that someone picked another beginning point for the song from the Beach Boys' Party! vinyl album. The record is recorded live and non-stop between tracks. There is an earlier start point for the song as compared to the single. There is chatter about "bah bah bah Barbara Ann.." If you start it there, it times 3:23. Since all versions appear to use the same recording (the single simply fades early compared to the album) I believe this is the answer as to why there are database differences in the album length.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 May 2014 at 1:58pm
	Ah... I never considered that. That would certainly explain the timing discrepancy between CD sources!

Steve Carras Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 July 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Steve Carras Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 March 2017 at 9:53pm
	I'm listening to the long version on my mp3, which is 3:23.
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