Stevie Nicks - I Can’t Wait

I just received the promo 45, which includes an insert noting the label errors. It reads:

"Due to an error in the printing of the labels, the first copy of the single that you received had the intros reversed. This corrected copy is printed in the way it was always meant to be.

Rock Intro - 4:14
Soft Intro - 4:01"

I am a little confused by Aaron's comment below because the 4:01 version labeled as the "Soft Intro" is clearly the version which includes the unique synth intro. The "Rock Version", on the other hand, includes the standard LP intro. In fact, it is (correctly) referred to on the outer sleeve as "Edit of LP Version - Rock Intro".

aaronk wrote: Roscoe, you are correct that the "Rock Intro" (commercial 45) has a synth intro. This audio is unique to that version. The other version issued on a promo 45, the "Soft Intro," can be re-created using the LP version.

To re-create the "rock edit," (side A of the radio promo) starting from the album version from Rock A Little:

Remove about the first five seconds, basically cutting the run of keyboards in half. Fade from silence to Stevie's first vocals... and it sounds to me like a linear fade up to "I will love you..."

From what is left, delete about 13 seconds from 2:57 to about 3:10, on the downbeat.

That's it! The LP fade appears to match the single (although the video I used cuts off the very last "how can I love you?" that Stevie sings on the LP version before silence).

My file became 4:17, which suggests either the 4:14 length is a little short or the single runs a little faster than the LP version. I'll leave that decision up to someone with vinyl to compare.

Based on the YouTube video of the single I used,

the single is at:
0:00 -- faster than the LP version
1:30 -- in sync with the LP version
2:00 -- slower thank the LP version
3:30 -- in sync with the LP version


It's hard to imagine this is intentional. Is it stretched tape? A bad turntable? A bad CD of the LP? I don't know.

Edited by NightAire

Gene - Using Aaron's files as a reference:

The 45 runs 125.8 BPM until the last little bit of the song, which runs at 125.4 BPM.

The promo 45 runs at 126.0 until 0:41, then 125.8 BPM until the last little bit of the song, which runs at 125.4 BPM.

If the version on Timespace (1991) is truly the LP version, then it runs at 125.5 BPM until about 0:45, then at 125.4 until the last little bit of the song.

I wouldn't worry much about the slight difference in tempos. This all strikes me as normal variations in tape machine speeds. This was very common in the age of drum machine and analog tape decks.

NightAire wrote: GaryE: Are you saying there was a promo version that was an early fade of the "rock intro" (which is an edit of the LP version)? I never came across such a thing; I'd be interested to know your source. CFTP: That's good news. I know some people want to get the tempo / pitch exactly right on single versions and I just didn't have enough info to confirm how close the LP version was to the single. :)

The info I have says "single edit from LP rock
version".
I can send you all the edits I have if you PM me.
Listening to each should give you an idea what each
version is.