"Strange But True" - Times Two

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   I have a promotional CD single of Times Two's "Strange But True" on Reprise PRO-CD-2940.  It contains the following tracks and actual run times:

1) edit - 3:57

2) 12" vocal remix - 6:46 (label states 6:53)

Thought this info would be useful for the database.

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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 Topic: "Strange But True" - Times Two Posted: 24 November 2007 at 1:52pm
	I have a promotional CD single of Times Two's "Strange But True" on Reprise PRO-CD-2940. It contains the following tracks and actual run times: 1) edit - 3:57 2) 12" vocal remix - 6:46 (label states 6:53) Thought this info would be useful for the database.

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: 09 December 2007 at 6:52pm
	Todd, crapfromthepast did an earlier thread for this song as well, with some details that I will again refer to here. My promo 45 has a listed (3:59), actual (3:58) "Edit" on one side. This is exactly the same version that is on my listed (3:59), actual (3:58) commercial 45. The other side of my promo 45, however, has a version that does not appear on the promo CD single. It is titled the "Edit Of Dance Mix", and has a listed time of (4:12) and an actual time of (4:13). Edited by jimct

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: 78	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 December 2007 at 7:58pm
	Could it be that this "Edit Of Dance Mix" is what's on Time-Life's Another Lost Decade - The '80s: Hard To Find Hits (2005)?

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: 12 December 2007 at 10:37am
	With the plethera of recent posts on the board, I thought I'd bump this thread back up to the head of the pack because crapfromthepast poses a great question here. Has anyone been able to compare the "Edit of Dance Mix" to the version on the Time-Life Another Lost Decade - The '80s: Hard to Find Hits CD to see if they might be identical?

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: 14 May 2008 at 10:01pm
	Good news regarding Times Two's "Strange but True"... Aaron recently sent me an mp3 dub of the "Edit of Dance Mix" on Jim's promo 45 and I compared it to the version appearing on the Time-Life Another Lost Decade CD. As Ron suspected, the two are basically identical! If one wants to be technical, the CD does run slightly slower in pitch and plays out a couple of seconds longer in length than the 45 (thus accounting for the :04 run time discrepency between the two), but other than that there is no difference. So the database comment for the Another Lost Decade disc should be revised to read something like: (this is the DJ 45 "Edit of Dance Mix"). I'm assuming the other Time-Life CD listed in the database contains this DJ 45 version as well. Edited by Todd Ireland

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: 02 October 2008 at 7:35pm
	The database has been updated to contain the DJ single info for "Strange but True". I thought I'd also pass along that the actual commercial 45 run time is 3:58. (Timing info courtesy of abagon. The printed 45 time is 3:59 and states "Edit" on the record label.)