RUPERT HOLMES - "Answering Machine"

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The actual 45 running time is (3:36), the listed time is "3:29" on the record label. (MCA 41235)

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abagon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 March 2008 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote abagon Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: RUPERT HOLMES - "Answering Machine" Posted: 16 July 2008 at 10:53pm
	RUPERT HOLMES - "Answering Machine" The actual 45 running time is (3:36), the listed time is "3:29" on the record label. (MCA 41235)

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: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 July 2008 at 8:31pm
	"Answering Machine" has appeared on two database CDs to date, but both run shorter than the 45 at 3:32 and 3:29, respectively. Does anyone have the 1981 vinyl LP release of Rupert Holmes' Partners in Crime who can report to us the run time for "Answering Machine"?

MMathews Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 August 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MMathews Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 July 2008 at 5:49pm
	Ooh, one i can actually answer! Just got it, time on the album label says 3:45 but actual run time is 3:36. I should note, the audio level between 3:28 - 3:36 is so low I had to turn everything way up to get the last traces....it's a long-trailing fade. I could see where whoever was mastering the cd might not have heard it, and just faded it where they thought there was silence. Just a theory. -MM

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: 18 July 2008 at 9:46pm
	MMathews Ooh, one i can actually answer! you made me laugh!!!!
	edtop40

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: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 July 2008 at 6:44am
	Glad you could help, Mark. Thanks! Your theory regarding the ultra low audio at the end of the song on your LP is certainly plausible as to why the last few seconds may have gotten faded out early on CD.

PopArchivist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 June 2018 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote PopArchivist Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 February 2021 at 1:05am
	My understanding is that the correct 45-LP version running at 3:36 comes from this compilation from the UK. https://www.discogs.com/Rupert-Holmes-The-Best-Of-Rupert-Hol mes-Escape/release/1107238 Edited by PopArchivist
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