dire straits--money for nothing

Dire Straits
"Money For Nothing" warner 28950

anybody know where i can find the long edit of the song "money for nothing" by dire straits....all cds i've come across have the 4:05 version which was an edit done AFTER the 45 was released.....the long edit which was released as the A side of warner bros 28950 and runs 4:38 in length is nowhere to be found......surprising since it was a number song.....any help would be welcomed

Thanks Brian!
Once again, glad i searched here. I was about to ask how one goes about making the commercial 45 edit. While restoring the second verse, I see why that verse was removed for the DJ 45. It is the non-PC verse! I forgot about it as I hadn't heard it in years.

Regarding the version on the "Brothers In Arms" CD, Pat says "neither the 45 or LP version" - can anyone elaborate as to why? I seem to recall the vinyl LP was 7 minutes, something. Is the CD merely a bit longer at the fade?

Oh, and while I'm working on Dire Straits,
Sultans Of Swing- can anyone describe the edit on either DJ 45 running 4:38 or 4:45 ?   I wanted to edit my own but was curious how it was done back then....
Thanks if any info.
Mark M

I too have wondered about the difference between the vinyl and CD LP versions of "Money for Nothing". Thanks for elaborating on this, Pat.

Brian W. wrote: It's never been issued on CD, to my knowledge. Though if you have any kind of CD editing software, it's not very hard to edit the missing verse back into the song. The 4:05 version was the radio edit, which is simply the 45 version minus the second verse and second chorus.

Alternatively, if you'd rather start from the album version, here's how you do it. I just picked up "Brothers In Arms" at a yard sale yesterday, so I did this today to match my stock 45. All times reference the CD version:

Start at (1:02) and quickly fade in to "I want my MTV".

At (5:12), cut to (5:55) on the downbeat.

At (6:11), cut to (6:25) on the word "my".

The fade starts near that last cut and reaches zero at (6:37). Hope this helps someone.

Just funny reading this because as of this week, our Canadian Broadcast Standards Council deemed it unfit to play any version on-air other than the 4:05 version. Actually I am sure you can play the album or extended version, but you had better remove the second verse and chorus.