Mike + The Mechanics - Silent Running

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   Is the 45 version of "Silent Running" just a later, quick fade in and early fade out of the album version?  That's what I seem to remember, but I wasn't sure if there were any edits in the middle.

As a side note, the video on YouTube runs about 5:12, and it retains the cold ending of the LP.  Obviously, this was a unique edit for the video only.  (Actually, it sounds like a crossfade toward the end.)

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aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 157	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Mike + The Mechanics - Silent Running Posted: 18 September 2010 at 9:56pm
	Is the 45 version of "Silent Running" just a later, quick fade in and early fade out of the album version? That's what I seem to remember, but I wasn't sure if there were any edits in the middle. As a side note, the video on YouTube runs about 5:12, and it retains the cold ending of the LP. Obviously, this was a unique edit for the video only. (Actually, it sounds like a crossfade toward the end.) Edited by aaronk

995wlol Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 December 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote 995wlol Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 September 2010 at 2:22pm
	No, there is an out of sequence edit, which if I remember correctly, copies the first chorus and puts it before the first verse. I don't remember the other edit details off hand.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 157	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 September 2010 at 8:37pm
	Thanks for the details. I have it on a TM disc, but I don't have any faith that it's actually correct. If anyone would be kind enough to send a 45 dub, so that I can check it, that would be great. Too many of their '80s "single versions" are not correct.

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 Posted: 19 September 2010 at 11:12pm
	aaronk. I sent an MP3 file of "Silent running (U.S. commercial 45") from new e-mail address. --abagon

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 157	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 September 2010 at 7:21am
	Abagon, thank you very much! I really appreciate it!

Jody Thornton Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 May 2008 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jody Thornton Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 September 2010 at 1:43pm
	I imagine that during the "swoosh" sfx at the 45-rpm's opening, the lead up music (on the LP) would not be present either right (except for the first two sixteenth notes prior to the downbeat)? So could you even edit it down from the LP version?
	Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario)

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 157	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 September 2010 at 3:05pm
	Actually, it does a quick fade in just before the two sixteenth notes, and you can hear the tail end of the lead up music.

prisdeej Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 02 July 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote prisdeej Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 August 2011 at 9:48pm
	Bumping this back up. Does the 45 dub match the version on TM Century?
	DJ L.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 157	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 August 2011 at 11:08pm
	For all intents and purposes, yes. It is a homemade edit, though, because it goes slightly out of sync with the 45 at the edit points.
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

prisdeej Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 02 July 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote prisdeej Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 August 2011 at 10:50am
	Sounds to me like an early fade, is their an edit elsewhere?
	DJ L.