OT: Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive

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   Thomas Dolby's "Hyperactive!" only made it to #62 in March of 1984, but I'd like to see if anybody know what the shortest version released to radio was.

I've found 3 lengths:

3:40 - 3:43, which I suspect is the "short promo" for radio, & is simply an early fade of the 4:12 mix.

4:12 - 4:13, which I believe is both the album version & the commercial single version.

4:55 - 5:07, the 12" version, also labeled as the "Heavy Breather Subversion mix."

Can anyone confirm or deny any of this?

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NightAire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 20 February 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote NightAire Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: OT: Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive Posted: 12 September 2012 at 2:22am
	Thomas Dolby's "Hyperactive!" only made it to #62 in March of 1984, but I'd like to see if anybody know what the shortest version released to radio was. I've found 3 lengths: 3:40 - 3:43, which I suspect is the "short promo" for radio, & is simply an early fade of the 4:12 mix. 4:12 - 4:13, which I believe is both the album version & the commercial single version. 4:55 - 5:07, the 12" version, also labeled as the "Heavy Breather Subversion mix." Can anyone confirm or deny any of this?
	Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

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: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 September 2012 at 6:42pm
	Gene - Wish I had a little more info about the vinyl for you, but based on my memory and my past history as a Thomas Dolby fanatic, I think that all sounds right. (My vinyl is buried in the basement, still, many months after my move into the new house, so I can't verify firsthand.) The good news is that I didn't run into any CDs where the song didn't sound very good. The US '80s-era CD for The Flat Earth sounds pretty tremendous - highly recommended. It runs about 4:12. I've heard that the recent UK remaster sounds even better, which would be quite an accomplishment. There are several others that use the same analog transfer as Flat Earth: Retrospectacle (1994; digital clone that's off by a fraction of a sample so can't get complete cancellation) Sony Germany's 2-CD Pop And Wave Vol. 6 (1996; differently EQ'd digital clone) Disky Europe's 8-CD Greatest Hits Of The '80 (1998) EMI Australia's 5-CD Eighties Complete Vol. 2 (1999) The 3:40 early fade version was found first on CD on EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 5 (1995). There's a differently EQ'd digital clone of Oblivion on Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 12 1980-1984 (2000). There's a differently EQ'd digital clone of Flat Earth on EMI UK's Time To Remember 1984 (1997), with added compression and an added fade from 3:31 to 3:40. The 12" version is great, and I think it's on a CD called 12 X 12, or something to that effect. All the Thomas Dolby 12" singles are pretty worthwhile listens, if you like Thomas Dolby. Somewhere in the basement, I have both US and Canadian pressings of The Flat Earth. I think the Canadian pressing has a printed time of around 5:00, but actually has the same 4:12-or-so version as the US LP. Edited by crapfromthepast
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NightAire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 20 February 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote NightAire Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 September 2012 at 12:57am
	Great, great info, CFTP... thank you so much! I'm in total agreement about the original pressing of The Flat Earth (which I own). It's hard to imagine how it could be improved. OTOH, I did purchase the remastered version of The Golden Age of Wireless, and it's extraordinary. For some reason I had thought Retrospectacle was more compressed, but I guess I never compared just that track. 12x12 is one I've wanted to get but haven't yet. I'm glad to know I'm not the only Thomas Dolby fanatic around; he continues to be put out fantastic music, far from the Billboard charts.
	Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA