Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time

Though it barely cracked the Hot 100, the song Nick Of Time
by Bonnie Raitt was a moderate success in the Boston radio
market at the time. Does anyone have the promo cd single or
promo 45? The promo 45 states a duration of 3:44 and the
promo cd has no track duration listed and whoever posted it
on Discogs did not bother to list the track time from a cd
player.   I initially thought it was a printed track
duration error but then remember the song playing faster on
the radio. Can anyone confirm if the promo version is
pitched faster, a remix or an early fade?

Edited by promojunkie

The versions released on the CD TM Century HitDisc (799A -
837A), described a shorter time than the album version
(3:52), but I don't have those CDs and I can't corroborate
this information, maybe another member can.

CD 799A: 3:29
CD 837A: 3:36

cheers

Edited by kaqueno

The difference in speed between the 2 CD's I mentioned above is only 1.2 seconds. So....-Bill.

kaqueno wrote: The versions released on the CD TM Century HitDisc (799A - 837A), described a shorter time than the album version (3:52), but I don't have those CDs and I can't corroborate this information, maybe another member can. CD 799A: 3:29 CD 837A: 3:36 cheers

Please be aware that TM Century HitDisc and GoldDisc CDs list the "air" time and not the full run time. The times listed are when the DJ should be starting the next song or element.

I have a few files on the hard drive (so I don't know the exact sources), but all play at the same speed. All of the fades start in the same place, but the tail of the fade is shortened or truncated on a few of them.

I'm willing to bet that the difference in timings is due to where the fade is truncated.

I grabbed a YouTube dub of "Nick Of Time" from The Best Of Bonnie Raitt On Capitol 1989–2003, and it runs 0.37% slower than the Nick Of Time album, which is real but insignificant. But the tail of the fade goes on about 30 beats longer than the Nick Of Time album, which is quite real and quite significant. The fade is over 30 seconds long on The Best Of Bonnie Raitt On Capitol 1989–2003! I can see why someone shortened it for the 1989 releases.

Edited by crapfromthepast