updates for database

While the database was up and running, I made some notes about incomplete entries --

"Two Doors Down" - Dolly Parton -- all listings should read "single version". The album version (from the "Here You Come Again" LP) has yet to appear on any CD (including the CD of that LP).

"What About Me" - Moving Pictures -- there's a single and album version of this song (mix differences). I believe only the single version has come out on CD and should be listed as such in the book.

"King of the Hill" - Oak -- you wrote "single length", but it should be "single version". If you compare the single and album versions, you'll notice on the last sung note, "hill", the instrumentation drops down on the single version but not on the album version, to showcase the singer's long held note presumably. Also, during the instrumental fadeout, the brass is louder on the single mix.

"The Sign" -- Ace of Base -- some CDs contain an extra pickup note before the intro which is not on the single version. (I don't have the album version but I assume the one with the extra note is the album version.)

Pat, do you agree with all these assessments?

I did a little more research with the Ace of Base CDs I have -- and there are two different versions of "The Sign." The promo CD single (ASCD-2653) starts right on the downbeat, but "Platinum and Gold" and "Greatest Hits" have these two extra "pickup" drumbeats before the downbeat (i.e. that preface the main part of the song, as based on the dj version).

However, Pat, you have none of the CDs I have, and I have neither your CD or cassette!

So there are 2 possible conclusions here -- either there's a dj version (with 2 less intro drumbeats) -- or your CD album and cassette single are identical to my dj CD single (the less-drums version), meaning that the versions on "Platinum And Gold" and "Greatest Hits" should be called "Neither the single or album versions."

Which intro is on your 2 versions?

I don't hear the mix differences you mention Gordon on "What About Me". Can you detail more specifically the mix differences you hear?

To me, the two versions start very differently -- the one with the two extra drum hits sounds very jarring if you're familiar with the single/album version. Does anyone else have both versions and hear the differences on the introductions?

The two extra "pre-song" drumbeats probably only last about one second, so this alternate version isn't dramatically different time-wise, but hearing two loud drumbeats preceding the song as we know it certainly would warrant a "neither the single or LP version" comment. If a person wanted to edit the single/album version from this alternate version, they would simply have to edit out the first two pickup drumbeats and start the song on the downbeat.