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Post by darnall42 on Nov 9, 2019 14:47:29 GMT -5
sick of hearing the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald today ,first as a Extra in the 80s offering then #3 in the 1976 chart (it's bad enough hearing it once,but twice in such a short space of time !!!  ) |
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Post by briguy52748 on Nov 9, 2019 19:11:26 GMT -5
Predicted extras for 1979 show:
* “Coward Of the County” — Kenny Rogers.
* “Head Games” — Foreigner.
* “Yes I’m Ready” — Teri DeSario & KC.
* “Rappers Delight” — The Sugarhill Gang.
Brian
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Post by giannirubino on Nov 9, 2019 19:57:34 GMT -5
johnnywest, I respectfully wholeheartedly disagree. The bridge "It's sad (so sad) so sad, it's a sad sad situation ..." was edited so that there were six lines, not four.
Originally it was:
It's sad (so sad) so sad, it's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
It's sad (so sad) so sad, why can't we talk it over
Oh it seems to me, sorry seems to be the hardest word
But, they kept the first two lines of the first bridge, and jumped to the BEGINNING of the next bridge, not the third line of the bridge. In essence, the bridge was now too long.
It's sad (so sad) so sad, it's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
It's sad (so sad) so sad, it's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
It's sad (so sad) so sad, why can't we talk it over
Oh it seems to me, sorry seems to be the hardest word
Sorry to be so anal. Not sorry enough to not post. =op
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 9, 2019 20:17:22 GMT -5
Edits, no matter if they're original or optional extras, or by Premiere, IMO, should be in a spot that doesn't throw off the "flow" of the song to the listener. I know 1988 particularly had some pretty bad edits in the original shows. I get that maybe it has to do with trimming it to fit a certain length, maybe in the case a whole verse or part of a bridge is too much to take from the original, so they only have to take out part of it...but at least make it so it's not so obvious to the listener.
I'm also reminded of AT40 2.0, where adding in the second verse or the bridge of a song was commonplace, to keep the hourly structure of the countdown intact. Not crazy about that practice, but I understand why it was done.
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Post by pb on Nov 9, 2019 21:48:03 GMT -5
I know 1988 particularly had some pretty bad edits in the original shows. 1978 also had many abrupt edits, until they expanded the show to four hours. |
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Post by Hervard on Nov 9, 2019 21:50:35 GMT -5
Speaking of edits, I am SO glad that "Muskrat Love" was cut down to a mere two minutes (though I kinda wish they'd edited out that disgusting bridge with those gross sound effects instead - I wonder if that song was ever edited like that on the show).
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 9, 2019 22:21:00 GMT -5
I know 1988 particularly had some pretty bad edits in the original shows. 1978 also had many abrupt edits, until they expanded the show to four hours. I agree...somewhat. While 1978 (and even 1975-1977) had a lot of edits, there weren't many bad edits...just plentiful on edits themselves. Towards the end of Casey's Watermark era, there were several shows that had poor edits in the songs. Debbie Gibson's "Foolish Beat" comes to mind. I think George Michael's "Faith" had it in at least one show. It's hard listening to songs you know, and then it gets edited in a spot that throws the song off...makes me wonder if that was intentional or not on the part of production. Hard to say. |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 9, 2019 22:31:11 GMT -5
Speaking of edits, I am SO glad that "Muskrat Love" was cut down to a mere two minutes (though I kinda wish they'd edited out that disgusting bridge with those gross sound effects instead - I wonder if that song was ever edited like that on the show). The song was edited on the original show; I wonder if Premiere largely avoids editing songs that were already edited in the originals and go after unedited ones instead. Sounds like it wasn't edited any further though. (And, yeah, certainly not one of C&T's better songs.) |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 9, 2019 22:40:12 GMT -5
And to add, this week's show is during the period in which the chart date is mentioned in the backsell of the week's #1 song. This practice began on 8/7/1976 (with Sonny Melendrez guest-hosting) and ending on 6/18/1977.
ETA: Just started listening to my original copy of 11/13/1976...sound quality is pretty good.
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Post by darnall42 on Nov 10, 2019 7:02:57 GMT -5
LM Radio just starting the show from November 8th 1975
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Post by mkarns on Nov 10, 2019 8:03:49 GMT -5
WNIC (usually an AT40 80s affiliate) now playing the 1971 Christmas show.
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Post by pb on Nov 10, 2019 9:05:26 GMT -5
1978 also had many abrupt edits, until they expanded the show to four hours. I agree...somewhat. While 1978 (and even 1975-1977) had a lot of edits, there weren't many bad edits...just plentiful on edits themselves. Towards the end of Casey's Watermark era, there were several shows that had poor edits in the songs. Debbie Gibson's "Foolish Beat" comes to mind. I think George Michael's "Faith" had it in at least one show. It's hard listening to songs you know, and then it gets edited in a spot that throws the song off...makes me wonder if that was intentional or not on the part of production. Hard to say. 1978 had the worst edit I've heard, Steely Dan's "Peg." They cut out the first chorus! (I'm not a big 1987 or 88 fan so I can't speak to that era.) |
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Post by donwa001 on Nov 10, 2019 10:36:41 GMT -5
On the 11/8/75 show airing on Sirius/XM, not sure 'Fly, Robin, Fly' ran 90 seconds. The song is listed at 3:05 in Record Research's Pop Annual book.
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Post by waterboy on Nov 11, 2019 9:55:20 GMT -5
WNIC (usually an AT40 80s affiliate) now playing the 1971 Christmas show. A big disappointment for me. The mono2stereo conversion by Ken martin was great, as usual, but the presentation by WNIC was real poor. Songs were dropped and each hour had two 8-10 minute commercial breaks. Hopefully Ken's station will play it during the week of Christmas. |
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Post by matt on Nov 11, 2019 11:59:21 GMT -5
I agree...somewhat. While 1978 (and even 1975-1977) had a lot of edits, there weren't many bad edits...just plentiful on edits themselves. Towards the end of Casey's Watermark era, there were several shows that had poor edits in the songs. Debbie Gibson's "Foolish Beat" comes to mind. I think George Michael's "Faith" had it in at least one show. It's hard listening to songs you know, and then it gets edited in a spot that throws the song off...makes me wonder if that was intentional or not on the part of production. Hard to say. 1978 had the worst edit I've heard, Steely Dan's "Peg." They cut out the first chorus! (I'm not a big 1987 or 88 fan so I can't speak to that era.) "Peg" was chopped up for every AT40 show it was on. As were so many other songs on 3-hour 1978 shows. Among the many indications that the show needed to be expanded to 4 hours. Somebody mentioned the album versions of several songs in the 11/11/78 show, and I agree--that was fun to hear. I don't believe I've ever heard that version of "Hot Child In the City". And it was nice to hear the full version of "Reminiscing" -- kind of like "Peg", that song was always cut before they went to 4 hours. The edits during late 80's shows are always a little perplexing. It was extra annoying when they would edit countdown songs so they could fit three LDD's in a show. Talk about a waste... |
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