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Post by vto66 on Nov 27, 2011 22:24:16 GMT -5
Listening to this week's Premiere 11/28/81 countdown, it seems that week Casey played a different version of Juice Newton's "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" than that which is most often heard. The version heard on this broadcast has steel guitar in place of woodwinds on the usually played version, and sounds a lot more country. This is a very rare version and I was thrilled to hear it on this AT40. This was is original album version. When the single was released for pop radio, it was remixed. When it became a hit, the record label replaced the album version with the remixed single version on all future pressings of the album. These days the original version that Casey played is very hard to find. I believe it only appears on one CD and it's a foreign release. That original version with the woodwinds is available on iTunes. I tried, without much luck, to seek out the remixed steel-guitar version (which I actually like a bit better) on that same site. Hopefully, they will add that version sometime soon. |
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Post by JMW on Nov 27, 2011 22:28:36 GMT -5
They also played a different version of "I've Done Everything For You"; it included a verse that I've never heard on the radio.
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Post by vto66 on Nov 27, 2011 23:17:27 GMT -5
They also played a different version of "I've Done Everything For You"; it included a verse that I've never heard on the radio. That one was probably the album version. The single version must have had that extra verse cut out. |
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Post by bigal on Nov 28, 2011 0:09:15 GMT -5
ad some will probably find the ONE TIN SOLDIER version they played this week to be odd, thats the one used in the film, AT40 used that version on their show through out, while most are familiar with the polished studio recording. not sure which one actually charted, since both version were released as a single. (for some reason I remember this version much more than the more commonly available "polished" version, but it could be because I saw the film couple of times back then)
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Post by mkarns on Nov 28, 2011 0:41:20 GMT -5
Listening to this week's Premiere 11/28/81 countdown, it seems that week Casey played a different version of Juice Newton's "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" than that which is most often heard. The version heard on this broadcast has steel guitar in place of woodwinds on the usually played version, and sounds a lot more country. This is a very rare version and I was thrilled to hear it on this AT40. This was is original album version. When the single was released for pop radio, it was remixed. When it became a hit, the record label replaced the album version with the remixed single version on all future pressings of the album. These days the original version that Casey played is very hard to find. I believe it only appears on one CD and it's a foreign release. Interesting; to check that, I pulled out my vinyl copy of "Juice" (the 1981 LP from which it came) and it had the remixed pop version of "The Sweetest Thing", so mine must have been a later pressing (I bought it used a few years ago.) I wonder if Capitol promoted different mixes of the song to different formats? The pedal steel version sounds more appropriate for country radio (where the song hit #1), and the woodwind version for pop and adult contemporary. |
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 28, 2011 7:17:29 GMT -5
I would think so. And I would think that practice was common for many country songs....having one version for country radio and another version for pop radio.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Nov 28, 2011 10:37:26 GMT -5
Probably, They do that to this day. Drives me nuts too. Don't homogenize songs!
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Post by mstgator on Dec 2, 2011 21:30:26 GMT -5
One from the Shadoe era that seems to be a production mistake: On the All-American Fourth of July special in 1991 (featuring the Top 40 American acts of the previous ten years), the original 1985 version of "Point of No Return" by Expose was played. Problem is, that recording featured a completely different lineup of singers, who were replaced by the time Expose began their pop chart career.
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Post by JMW on Dec 3, 2011 11:59:20 GMT -5
What's weird is that I remember hearing both versions on the radio back in 1987; I guess it depended on who the on-air person was at that time.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Dec 4, 2011 14:41:38 GMT -5
I've been hosting the classic country show on WLLW's sister station KCountry. I played one of the couple versions we have in the studio this morning on the show... It was the pop version. gotta check the other versions here and the couple i may have.
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Dec 4, 2011 14:55:20 GMT -5
Here's another from the Shadoe era: "Baby I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain. They actually alternated between the single version and a "dance" version several times during the song's run.
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Post by JMW on Dec 4, 2011 16:02:33 GMT -5
I noticed this the last time I heard the song on the 2/5/1983 show, but the version of Dirty Laundry they played on the '82 show is a little different than what I hear on the radio normally; the typewriter sound effect stands out more, plus the guitar sounds louder in some parts as well.
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Post by Big Red Machine on Dec 14, 2011 11:20:48 GMT -5
On the 12/14/74 show, you hear the broken glass at the end of "Kung Fu Fighting" Is this an album type version? Because the radio airplay version doesn't have the sound. I kind of like it.  |
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Post by blackbowl68 on Dec 25, 2011 12:19:12 GMT -5
To those that heard the AT40 broadcast of 12/22/1979, here's the biggest okey doke i've ever heard. Why on earth did Premiere insert the 1989 remix of "Pop Muzik" into the show? It chronologically doesn't make any sense & sounds very out of place. Nothing wrong with the remix itself; it just doesn't sound like we're gonna party like it's 1979!  |
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Post by lonelysummer on Dec 25, 2011 15:49:40 GMT -5
A couple weeks ago, Casey played "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" - introduced as by "Paul Anka and Odia
Coates" - but Odia's voice was not heard on the version he played! I'm enough of an Anka fan to know where the solo version came from, anyone?
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