Rick-An Ordinary Fool
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We all know about this song. It first appeared on A Kind of Hush & clocks in at approx 3:32, On this version there is no added piano "intro", was recorded in 1976.
Then wasn't it the box set From the Top that we first heard Richard add the "intro" piano to the very begining? Correct me if I'm wrong. In the booklet from the top Richard mentions Remixing it in 1990. This version on From the Top clocks in at approx 3:48 (So was 1990 when Richard added the piano intro???)
Within the past few months I have obtained this song, I Need To Be In Love on a white label Promo 45, Mono one side, Stereo other. On the white label it states, "Edited Version Time 3:25" dated 1976.
The use of this word edited version makes me ask myself, how did they know back in 1976 that this was the edited version if Richard had not even recorded the piano intro yet? If you compare the Mono Promo Edited Versions Time to the Original Released on A Kind Of Hush, the Time is about the same maybe a few secds difference.
Can anyone clarify this for me?
Let me also say that in the past 15 minutes I have been comparing my Mono 45 to all the other versions, from the original on A Kind of Hush, to the remixed one with added piano intro on From The Top also compared it to the one on Yesterday Once More Remastered Classics. The main thing I can tell is all the versions on CD all sound echo-ey to me, while the mono 45 sounds more straight forwarded there is no echo at all on the 45, it's like Karen is just singing straight into a mic without all that reverb sometimes Richard seems to add.
Would love to hear your ideas on this.
Then wasn't it the box set From the Top that we first heard Richard add the "intro" piano to the very begining? Correct me if I'm wrong. In the booklet from the top Richard mentions Remixing it in 1990. This version on From the Top clocks in at approx 3:48 (So was 1990 when Richard added the piano intro???)
Within the past few months I have obtained this song, I Need To Be In Love on a white label Promo 45, Mono one side, Stereo other. On the white label it states, "Edited Version Time 3:25" dated 1976.
The use of this word edited version makes me ask myself, how did they know back in 1976 that this was the edited version if Richard had not even recorded the piano intro yet? If you compare the Mono Promo Edited Versions Time to the Original Released on A Kind Of Hush, the Time is about the same maybe a few secds difference.
Can anyone clarify this for me?
Let me also say that in the past 15 minutes I have been comparing my Mono 45 to all the other versions, from the original on A Kind of Hush, to the remixed one with added piano intro on From The Top also compared it to the one on Yesterday Once More Remastered Classics. The main thing I can tell is all the versions on CD all sound echo-ey to me, while the mono 45 sounds more straight forwarded there is no echo at all on the 45, it's like Karen is just singing straight into a mic without all that reverb sometimes Richard seems to add.
Would love to hear your ideas on this.