Sir Mustapha
Group: Musicians
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Posted: Aug. 06 2007, 12:17 |
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Back in that time, it was a general practice to keep the "long" edits of the singles to the 12 inch versions. Interestingly, one of the first albums to break that pattern was the Pet Shop Boys' Introspective which did the opposite. As for Moonlight Shadow, I'm thankful it turned out that way. It's been ages since I was able to listen to that edit, but unless memory fails me, the sound of the track seems to change somewhat at the "last verse", as if that part was tacked on afterwards. It always sounded like that to me. Only the intro that, indeed, seems to have been edited out of the album edit - which is my favourite, because as far as pop songs are concerned, once you have said everything you have to say, move over and let the next song in. Don't repeat the chorus a bajillion times in a row just because you can.
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