Reply With QuoteI seem to recall that the 7" version of "Knock On Wood" has either a different intro or ending than the LP/12" mix (which were one and the same, at least over here).Originally Written by Simon White
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I need some help for my increasingly faulty memory.
I'm pretty sure that back in the distant day of 1979, a friend of mine had a 12" of Amii Stewart's 'Knock On Wood' which was different to the one on UK Atlantic I have.
I'm not talking about the 1985 remix 'Knock On Wood/Ash48'...this was the original UK Atlantic 12" ...but now I can't remember if it was the start or the end that was different but it was one or the other, that much I do remember, and I feel it was the end. Mine has a very abrupt end which sounds like it was a very chopped edit to my ears. Anyone, anything?
Equally, Machine's "There But For The Grace Of God"...my UK 12" starts straight into the synth/beat but I'm sure I remember hearing a 12" version at the time with a piano start..is this the US 12" ?
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I seem to recall that the 7" version of "Knock On Wood" has either a different intro or ending than the LP/12" mix (which were one and the same, at least over here).
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All of the versions of There But For The Grace Of God I have on CD start with the slow piano intro. Perhaps the UK 12" cut it off, just like the 12" release of Where The Happy People Go by The Trammps had the slow intro that you hear on the album chopped off.
Disco Funk
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The 12" I've got lacks the freaky, spacey synth intro of the 7", it just starts with the knocking/pounding rhythm; was there a 12" with that 7" intro 'cos i much prefer it?
...ya gotta beat the street......
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UK 12"ers often had this annoying habit of ditching slow intros; e.g. High Fashion's 'Feeling Lucky Lately' had it's lovely classy doodling piano intro chopped off by Capitol :icon_twisted:(the Phyllis Steins!). I had to fork out for the US LP when I heard the circumsized UK 12".:icon_eek:
...ya gotta beat the street......
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I guess if Candido's Thousand Finger Man had been released on 12", it would have been hacked at the intro too.
Disco Funk
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Simon, there is a promo only 12" U.S Pressing that has the slow piano intro to Machine, all in all there are 3 U.S. promos of Machine's "There But For The Grace Of God Go I"
one with the slow intro
the second that cut off the slow intro
and the 3rd one that replaced the line "with no blacks, no jews and no gays" with the "where only upper class people stay" apparently some people didn't understand the lyrical content of the song! basically a censored version.
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I wish i could work out how to do multi quotes ! :icon_confused:
Disco Kid
"and the 3rd one that replaced the line "with no blacks, no jews and no gays" with the "where only upper class people stay" apparently some people didn't understand the lyrical content of the song! basically a censored version."
A censored version as well ...strange thing to do ! What was the offence ? Was it released at the same time as the other two?
Graham Start
"I seem to recall that the 7" version of "Knock On Wood" has either a different intro or ending than the LP/12" mix (which were one and the same, at least over here). "
I can see why a 12" record made for club play would cut off a slow start, but I could see why a commercial release might leave it on.
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The song caused quite an uproar when it was first released, people heard the words black, jew and gay and jumped to the concluion that they were putting down these minorities, nothing could have been further from the truth.
it was released shortly after the second promo.
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