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MikaelaArsenault
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96.1 WSRS does this now, but they never used to before.
95.7 WZID plays a slightly different pitched version of So What by Pink.
In the 1970s as rock songs became longer and longer, it was somewhat common for the 45 RPM single release of a song to not only be edited down to a shorter length, but also sped-up as well, such as Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street": https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/why-does-my-baker-street-45-sound-sped-up.280149/
Bryan Adams' first single was sped-up:Can you name any other "promo version" that was sped up?
Wikipedia said:Luongo chose to increase the tempo of the song, but there was no time-compression technology at that time so this increased the pitch of Adams' vocals. Adams was disappointed with the speeded-up sound.
I don't know if it was sped up, but AC WBT did not play the guitar solo at the end.In the 1970s as rock songs became longer and longer, it was somewhat common for the 45 RPM single release of a song to not only be edited down to a shorter length, but also sped-up as well, such as Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street": https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/why-does-my-baker-street-45-sound-sped-up.280149/
The absolute worst speedups are commercial disclaimers,
like twenty-five seconds into this.
Any station that does this, is an automatic tune out for me. Not only does it grossly alter the song, it sounds unprofessional. I just realized over Labor Day Weekend 2018, that all this time, "Baker Street" has been played on many classic hits stations at a higher pitch. The original 1978 album version release sounds a tad slower, and correct and is the one I now play.
Get more advert time . Its been going on for ages on radio and even the Tele. I remember Entertainment Tonight back in the late 1980's did a report on Lexicon equipment that speeds up or slows down videos without audio pitch change .Also agree on making the tune brighter.
I thought the theory that it's done to squeeze in more ads had been proven pure BS by now. I don't think the amount of time saved by pitching every song in a given hour up would create room for even one addtional ad, not even a :30. The one and only purpose was to make your station's music sound brighter than your competition's, especially if the other station and yours were playing many of the same songs. Mr. Eduardo? Mr. Hagerty? Mr. BigA? Any clarification on this?