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  • Gold Band
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    Just aquired Art Grayson & The Graysettes - Better Hush (Congress 233) 1965 the track is only 1:30 long & it got me thinking about the shortest tracks but guess what it's already been done unl

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    Mike Lofthouse

    However, after repeated listens over the years - it is definitely not Northern!!!

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Just aquired Art Grayson & The Graysettes - Better Hush (Congress 233) 1965 the track is only 1:30 long & it got me thinking about the shortest tracks but guess what it's already been done unless anyone can think of anymore 3 years on?

i give you "nothing lasts forever" staple singers1.10 on epic single not same as LP much better.

Doh just seen a old topic :rofl:

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"STAY" THE VIRGINIA WOLVES 1min 26 secs (IRONIC TITLE REALLY COZ NO SOONER ITS ON THE DECK AND THEN ITS "GONE"

JOHN FISHER

that's true to the orignial by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs which is around 1:20, one of the very shortest

J. Young and the Fabulous Dobbs on Naj Ma, 1.42, so I paid almost $11/second, ouch! ohmy.gif

handed this record to my dj partner and he played it out last night, realized i had made a mistake not picking it up, now there is an ouch for you

:hatsoff2: HI ALL THE SHORTEST NORTHERN SOUL RECORD, THAT WAS PLAYED AT THE CATS, NOT SURE IF IT WAS PEP OR MAX R.I.P.

IS THE VERY RARE, GORDENS GIN THEME, IT WAS COMPOSED BY JEFF WAYNE, AND VALUE WISE, IS NOT FOR SALE, I ONLY NO 2 OTHER COPYS,

AGAIN THIS HAS BEEN STATED BEFORE, TO BE CLASSED AS NORTHERN SOUL, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN THE GOLDEN AGE,

IT HAS A SPOKEN INTRO OF 30" AND THE MUSIC FROM START TO THE END IT IS 60" = 1minute & 30 seconds, and it' on a UK LABEL,

i reckon that it's the official shortest record played, unles you know better :D DAVE.

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how about the longest track then

There's also "Try ,Try,Try" by Mighty Joe Drake on Kapp, thats 1:50

Amazers, The - Without a warning - Thomas is also a bit on the short side at 1:40

how about the longest track then

The Nomads 'Something's Bad' fantastic record but very long.

Promotional disk of "the Gordons Gin theme" a storming instrumental and only 58 seconds!

Bugger! just read the post about 3 above this one! sorry!

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Tony Clayton used to play the unfinished acetate of when he's not around I'm sure it was only around a minutes worth.Regards Simon.

not sure if it,s aintree or doncaster

I think Rubin -"You've Been Away" will be right up there with the shortest times :yes:

'Trey J's "I Found it All In You" at around 1:50,'

I think this is actually 1:37, could definitely do with another minute added to it! smile.gif Brilliant all the same.....

JP Robinson on Blue Candle ends too soon as well, always want him to come back in after the flute playout.......

its bloody maddening there must be a studio cut of that with another minute on it i hope and its found

Tony Clayton used to play the unfinished acetate of when he's not around I'm sure it was only around a minutes worth.Regards Simon.

the bent vicar played a emidisc taken from a rod dearlove tape which only had 3 quarters of the track on, thats why it was so short

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Seem to remember some very short ones back in the early 70's, if a track didn't work the floor off it came and the next one was spinning, which was quite annoying if you were one of the few who happened to be dancing to it. Those were the days when the dance floor was rammed the majority of the time and there of there course were plenty of new spins to try out each night. Seen that happened to what are deemed classic tunes these days.

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heartbreakers - i found a new lover - miracle 1.45 quality forgotten gem

happy soulin

russ

Karmello Brooks - Tell Me Baby 01:35

Just aquired Art Grayson & The Graysettes - Better Hush (Congress 233) 1965 the track is only 1:30 long & it got me thinking about the shortest tracks but guess what it's already been done unless anyone can think of anymore 3 years on?

superb tune

Cheating Kind- don gardner.

The Amazers.- Without A Warning Not sure of the exact time but both under 2 minutes

Cheating Kind- don gardner.

The Amazers.- Without A Warning Not sure of the exact time but both under 2 minutes

aye up Wrighty! not read the thread so may have been mentioned, but shortest track I've played is prob Lanny Hunt - Suzie Q....

TOMMY DODSON---ONE DAY LOVE 1.46 ME THINKS

Rose Batiste - 'Hit and Run' is short. Another good one for using up that last bit of tape......................Remusrom should know. Don't tell them Pike :shhh:

Not the shortest, but........

Karmello Brooks - Tell Me

is pretty short at 1.53 or there abouts

The Debonaires "I'm In Love Again" (UK Track/US Sidra) is a track that is really very short and clocks in at about 1:50. I remember thinking that when I heard it on BBC Radio 1 on release. Experience suggests that timings on labels should only be used as a guide

And if I remember correctly, the UK Track 45 incorrectly shows the writers as HDH - possibly confused with a song with the same title on the flip side of the Supremes "Stopl In The Name Of Love" (TMG 501). The flip side "Headache In My Heart" simply showed "Unknown" as the writers!! Not sure what was worse.

IMO, one of the best Detroit double sided 45's ever.

Thousand Wonders - Archie Bell is way too short at 1:50

Holly st James always seems too short(at just over 5 feet poss) especially when dancing to it!.

Not the shortest, but........

Karmello Brooks - Tell Me

is pretty short at 1.53 or there abouts

Karmello Brooks - Tell Me Baby 01:35

Karmello Brooks could go on forever and i wouldn't mind, although maybe its shortness produces that longing? Either way a beautiful record!

"STAY" THE VIRGINIA WOLVES 1min 26 secs (IRONIC TITLE REALLY COZ NO SOONER ITS ON THE DECK AND THEN ITS "GONE"

JOHN FISHER

Virginia Wolves is 1.51 not 1.26

Maurice Williams version is 1.36

peggy gaines at 1'25" whooooosh nice tune as well.

yeah great shame that is so short, lovely record. 'sweet way of living'...feels like it ends as its hitting its real groove...

Shocked that no one has mentioned to my mind one of the all time greats John & The Wierdest " No Time" which wieghs in at 1.47, shame they couldn't tuff it out for another 30secs :D , Arthur.

Anything under 2:00 is short, in my opinion, such as...

'Theme From Coloured Man' by Teddy Vann (1:42)

'Black Eyed Girl' by Billy Thompson (1:53)

'Blowing My Mind To Pierces' by Bob Relf (1:55)

Most of the shortest duration tracks are obviously very uptempo so it would be interesting to discuss any slower tempo tracks which are short - containing less bars and therefore being "less of a song".

Paul

Anything under 2:00 is short, in my opinion, such as...

'Theme From Coloured Man' by Teddy Vann (1:42)

'Black Eyed Girl' by Billy Thompson (1:53)

'Blowing My Mind To Pierces' by Bob Relf (1:55)

Most of the shortest duration tracks are obviously very uptempo so it would be interesting to discuss any slower tempo tracks which are short - containing less bars and therefore being "less of a song".

Paul

Nothing lasts forever - staple singers - epic 1.10 is pretty down beat hardly any instruments just a pretty funky piano,not same as LP version though.

:hatsoff2: Hi All ....This is the shortest 0 seconds..yes 0 secords and is listed as a song, Sly & the Family Stone - "Theres a Riot going on"

From the LP of the same name, You can't get a shorter track???? :g: DAVE K

:hatsoff2: Hi All ....This is the shortest 0 seconds..yes 0 secords and is listed as a song, Sly & the Family Stone - "Theres a Riot going on"

From the LP of the same name, You can't get a shorter track???? :g: DAVE K

However, after repeated listens over the years - it is definitely not Northern!!! :g:

However, after repeated listens over the years - it is definitely not Northern!!! :g:

:hatsoff2: Hi Mike ... You got me HOWEVER!.....I played it in LEEDS?? :shhh: DAVE

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