Sunday, January 11, 2009
"A Picture Of Grace" single edit
Listening to the half-static signal of a southern gospel station out of Falmouth, Kentucky, I heard the Gaither Vocal Band's first single with Marsh Hall (and winner of Gaither's 2004 songwriting contest), "A Picture of Grace," being played. As I started to sing along, however, I was thrown a curveball when I realized the song was HEAVILY truncated, resulting in almost half the song being edited out. Although the verses were left intact, the first chorus was cut in half, and the second chorus skipped directly to the tag during "Where once was a portrait....", which was somewhat akward, considering the key change and the fact that David Phelps' lead just seemed to go on and on. I'd never heard this version of the song before, and was curious as to if this was something the radio station did, or if there really was an official "single edit" of "A Picture of Grace" released. I am pretty sure when I heard the song on enLighten or Solid Gospel, it was the complete album cut from the Best Of The Gaither Vocal Band 2-CD set.
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4 comments:
I believe this is an actual radio edit. They play the same thing here in VA.
Jeremy
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Hey Kyle,
Yes, that was a special edit done for radio. The original scut was quite long, so the Spring House folks wanted to give programmers an option so everyone could play it. I wish I had been riding with you to hear you make that Tim the tool man groan!
Woody Wright
Anytime my local SG station played it, that is the one they played. I heard it years ago when it was first released. I was always a little disappointed and yet it was still good to hear the song on the radio.
Woody. was this sent as CD's to stations, or did they just get mp3's?
This is the same version that they play here in VA on the radio. I prefer the longer version.
Jeremy
http://www.vasoutherngospel.com
http://vasoutherngospel.blogspot.com
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