Posted by Doug Scherer on August 01, 2007 at 15:37:49:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Long Versions posted by Allan Sniffen on August 01, 2007 at 12:50:21:
Personally, I wouldn't see a problem with playing both versions, and let the listener wonder which version it's going to be before the pivotal moment.
WLS in Chicago used to do that in the midday and PM drive dayparts in the 1980s (single version was always played AM drive, LP version was almost always played evenings, nights and overnights).
And I remember having heard WCBS-FM on a vacation to NY years ago playing the LP version of Chicago's "Beginnings." (Of course, the single version has never been released on CD for the general public.) So playing long versions is not without precedent.
Doug