Radio edits

[Milestones]

Just curious about edits, no more. I know it has happened. For instance, the Doors’ “Light My Fire,” though I wasn’t into music back then. When I later heard the piece, it was the whole song. But once I did hear on the radio the 3-minute version, and it seemed to kill the song!

I never knew until recently that Chuck Mangione’s “Feels So Good” runs 10 minutes. This surely is the not the version spun everywhere in the late 70s; I swear every person in the country knew this song! Do we see cuts in recent smooth jazz tracks? Are there shorter forms of Kenny G songs?

It seems like I’ve heard of Blue Note tunes from the 1960s being cut down. It would make sense for “The Sidewinder” or “Watermelon Man,” though I don’t know if it happened to those two in particular.

I just wanted a little history on this.

[Hardbopjazz]

I know some blue note singles were cut for jukebox issue. "The Sidewinder", "Song For My Father" are two.