It does seem strange as the sound of the 4 minute version is different than the muffling that Kershenbaum apparently loved to do with most of the other tracks (gating the high-hat and turning the cymbals way down - if not taking them out altogether). The regular album version adds some reverb, and the Night Version adds even more. Much of the mix, and especially the vocals, are very dry too. The regular album and Night Version versions only let the electronic snare sneak in at specific points over a more acoustic sounding snare - usually before the drum fills. Other sound differences include a more electronic sounding snare sound throughout the song. I agree that the 4:11 version (actually about 4:04) is very different sounding. I also have the custom label 45 pictured first above. I have that Harvest 45 with both HLTW versions on it. Did he really mix HLTW months before he was called in to reconstruct the first side of Rio? Or has it just been called that because of the post-November 1982 third pressing of Rio? Unless I am crazy, I've seen versions of HLTW listed as the 'Kerschenbaum Night Version'. In September, the mini-LP Carnival comes out with several Kerschenbaum mixes, labeled as such I believe (in fact, the remix of "My Own Way" features on the "Rio" 12" single the following month). In August, we see remixes of "Hold Back The Rain" on the 7" and 12" singles for "Save A Prayer" - are these Kerschenbaum mixes? I hadn't thought so, but I am curious. The 12" single for HLTW lists no credit for mixing from what I can recall (and someone please correct me if I am wrong). Some time later, the US Album Version was replaced with the Night Version on the third US Rio pressing and became the version that most of us in the US know and cherish. This works, as the original Kerschenbaum version of Rio was released in November of 1982. A 7" re-release in the US in December of 1982 contains the Night Version (strangely) as the A-side and the elusive US Album Version of the flip. The assorted 7" and 12" singles contain the Single Version and the Night Version. HLTW was originally released as a single in May of 1982 (same month that the Rio album was released). And in thinking about that, it made sense to me. There was a thread here that suggested that the US Album Version was the Kerschenbaum remix and the Night Version is NOT. It's incredibly hard to find on the Rio LP - and all pressings I've found contain the previously mentioned Night Version. This version - the version I remember hearing on the radio - has a different vocal effect, different placement of the laugh at the beginning, and a longer fade. However, it's the elusive SECOND pressing that first had this distinction, and that version contains the US Album Version of Hungry. Those of us who grew up with the third pressing (read: most common) version of the US LP knows the Night Version - and this version of the LP is known as having the entire first side remixed by David Kerschenbaum. I've been reading a few of the Duran Duran threads scattered 'round these parts this morning, and a comment that I've read has contributed to my confusion/skepticism about the mixes of Hungry Like The Wolf - in particular, the much-known Night Version and the so-labeled US Album Version.
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