This Must Be The Click Track I Waited Years To Notice

[TwizzleUK]

My favourite PSB song is 'This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave'. I've loved the album and 2 x extended mixes since they came out.

But one thing I only noticed for the first time very recently, is a slight different in the drum patterns between the versions. Warning: once you've heard this, you won't be able to un-hear it...

Listen carefully to both extended mixes from 0:43 when the beat kicks in, and on the left hand side, you'll hear a rim shot ticking across a repeating two bar pattern, clicking on beats 3, 5 and 7 of the 8 beat loop. I think it's there for pretty much the entirety of the rest of both extended mixes.

Makes me wonder if this was all - or part of - the click track the orchestra played along to when recording their parts, and maybe Julian Mendelsohn forgot to mute it when making the extended version(s) - or perhaps deliberately included it?

Anyone else ever spotted this difference before?

[VRIDD]

Oh, no, I heard it

P.S. My PSB favourite song, too

[Spittingcat]

It’s not a click track, and it’s there on the album version as well, although it’s far less forward in the album mix (as are some other drums).

[TwizzleUK]

It’s not a click track, and it’s there on the album version as well, although it’s far less forward in the album mix (as are some other drums).

Now I've had a careful listen on headphones, yes I can ever-so-slightly hear it in the album mix, but it's subtle and not noticeable the whole way through. Interesting!

[lalolalo]

Got a friend that approached me the other day and told me this was his favourite Pet shop boys song ever. It really surprised me.

[Moorlandman]

You might like this effort

https://youtu.be/I6lRwOWNYfQ?si=2hD1nxcZIfAxcrXe