Eurobeat Prime :: Forum

Hi there.
I just managed to register to this forum today. I've listened on and off to Eurobeat for the past year and I really like the Music but have a question.
I've recently looked at eurobeat singles, mainly stuff I've seen on discogs, really hard to find stuff.
I'm a dj so get most of what the other versions are, extended mix, Acapella, instrumental, but these "last" versions just seem to be 1 minute versions of the songs and from what I've Heard it's just a shorter version of the song with no drums? I don't get the Point.
Maybe it's something to do with the para para dancing I've read about?

Last Version was used in the That's Eurobeat era by Mauro Farina team in labels like Flea, Asia, FCF.

And yeah, it's very interesting. My best explanation this is dub version + acapella. Useless at home for a fan, but probably when Alfa Records added 8 last versions on CD after main tracklist, that was promotional pack for DJs as well.

But I heard too, last versions are very helpful to understand and get to know, how the each song was created, if you want to make own dance music.

Hmmm well I can kind of see that. Although now labels could probably release multitrack masters of eurobeat tracks where you get each instrument as one separat file, I can see that being very useful for dj's wanting to make their own edits / remixes as well. But yeah that's interesting how they did things. I Think I recently saw a last version edit of a Franz Tornado song on Itunes too.

Some artists never sung and never tried to sing lots of their music, because if they didn't want a playback show, they needed instrumental. On the other hand what for, if an artist with dozens solo productions can't remember all existed lyrics.

Next multitrack releases started to disappear in early '90, what may in turn explain the japanese publishers. A single song ceased to have meaning as though. Together with this trend died Radio Version, Last Version, Instrumental.

I always appreciated the last versions. To me, some are a a real treat to listen to, like Max Coo & Steve Coo - Set Me Free, Set Me Free. But maybe to others, it is just a weird short version