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The 1979 compilation/soundtrack album The Kids Are Alright has a 2'45 abridged alternate mix of this song, as heard in the September 1967 mimed performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can_See_for_Miles
Is 'as heard in... ' correct here?
I think it is the very same mix and it should be : which was heard in....

I don't think 'as heard' works here.
Gratefully,
Navi.

Deadrat · Accepted Answer

Your bold phrases mean the same thing. The 1979 album is the version played on TSBCH.

Navitasan · Answer

Thank you very much Deadrat,

Would you say the meaning would change if one took out the comma?

And do these work:

3) The 1979 compilation/soundtrack album The Kids Are Alright has the 2'45 abridged alternate mix of this song, as heard in the September 1967 mimed performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
4) The 1979 compilation/soundtrack album The Kids Are Alright has the 2'45 abridged alternate mix of this song as heard in the September 1967 mimed performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

In '3' the assumption is that there is only one 2'45 abridged alternate mix of the song and that mix was heard in the TSBCH.

In '4' the assumption is that there are more than one 2'45 abridged alternate mixes of the song, but we are talking about the one that was heard on TSBCH.

Gratefully,
Navi

Deadrat · Answer

Yes, the comma makes the clause nonrestrictive; it's absence, restrictive. Your versions #3 and #4 signify as your state.

If you were writing in AmE, you could make this even clearer by writing either 3) "the alternate mix, which was heard" or 4) "the alternate mix that was heard."

Navitasan · Answer

Thank you very much Deadrat for the clear explanation.

Respectfully,
Navi.

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