A few Aussie ones. Where Do You Go? by Hunters & Collectors: The single version is truer to the band's pub rock style and how they played it live while the remixed version on the Cut album is way over-produced for my liking. Both Jung Talent Time and Yob by TISM are far better in their original single form with the respective Machiavelli and the Four Seasons and www.tism.wanker.com album versions once again being over-produced and lacking the punch of the original mix.
The radio version of "One In A Million" by the Romantics had some synth parts in in the second and third verses that aren't present on the album version.
Wow...I just listened to the LP version for the first time ever. I had no idea it even existed, and I was around when this song was a huge hit single. Learn something new everyday!
Seven I had on cassette- it was nice to finally hear the 7 inch that I was accustomed to from radio when I grabbed Decade
Yeah, I never had Seven. I bought Decade back in the early 90s, so I never knew the LP version differed. I do recall noticing that Hungry Like the Wolf on Decade was different than the mix on the Rio cassette I had...
For Rio we got the cool K-mixes and Night Version of Hungry! Really enjoy Decade, such a nice comp. Shame it couldn't of included New Moon.
Sometimes the single can be very different, take for example Whitesnake's Here I Go Again from the 1987 album (itself a re-recorded Whitesnake song). There are two different versions of this, with different intros and different guitar players taking the (*different) lead break. (From WikiPedia): The original version from the 1982 Saints & Sinners album with Jon Lord on Hammond organ and Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody on guitar (5:03) The re-recorded version which appears on the Whitesnake (aka 1987) album with John Sykes on guitar (solo by Adrian Vandenberg) (4:36)[citation needed] A 1987 "radio-mix" version, which was released as a U.S. single with Denny Carmassi on drums and Dann Huff on guitar, who also provided the new arrangement. This version also appeared on the Greatest Hits album in 1994 (3:54) In general, single edits used to miss out some of the guitar solo (eg Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison) or fade out an outro solo, miss a verse off, generally butcher a song... I'm usually in favour of the album versions except in rare cases like the aforementioned Whitesnake song where I like both takes on the song equally.
The 45 minute tubular bells has a nice 3 minute 45 version if you are short on time. Listening to the full version now. The actual soundtrack is a little creepy .
The first time I heard Kiss on Prince’s Parade I was shocked that the coda was chopped off and Anotherloverholenyohead came straight in. Something just feels missing without that coda (or the full 12” treatment).
Has this versions of Two Tickets ever been on CD? I’ve always preferred this version and had the single
When I started working at a record store, I wasn't listening to AM radio at all, so I didn't hear the single versions anymore. Kind of a sharp cutoff point for me; up 'til the end of 1968, I was living in Omaha and listening to the radio, and by January I was in L.A. listening to "underground" FM.
Starting in 1978, I heard more album versions than single edits because I heard more albums, and radio even started playing more album cuts, even on top 40 radio. For me in the late 70s, it was all about the album. I started buying a lot of 45s in 1983 again.
"Let It Be" by the Beatles: single > album "Why" by the Byrds: album > single "Help Me, Rhonda" by the Beach Boys: single > album (Today!)
I wish I could get the 45 by Steppenwolf I cant purchase a double cd for one song . Not anymore Now if Dunhill made a best of steppenwolf grassroots and mom and pop 45s of about 15 songs that would be _______
I noticed this when I bought Greatest Hit albums of some bands. If I got into the band, I noticed the longer versions on their studio LP.
The Light my fire magic carpet ride wont get fooled again are the three that stand out in my teen years
Badfinger had the single of "Baby Blue" that was different than the album version. The single had a echo on the snare drums which isn't on the lp. It almost is too much for my tastes, I prefer the album version
