The Guess Who's Best Of LP

Did all of the LP's of The Best of The Guess Who use the edited version of American Woman? I once had the same album on CD and the CD has the album length version of the song.

 

The LP, Cass and 8 Track did not.

 

......neither did the quad 8 track!

:-jon

 

The Guess Who has more best of cd compilations than one can even count. I'm sure there is some odd lp compilation that has the long version - somewhere.

 

Not that I know of. Even the UK LPs had the short version on GH.

"American Woman" is a great album. Should be savored as an artist concept away from compilations. The album itself carries at least four songs I would consider their best.

 

Canned Wheat often gets airtime on my table. Love the full length version of No Time.

 

Hello reb.

Tell me more about a full-length version of No Time. ¿Isn't the 3:45 version the only one?

Thanks in advance.

 

Speaking of The Guess Who, on my Elvis Welcome To My World LP from 1977 side A is incorrectly labeled The Greatest of The Guess Who with the following 6 songs: These Eyes, Laughing, Undun, No Time, American Woman and Hand Me Down. The music is pure Elvis though. Was this an actual Guess Who LP at the time?

Thom

 

On the Canned Wheat vinyl LSP-4157 RCA label. No Time clocks in at 5:15. First time I heard it I nearly fell out of my chair- as the only version I had heard previously was the 3:45 or the 3:44- 45rpm single. Canned Wheat was recently remastered for cd- the long No Time might be on that.

 

The CANNED WHEAT version of "No Time" is known to fans as Version 1, since it's the 'original version.' In addition to Version 2--the 45 mix/fade, there's the AMERICAN WOMAN version, a slightly different mix w/longer fade, IIRC, but the same take as the 45. Haven't played either in ages; the Quad Japan Lp of AW is a killer: clean sound, fun and playful mixes. A keeper if you're a fan of such things.

ED

 

Thanks reb and Ed.

Will the CW version sound weird to me, been used to the Best of version?

The harmonies of that song are deeply ingrained in my eardrums, next to the ones from BB's and The Association's.

Is the Best of version the same as the 45?

Which one is the basis for the Quad version?

Thanks in advance.

 

Version #1 ONLY came out on Canned Wheat. ALL other releases are the 45 version.
Now tha BMG is doing DVD-A, let's see some 5.1 Guess Who!

 

I own Canned Wheat on CD but I'm almost positive (??) the single version is on there.

I have a Discovery CD that has the Version 1 cut, so I'm sure it ended up on something....

 

I have the newer, remastered one, and it definitely has version 1 only.

 

How is the sound quality on that. The Guess Who on cd is vey tough to get right. Much of that material has an AM radio style of eq on the tapes.

 

Thanks!

 

Very hissy too I might add. But at least they didn't no-noise the tapes.

My favorite Guess Who is the 3 CD ultimate collection. All the essential stuff is there.

 

I had the 3 cd anthology but sold it. Think it was no-noised. I finally found a cd I can live with -the 1999 Greatest Hits cd. RCA 67774-2. Every other GW cd I have heard is just plain bad. I'll look into the Ultimate set. But the GW is best on vinyl IMO.