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Paul C
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Posted: 04 August 2008 at 4:30pm | IP Logged Quote Paul C
I have three of the four CDs listed in the database on which "What Is Love?" by The Playmates appears in stereo: Golden Classics (Collectables), Choice Voices! (Collectors' Choice), and Teen Time Vol. 1 (Eric). On the latter two CDs the opening guitar note heard on the Collectables CD does not appear. I only have this song in mono on a Canadian re-issue 45, which has the opening guitar note. Does anyone have the original 45 and could that person kindly check whether the first thing heard on the 45 is a guitar note?
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Posted: 04 August 2008 at 4:49pm | IP Logged Quote Yah Shure
Paul, yes, the original Roulette 45 begins with a guitar pluck.

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Posted: 04 August 2008 at 8:39pm | IP Logged Quote Paul C
Merci, mon ami.
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Posted: 04 August 2008 at 9:18pm | IP Logged Quote Todd Ireland
Good catch, Paul. My next question is, did "What Is Love?" appear on a vinyl LP release while the song was a hit and, if so, did the song contain the opening guitar note on the LP?
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Posted: 05 August 2008 at 5:36am | IP Logged Quote Gary Mack
What Is Love first appeared on the 1959 Roulette LP Rock n' Roll Bandstand, and then turned up on the 1961 Roulette LP Wait For Me. I don't know if either one has the note.

The earliest LP with What Is Love that I have came out in 1965. My mono 20 All Time No. 1 Hits does have the song's first note.

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