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jimct
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All current db CDs include the same, 45 and LP version of this song. Since
it was a #1 hit in early 1988, I thought I'd share the contents of my promo
12" single (RCA 6784-1-RDCD):
Side C: (where side A and B went, I have no idea!)
1-Cake Mix (listed 5:46)
2-Instrumental (listed 6:19)
Side D:
1-Escape To New York Mix (listed 7:01)
2-(non-described version) (listed 3:31)
RCA opted, however, to ship out this promo 12" single in a stock 12"
outer sleeve. With no drill mark, punch hole, UPC symbol cross-out, or no
promo stamp. But a white label, 12" vinyl promo copy is found to be
inside. FYI, the outer cover's UPC stock # is 7863-56784-1. On the cover,
it states that the second track on "Side 2" as being "Never Gonna Give You
Up" (Escape From Newton Mix) (no listed time). RCA chose to replace this
last track with the 45/LP version on the promo 12", for obvious reasons,
which makes that "...Newton Mix" unique to the stock 12" single.
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I was looking over a "100 Hit" collection under the Demon Music Group label. The cover doesn't say it, but the disc data popped up with a version called [7" Mix], 3:33.
I haven't looked around much about the version, though assume it's the 45 version. As I also assume by the first post, this is the same as the LP version.
Edited by AdvprosD on 20 October 2022 at 9:57am
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Yes, the LP version is the single version.
jimct wrote:
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RCA often did this with promo 12"s in this era. If the promo has the same master plates as the retail, the retail cat# probably ends in RD and the promo cat# ends in RDAB, with sides labeled A & B. If the promo is different from retail, the promo cat# probably ends in RDCD and the sides are labeled C & D. They also did RDAA for double-A-sided promos.
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Side tracking this thread for a moment.
I remember the first day I heard this. It was in a record
store I used to frequent because it was in a mall where I
did my laundry. While clothes were baking, I'd shop this
little record store with a big disco/DJ/Dance section.
The owner was at the counter and he had this record
playing on a 12" single. This was WELL before it broke on
radio. So after hearing it 2 times I went to the counter
and asked "what is this??" The hook got me.
He handed me the picture cover of the 12" with a photo of
the singer and said this is it...I was expecting a black
singer with that voice and I'm seeing a red-haired white
guy and I'm like "whaa??" Really???
So I said "I'll take one" ... and he said he's been
playing it all day and every single person who heard it
in the store came up and bought one.
So he says "you wait, this is gonna be a #1 hit...you
wait and see" .... I thought well, not likely, it's too
"disco" sounding to be a hit in 1987 .... but I liked it
anyway and bought it.
WELL, shows what I know! He was right! And he was right a
month before the country made it a #1 hit.
MM
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Great story. Yeah, I thought Rick Astley was black the
first time I heard him on the radio, too.
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I have never heard the term 'baking' while doing my laundry
LOL
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MMathews wrote:
Side tracking this thread for a moment.
I remember the first day I heard this. It was in a record
store I used to frequent because it was in a mall where I
did my laundry. While clothes were baking, I'd shop this
little record store with a big disco/DJ/Dance section.
The owner was at the counter and he had this record
playing on a 12" single. This was WELL before it broke on
radio. So after hearing it 2 times I went to the counter
and asked "what is this??" The hook got me.
He handed me the picture cover of the 12" with a photo of
the singer and said this is it...I was expecting a black
singer with that voice and I'm seeing a red-haired white
guy and I'm like "whaa??" Really???
So I said "I'll take one" ... and he said he's been
playing it all day and every single person who heard it
in the store came up and bought one.
So he says "you wait, this is gonna be a #1 hit...you
wait and see" .... I thought well, not likely, it's too
"disco" sounding to be a hit in 1987 .... but I liked it
anyway and bought it.
WELL, shows what I know! He was right! And he was right a
month before the country made it a #1 hit.
MM
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Nice story. Sounds like he "rick rolled" you in 1987 before the video was even out. Sorry couldn't resist. For those who don't know what that means, you can always watch the video link below :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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Brian W. wrote:
Great story. Yeah, I thought Rick Astley
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I thought when I first heard "It Would Take A Strong,
Strong Man" on the radio that a 45 rpm cut was carted up at
33 1/3...
(This was in the 'twilight zone' era where not everything
was played on the air from CD.)
Andy
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Radio stations were definitely still getting new music on 45s in 1987-1988. This copy of the "Never Gonna Give You Up" promo 45 came from 95.5 WPLJ in New York City, who wrote "carted" on the cover when they copied it to a tape cart to play on the air:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5pfTE3ONGc
Edited by VWestlife on 03 November 2022 at 9:06pm
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