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Even though the 1989 version of this song times in at 4:24, would the 1986 45 version (which times in at 3:36) be considered an official radio edit that might have gotten some airplay in 1989? While never released on CD, I was wondering whether to consider it since in my clean collection radio edits always trump commercial 45 versions...thoughts?
https://www.discogs.com/New-Kids-On-The-Block-Didnt-I-Blow-Y our-Mind/release/12429496
Edited by PopArchivist on 14 August 2020 at 1:12pm
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I can assure you that the 1986 45 edit got zero airplay in 1989.
In 1989, commercial radio was just about done with vinyl. Programmers would most definitely not have gone back to an obscure three-year-old 45 from a failed album to get their on-air version, especially since Columbia serviced radio with a one-track promo CD single (Columbia CSK 68960) that had the album version on it (4:24).
You can lump the 1986 45 edit into the same bin of non-hit 45 A- or B-sides that were later superseded by the differently mixed/edited hit 45 versions. ("Hungry Like The Wolf", "Always Something There To Remind Me", "Draggin' The Line", "Frankenstein", "Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet", etc.)
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Ron,
As always, thanks for the clarification. I didn't hear everything and every version back in the 80's. I never paid that close attention during those years. I knew the songs, but not the lengths or the different versions.
Edited by PopArchivist on 14 August 2020 at 2:03pm
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I do recall a station in 1989 playing the song and it fading out where the talking begins, just like on the original 45. It's possible that
they didn't play the 45 but just faded it themselves as I believe the original 45 is an early fade of the LP Version and it would be easy for
them to do it from the promo CD Single or their self-titled album. I'm almost certain it was New Jersey 101.5 FM.
Edited by thecdguy on 14 August 2020 at 6:38pm
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