1988 Top 40 Hits on Promo CD Singles

Thanks Aaron. I never noticed that Discogs listing at all. I was looking under the "Say It Again" listings and had no idea the promo was issued with songs from another artist.

I compared the LP Version and Big New Mix of the Cheap Trick song on YouTube. I figured the main difference between the two would be the "aaah-aaah-aaah-aaah"'s at the beginning. But I did notice that at one point the guitars seem to be further up in front on the new mix. Also, the New Mix sounds a little "brighter" to me, but that's just my opinion.

Have any of those other 77 songs you listed as not being known to have promos turned up at all since you posted the list?

I wish there had been a promo of Debbie Gibson's "Foolish Beat", because it might have included the Instrumental B-Side from the commercial single. None of the other CD single configurations from around the world have it, and it's also not on the "Singles A's & B's" collection from a few years ago. I don't think it's been on CD at all.

Oh that would be great! I've been wanting a copy of it for the past 32 years, lol. You'd definitely have my eternal gratitude if you could do a dub. (But just so you know, I'm also grateful to be a part of this forum and gain the vast amount of knowledge there is on here about Top 40 music and the many different versions of the hits and where to find them).

I always liked the Instrumental, especially for the saxophone. It sounds kind of "Smooth Jazz-y" to me. I even remember reading somewhere at the time, someone praising the instrumental. It might have been in a newspaper. They said something along the lines of "Foolish Beat" being a typical, Top 40 Pop Song, but to turn the record over and you'd find something even better (meaning the Instrumental). The line, "Just a foolish beat of my heart" is heard on the Instrumental, but that's it.

I'm sure you're right about a promo most likely not including an instrumental version. However, with the fact that there's an Extended Version of the song, it sure would have been nice to see the LP, Extended and Instrumental Versions all in one place.

It probably is the same. The 45 label lists the running time of the Instrumental as 4:29 and the 12" label lists it as 4:28. I can't imagine that they'd feel the need to make more than one instrumental for something that was only supposed to be a B-Side anyway.

By the way, there is another promo CD Single for Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" than the one you have listed. I bought it myself last year and it is on Discogs.

Robert Palmer - "Simply Irresistible" (DPRO 04140)

1. 7" Version (4:18)
2. Extended Version (6:33)

thecdguy wrote: I wish there had been a promo of Debbie Gibson's "Foolish Beat", because it might have included the Instrumental B-Side from the commercial single. None of the other CD single configurations from around the world have it, and it's also not on the "Singles A's & B's" collection from a few years ago. I don't think it's been on CD at all.

Available as a lossless download from the old Rhino
Digital 45 series!

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/foolish-beat-
foolish-beat-instrumental-digital-45-debbie-
gibson/0603497955954