5th Dimension - Aquarius / Sunshine

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   The #1 song of 1969, "Medley: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" by The 5th Dimension has a few different configurations on promo 45s.  I'll try to sort them all out here rather than adding to the catch-all 5th Dimension thread.

Short/Long

This one has a listed MONO "Short Version" (3:50) with deadwax SCR-772-A (2) and STEREO "Long Version" (4:49) with deadwax SCR-772-A-1-S (2).  The short version runs an actual 3:51 and has only one edit and an early fade.  After listening to this song four times in a row, I decided to skip timing the long version.

2:59 RE-1

This promo does not state mono or stereo, but it plays an actual 3:00 mono version on both sides.  This one has three edits and an early fade.  The label and deadwax both state SCR-772-A-2-RE-1.

Gold Vinyl

The last promo I have is pressed on gold vinyl and says that it contains a 3:50 mono/stereo configuration.  The mono side plays the same 3:00 edit as the RE-1 promo above, but there is no mention of "RE" anywhere on this promo.  Instead, the deadwax reads SCR-772-A-2 MONO.

The stereo side plays an actual 3:06 and has deadwax SCR-772-A-2-S.  While this has the edit points in the same place as the mono side, it is a newly created stereo edit that has a slightly longer fade than the mono.  My hunch is that the mono edit was created first for the earlier promo, and then it was decided to create a stereo edit to match and issue this gold vinyl promo 45.

Finally, the mono versions on all of these promos and the stock 45 are all fold-downs of the stereo mix.

To conclude, I cannot find evidence that there was an officially released 3:50 stereo edit in 1969.  In Pat's database, two CDs contain a 3:50 stereo edit, but I have to believe that these were either created specifically for those discs or were unreleased edits found in the vaults.