https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:31:01 +0000 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:43 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1964 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=67763&title=spanky-and-our-gang#67763 Author: Steve Carras
Subject: 1964
Posted: 07 February 2026 at 12:00am

MPH711 wrote: Steve Carras wrote: The "kids voices" on LAZY DAY actually make the song for me.. Those voices are only on Spanky’s Greatest Hit(s) album (and CD). They are not on the hit 45. Like you, I kinda like them!

Yes,I know they were only on the album.]]> Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=67763&title=spanky-and-our-gang#67763 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=67757&title=spanky-and-our-gang#67757 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 1964
Posted: 06 February 2026 at 12:17am

The database lists "Like To Get To Know You" on Spanky's Greatest Hit(s) as the 'DJ single version", but this version also appears on Mercury/UMe's 20th Century Masters: The Best of Spanky and Our Gang CD from 2005.

The only big difference other than 20th Century Masters running marginally faster and having more heavy-handed EQ than Greatest Hit(s) is that 20th Century Masters is the WELCOME absence of the annoying noise gate used on Greatest Hit(s). That old CD sounds like it is being played through one of those BBE Sonic Maximizers/noise suppersor units. Ellen Fitton's tenure at Universal Mastering East was hit or miss but 20th Century Masters is one of her more pleasant-sounding jobs, produced by the great Bill Levenson.

But in the database, 20th Century Masters lists "Like To Get To Know You" as neither the single nor LP version. Unless I am missing something, these two CDs contain differently mastered versions of the same thing.

Edited by LunarLaugh - 06 February 2026 at 12:17am]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:17:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=67757&title=spanky-and-our-gang#67757 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=67491&title=spanky-and-our-gang#67491 Author: MPH711
Subject: 1964
Posted: 09 November 2025 at 11:49am

Steve Carras wrote: The "kids voices" on LAZY DAY actually make the song for me..

Those voices are only on Spanky’s Greatest Hit(s) album (and CD). They are not on the hit 45. Like you, I kinda like them!]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2025 11:49:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=67491&title=spanky-and-our-gang#67491 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=67489&title=spanky-and-our-gang#67489 Author: Steve Carras
Subject: 1964
Posted: 09 November 2025 at 9:25am

The "kids voices" on LAZY DAY actually make the song for me..(Album version starting with SPANKY'S GREATEST HITS.)(thank you, mph711@!

Edited by Steve Carras - 07 February 2026 at 12:03am]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2025 09:25:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=67489&title=spanky-and-our-gang#67489 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=65540&title=spanky-and-our-gang#65540 Author: davidclark
Subject: 1964
Posted: 18 December 2024 at 7:02pm

Tom has graciously dubbed his stereo/mono promo of Spanky & Our Gang -
Like To Get To Know You and I can confirm that the common 3:17-ish stereo
version, is indeed this stereo promo, as I'd hoped and expected. So the
associated "neither the 45 nor LP version" comments in the database are
incorrect and can be changed.]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:02:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=65540&title=spanky-and-our-gang#65540 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=65482&title=spanky-and-our-gang#65482 Author: davidclark
Subject: 1964
Posted: 26 November 2024 at 8:31pm

to TomDiehl1,

I would really like to know if the stereo side promo is what is on CD, i.e, the
version from the 1969 LP "Spanky's Greatest Hits". I suspect so, but that's not
enough...

If you could dub your stereo promo and send to me, I'll do the comparison!

The original post for this thread where we assumed the box set "The Complete
Mercury Recordings" was the 45 has only added to the confusion with this
song.

Edited by davidclark]]> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:31:21 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=65482&title=spanky-and-our-gang#65482 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=54587&title=spanky-and-our-gang#54587 Author: sriv94
Subject: 1964
Posted: 28 May 2020 at 2:27pm

Not sure if the promo did that, but the stock 45 is as I described, based on this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK_N29shKCA

The record starts 27 seconds in (the major crackles [SALUTE!] start a couple of seconds before that). The guitar comes in at roughly (2:40) in, so
taking the first 27 seconds away lines it up as starting at around (2:13).

Crazier edits have happened, so I wouldn't rule out that the crossfade could be what's on the promo. Personally, I have my doubts.]]> Thu, 28 May 2020 14:27:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=54587&title=spanky-and-our-gang#54587 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=54578&title=spanky-and-our-gang#54578 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 1964
Posted: 27 May 2020 at 8:02pm

sriv94 wrote: Todd Ireland wrote: Now, some bad news... It looks like all stereo CD appearances of "Like to Get to Know You" in the database should have the comment: (neither the 45 or LP version). The reason for this is because at approximately the 2:02 point, a low trumpet sound is heard as the song transitions into the slow, soft coda. This trumpet sound is not heard on the 45 version. Also, an acoustic guitar begins playing at the 2:08 mark on the 45 version, yet doesn't kick in until the 2:12 point on every stereo appearance of the song I've heard on CD to date. As Pat correctly points out, the mono version on the Mercury Recordings box set is also a "neither," but it's because of the guitar at (2:08). It should be at (2:12) as the stereo issues are (based on Mark sending me a dub of his restoration of the 45 version). What the box set did (and I'm not sure if the subsequent Singles set did the same thing) is they made a little cross-fade edit to take four seconds out of the transition to the coda so that the guitar kicks in at (2:08). I didn't see that posted here, and I got confused when listening to Mark's dub and now I figured out why I was confused. (That probably won't happen again for a couple of years, so enjoy it while it lasts. :) )

Was there a mono promo with the crossfade shortened for
broadcast? Perhaps that's what the mono mix is on the
box set, if that mono mix does not actually match the
commercial 45, that is.]]> Wed, 27 May 2020 20:02:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=54578&title=spanky-and-our-gang#54578 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=54461&title=spanky-and-our-gang#54461 Author: TomDiehl1
Subject: 1964
Posted: 15 May 2020 at 7:26pm

Bill Cahill wrote: On "Like To Get To Know You", I assumed (always a bad idea) that for compilations, Mercury just took the stereo mix from the DJ 45 which was a mono/stereo 45. But I don't have that promo. Does the stereo side of the DJ 45 match the "neither 45 or LP version" or is it the parent LP mix? Or something else?

My mono/stereo copy is very trashed with
heavy wear throughout. The stereo side is
a lot quieter than the mono, and the edits
do not match up, as described earlier in
this thread comparing the mono 45 to cd
stereo mixes. Offhand, I believe the
stereo mix here may match what is on CD,
but I haven't had time to compare. ]]> Fri, 15 May 2020 19:26:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=54461&title=spanky-and-our-gang#54461 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=54444&title=spanky-and-our-gang#54444 Author: sriv94
Subject: 1964
Posted: 11 May 2020 at 9:49pm

Todd Ireland wrote: Now, some bad news... It looks like all stereo CD appearances of "Like to Get to Know You" in the database should have the comment: (neither the 45 or LP version). The reason for this is because at approximately the 2:02 point, a low trumpet sound is heard as the song transitions into the slow, soft coda. This trumpet sound is not heard on the 45 version. Also, an acoustic guitar begins playing at the 2:08 mark on the 45 version, yet doesn't kick in until the 2:12 point on every stereo appearance of the song I've heard on CD to date.

As Pat correctly points out, the mono version on the Mercury Recordings box set is also a "neither," but it's because of the guitar
at (2:08). It should be at (2:12) as the stereo issues are (based on Mark sending me a dub of his restoration of the 45 version).
What the box set did (and I'm not sure if the subsequent Singles set did the same thing) is they made a little cross-fade edit to
take four seconds out of the transition to the coda so that the guitar kicks in at (2:08).

I didn't see that posted here, and I got confused when listening to Mark's dub and now I figured out why I was confused. (That
probably won't happen again for a couple of years, so enjoy it while it lasts. :) )]]> Mon, 11 May 2020 21:49:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1964&PID=54444&title=spanky-and-our-gang#54444