https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:24:03 +0000 Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:59:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5538 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=5538&PID=67706&title=bobby-veebeautiful-people#67706 Author: ChicagoBill
Subject: 5538
Posted: 24 January 2026 at 6:59pm

Fifteen years later... I knew I had a CD with the mono version of 'Beautiful People'. It has a 2:26.3 time, which is not quite as long as my 45 RPM single (2:29.4). I found it on 'The Best Of Bobby Vee' on EMI/Liberty CDP 7903272 (UK) copyright 1988! -Bill. ]]> Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:59:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5538&PID=67706&title=bobby-veebeautiful-people#67706 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5538&PID=26041&title=bobby-veebeautiful-people#26041 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 5538
Posted: 18 April 2010 at 4:06pm

Jim, my commercial 45 of "Beautiful People" also runs (2:29). It's a vinyl pressing; deadwax is "LB-2497", "Nashville Matrix" (in their usual script logo) and "5".

Speaking of the U.K. Bobby Vee: The Singles Collection, I agree that it was a disappointment that they used the stereo track. Another big letdown to me was that they also used the stereo take of Bobby's 1966 #52 hit, "Look At Me Girl." There's a high harmony vocal on the 45 that is either missing from or is deeply buried in the stereo mix, and when the title is sung repeatedly at the end of the record, it really loses something without that top harmony part.

Just two more reasons why Collectors Choice should do a Bobby Vee mono singles set. :)

Edited by Yah Shure]]> Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:06:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5538&PID=26041&title=bobby-veebeautiful-people#26041 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5538&PID=26031&title=bobby-veebeautiful-people#26031 Author: jimct
Subject: 5538
Posted: 18 April 2010 at 1:23pm

My commercial 45, confirmed as Liberty 56009, has a listed time of (2:24), but an actual time of (2:29). My 45 is styrene, with deadwax of "LB-2497". Furthermore, all five of the current database CDs that feature this song (all in stereo), run much shorter, between (2:15) and (2:18). At first glance, it appears that the mono 45 version could run as much as :14 seconds longer than its stereo LP version counterpart. I also happen to own two multi-disc import collections by him (EMI's 1998 2-CD "The Essential & Collectable Bobby Vee", and Liberty's 2006, 3-CD set, "Bobby Vee: The Singles Collection") but, unfortunately, both of these comps also include the shorter, incorrect stereo LP version, not the 1967 45 version.

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