https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:57:56 +0000 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 12:49:24 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6820 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=6820&PID=51240&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51240 Author: Paul C
Subject: 6820
Posted: 09 February 2019 at 12:49pm

Thanks for the discovery, David. The Collectables 45 of "Follow The Boys", issued in 1986, is the LP version in stereo. So it looks like the MGM Gold Circle reissue 45 may well have been the last time the 45 version was issued. I don't know when the MGM reissue 45 would have gone out of print, but likely not later than the early 1970s.]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2019 12:49:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51240&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51240 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51191&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51191 Author: vanmeter
Subject: 6820
Posted: 04 February 2019 at 3:25pm

Yes, my 45s are boxed up but I can dig for it in a day or two just to remove any doubt - but it is a standard, black label early '60s US pressing - the matrix info in the dead wax is listed above, and it's the same catalog number as the "regular" version. My mother was a fan and this came out her senior year of HS so all I can figure it she must've bought it when it was brand new and got a different version that was replaced/pulled quickly. As I say I never never heard this take anywhere else (I don't have the BF box). ]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:25:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51191&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51191 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51190&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51190 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 6820
Posted: 04 February 2019 at 2:55pm

vanmeter wrote: This is my 45 of "My Heart..." Deadwax is 60-XY-125-1, MGM K12923. As I say it's a completely different version after the bridge. This was a dub I did many years ago and I think the declicking of the the time destroyed the pick bass sound in the arrangement, so before it's pointed out I know that there's (unfortunately) too much noise reduction here, I've just never taken time to do it again all these years later. https://picosong.com/wJkTm

Very, VERY interesting! It's not just different after
the bridge, Vanmeter, it's a completely different take
from start to finish.

BUT... that is NOT take 37. That sounds to my ears to
be take 23, which is also on the Bear Family box, and
in much better sound than take 37! I need to listen
further, but my initial impression is that that's take
23.

And this is an American pressing of "My Heart Has a
Mind of It's Own," correct?

Edited by Brian W.]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:55:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51190&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51190 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51189&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51189 Author: vanmeter
Subject: 6820
Posted: 04 February 2019 at 8:46am

This is my 45 of "My Heart..." Deadwax is 60-XY-125-1, MGM K12923. As I say it's a completely different version after the bridge. This was a dub I did many years ago and I think the declicking of the the time destroyed the pick bass sound in the arrangement, so before it's pointed out I know that there's (unfortunately) too much noise reduction here, I've just never taken time to do it again all these years later.

https://picosong.com/wJkTm



Edited by vanmeter]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:46:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51189&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51189 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51183&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51183 Author: Michaeldila
Subject: 6820
Posted: 03 February 2019 at 3:08pm

"follow the boys" was scheduled to be included on the third bear family
set, but it was canceled due to low sales apparently...too bad because
there is plenty of connie's stuff waiting to be released in the digital
age...

Edited by Michaeldila]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2019 15:08:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51183&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51183 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51181&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51181 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 6820
Posted: 03 February 2019 at 2:28pm

MMathews wrote: "My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own" does not have a different vocal take. I sync's the 45 with the LP version. The differences in the LP version are added instruments, and a different mix. The LP version added an extra guitar and woodwinds. When they remixed it for the stereo they bounced the original vocal into a new track and as a result it sounds hollow and weird in the LP version, but same take. MM

Hmm, I don't know... according to the Bear Family
Connie Francis box:

"Several takes from these sessions are still extant.
The original MGM K 12923 single utilized Take 49
(recorded July 31, 1960) but two weeks into release
this was replaced by Take 37 (recorded July 25, 1960)
at the behest of Francis and the song's writers."

The Bear Family box does contain take 37, but the
sound quality is awful... it's super distorted. Not
sure if it's a disc dub or a faulty tape source.

The good news is that "Second Hand Love" and
"Together" are both on the Bear Family box in their
mono single mixes, in very good sound. "Follow the
Boys" does not appear at all.

Edited by Brian W.]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:28:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51181&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51181 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51165&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51165 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 6820
Posted: 01 February 2019 at 7:45pm

Great info. So have these three tracks yet to appear on CD in the proper hit 45 versions?

- Second Hand Love
- My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own
- Follow The Boys

Edited by Santi Paradoa]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:45:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51165&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51165 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51164&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51164 Author: MMathews
Subject: 6820
Posted: 01 February 2019 at 6:48pm

"My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own" does not have a different vocal take. I sync's the 45 with the LP version.
The differences in the LP version are added instruments, and a different mix. The LP version added an extra guitar and woodwinds.
When they remixed it for the stereo they bounced the original vocal into a new track and as a result it sounds hollow and weird in the LP version, but same take.
MM]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:48:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51164&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51164 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51163&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51163 Author: vanmeter
Subject: 6820
Posted: 01 February 2019 at 8:05am

I've posted before about "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" but it's not just a different vocal take, my 45 has a key change after the bridge that goes up a half step that's not on the common version, so it's a different arrangement to some extent as well. This was my mother's 45 from back in the day that I grew up hearing so this song has never sounded right to me hearing it on other releases in the reissue era. ]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2019 08:05:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51163&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51163 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51142&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51142 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 6820
Posted: 29 January 2019 at 2:38pm

Nice detective work, Brian!]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:38:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6820&PID=51142&title=connie-francisfollow-the-boys#51142