https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:26:36 +0000 Sun, 02 Feb 2020 21:40:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6986 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=6986&PID=53415&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#53415 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 6986
Posted: 02 February 2020 at 9:40pm

Reviving this thread after three years.

45 version (about 3:56)

Chilliwack's Canadian label at the time, Solid Gold Records, released a nice Greatest Hits, with copyright dates of 1983 and 1988. The packaging looks cheap from the outside, but the track selection gives a nice representation of their very long career in Canada, and the sound quality is quite nice. The same analog transfer is used on:

• Renaissance's Heard It On The Radio Vol. 1 (1998)
• Varese's Lost 45s Of The '70s And '80s Vol. 1 (1998)
• Varese's Totally Oldies Vol. 5 Then '80s (2003) - digitally identical to Lost 45s

All of the above sound quite nice, with nice EQ and no hint of noise reduction. The two Varese discs are just a teeny bit loud, and clip a bit in the last minute of the song. If given a choice, hunt down the Chilliwack Greatest Hits, which should be a tiny fraction of the cost of any of the others.

I also have the 45 version on a Canadian 2-CD compilation on Cirpa Records called Best Of Canadian Rock (1991). It sounds horrendous here, with extremely low sound levels and no discernible high end. Avoid.

LP version (about 4:16)

Solid Gold Records rereleased Chilliwack's Greatest Hits in 2002, with a new mastering, and two added videos on the CD. The 2002 mastering features the LP version of "My Girl." Sound is also quite nice, with a very bright EQ and no obvious artifacts from noise reduction. I didn't check if the other tracks were all LP versions as well.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Sun, 02 Feb 2020 21:40:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=53415&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#53415 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46625&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46625 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 6986
Posted: 24 December 2016 at 1:43pm

Thank you for the detailed info, Santa Pratt.

Looks as though only 4 stations in Canada, including
CHUM, gave the song some spins. It's biggest chart
success was at CKLG (#4). The other 2 stations were
CFGO in Ottowa and CKDA in Victoria.

I think you're right, the label's main push at the time
was Heart.]]> Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:43:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46625&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46625 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46624&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46624 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 6986
Posted: 23 December 2016 at 11:24pm

eriejwg wrote: It was never a hit in the U.S. (maybe in Canada) but a good song from Chilliwack in 1977 was "Fly At Night" on the Mushroom label. Only the LP version, running almost 5 minutes, has shown up on CD. There was a stereo short version and a mono short version that had a listed time of 3:20. Somewhere, in a move or two, I misplaced my copy of the short version.

John, it was the "Fly By Night" DJ 45 that had the short mono/stereo coupling. The U.S. stock 45 (4:50 listed) was the same as the LP track.

Mushroom did make an effort to push the single; we got a bunch of nifty airplane mobiles from the label at the distributorship I was working for at the time, which also tied into the parent Dreams, Dreams, Dreams LP (I gave one of the mobiles to a friend's kid brother, who would grow up to become a corporate pilot. Dreams, indeed!)

I can think of two factors that might've held the single back: 1) as a small indie label, Mushroom was putting most of its limited promotion budget behind Heart at the time, and 2) "Fly At Night" might've sounded a little too much like a Neil Young record to some programmers. Maybe if they'd titled it "A Horse With No Plane"... ;)

The promo 45 edit really tightened up the song, IMO. It peaked at #16 on the CHUM Chart in Toronto. ]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2016 23:24:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46624&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46624 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46622&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46622 Author: sriv94
Subject: 6986
Posted: 23 December 2016 at 7:29pm

So I just want to make sure--the Barry Scott Lost 45s CD has the correct 45 version?

Edited by sriv94]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2016 19:29:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46622&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46622 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46621&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46621 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 6986
Posted: 23 December 2016 at 6:12pm

It was never a hit in the U.S. (maybe in Canada) but a
good song from Chilliwack in 1977 was "Fly At Night"
on the Mushroom label.

Only the LP version, running almost 5 minutes, has
shown up on CD. There was a stereo short version and a
mono short version that had a listed time of 3:20.
Somewhere, in a move or two, I misplaced my copy of
the short version.

It's one of those songs that either wasn't pushed by
the label or the general public hated the song. I
thought it was a good song. In fact, we played it at
WWCB in Corry, PA briefly in 1977.]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:12:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46621&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46621 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46618&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46618 Author: MMathews
Subject: 6986
Posted: 23 December 2016 at 3:55pm

Yes radiofan, I thought my old 45 was just an early fade
of the LP version. But no one here has ever encountered a
pressing like that so once again my aging brain wires must
have crossed.
Funny thing was when I bought their Best-of on CD years
later, I heard the 45 intro with the extra chants and felt
I had never heard that before.
MM]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2016 15:55:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46618&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46618 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46615&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46615 Author: radiofan16
Subject: 6986
Posted: 22 December 2016 at 12:05am

Bumping this thread back up, it appears that the version MMathews is
describing is the LP version, which runs 4:16 seconds. All 45 versions run
3:56 seconds and include the "wonder if I'm ever gonna see my girl" chant that
starts after the drums kick in. This is absent in the LP version.]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:05:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=46615&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#46615 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=34835&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#34835 Author: MMathews
Subject: 6986
Posted: 07 August 2012 at 10:29pm

Jody, the version you describe sounds like the LP mix.
that's basically how i recall my 45 but a little shorter,
could have been an edit or an early fade.
I'm also intrigued by the version Rich has on the RCA
sampler.

Pat, my apologies for raising a false alarm - from what
i'm gathering the version listed as "45 version" is what
was on most 45's out there.

thanks for the extra info guys...

MM

]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:29:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=34835&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#34835 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=34788&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#34788 Author: Jody Thornton
Subject: 6986
Posted: 04 August 2012 at 5:51am

It originates from a Canadian promo 45. On the true edit though, the second chant is repeated twice (yes, for a total of four chants). That means the vocal comes in at .... hang on.

... ok back from the turntable, the vocal comes in at :18 seconds. Plus the picthc is slowed down on this mix by a semi-tome I would imagine.
]]> Sat, 04 Aug 2012 05:51:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=34788&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#34788 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6986&PID=34786&title=chilliwack-my-girl-gone-gone-gone#34786 Author: RichM921
Subject: 6986
Posted: 03 August 2012 at 6:59pm

Although I can't help you on the 45 question, I can confirm that the
edit you mention with the vocals coming in at :14 does exist. I have it
on a various artists LP called "Rock Power Music" released in 1983 on
RCA. Since I never owned the 45, I just assumed this was the single
version. Now I too am curious from where this edit originates.

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