Additions/corrections to 10th edition...

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   Thanks for this great new forum, Pat. I received my copy 

of the 10th edition of your book on Monday the 4th. It's 

the first one I've ever bought, and I must say, I'm 

amazed at all the details! I'm a big fan of '70s and '80s 

music in general, so this huge book will definitely come 

in handy. Now, if only it could ever be expanded to 

include all songs that made the top 100, and not just the 

top 40! I know, just a dream... (*sigh*)

Although I've had only about 9 days to absorb it so far, 

here's a list of additions/corrections I'd like to 

contribute:

pg. 339: You seem to make the effort to always point out 

when song titles differ either slightly or completely on 

the original 45 vs. the albums, which I do find helpful. 

(Examples you note include Alice Cooper's 1975 single, 

"Only Women", which was titled "Only Women Bleed" on the 

album; and how the Jacksons' 1981 hit, "Heartbreak 

Hotel", is now known as "This Place Hotel".) Therefore, I 

feel it should also be noted in future editions that 

Earth, Wind & Fire's 1979 hit was titled "After the Love 

HAS Gone" on the single, while for reasons I've never 

understood, on albums it was worded "After the Love IS 

Gone" (at least in many cases, but perhaps not all)...

pgs. 477 & 1255: Greg Guidry's first name misspelled (I 

have the album w/ his 1982 hit, "Goin' Down", on 

cassette)...

pg. 978: Timothy B. Schmit's 1987 hit, "Boys Night Out", 

is listed as never appearing on any U.S. CD to date, and 

is also flagged as such in the "Song Title Index" (pg. 

1242). I'm 99% certain that isn't true, as the song's 

1987 parent album did originally come out on CD in the 

U.S. on MCA. I actually own the U.S. cassette version, 

and while I don't have the CD, I know I've seen it in my 

many travels to used record stores in the past. And sure 

enough, in double-checking my many old "Schwann" catalogs 

from the late '80s and early '90s, they do indeed list 

the album as being available on CD at that time (label & 

no. being MCA MCAD-42049). According to "Schwann", it 

remained in print until 1990-91. So while "Boys Night 

Out" probably hasn't been available on CD in well over a 

decade, it does exist...

BTW, there were actually two different pressings of 

Schmit's album in the U.S.: Original copies of the 

LP/cassette/CD gave the artist & title as simply "Timothy 

B"; MCA evidently felt that was too ambiguous and thus 

had second thoughts, so later pressings had the 

artist/title changed to his full name, "Timothy B. 

Schmit". I have both versions on cassette, and there's no 

doubt in my mind that the same was done w/ the CD, so 

that is also probably worth noting in the book...

pg. 1036: You state that dj copies of Rick Springfield's 

1981 hit, "I've Done Everything for You", ran (2:42) and 

(3:16), but that "commercial copies were all (2:42)". Not 

true on the latter. The story: When the single was first 

released in January of '81, both dj & commercial copies 

contained the (3:16) album version. However, when the 

song completely flopped and failed to chart in both 

"Billboard" and "Cash Box", RCA then decided to 

rush-release "Jessie's Girl" as the second single from 

Springfield's album, "Working Class Dog" (note that the 

catalog no. of "12166" on "IDEFY" precedes that of 

"12201" assigned to "JG"). Well, we all know what 

happened to "JG" - it shot straight to #1 in both 

"Billboard" and "Cash Box" in the Summer of '81. As a 

follow-up, RCA then elected to re-promote "IDEFY" in 

August of '81 (and w/ the same "12166" catalog no.). 

Thanks to the success of "JG", "IDEFY" hit the top 10 in 

both "Billboard" and "Cash Box" the second time around. 

But during that re-promotion, both dj & commercial copies 

of the single contained the (2:42) edit. Consequently, 

commercial (and even dj) copies of the original pressing 

w/ the (3:16) album version are quite rare, while those 

w/ the (2:42) edit are literally a dime a dozen. I own dj 

copies of both versions myself, as well as the commercial 

version w/ the (2:42) edit. And while I've yet to track 

down a commercial copy w/ the (3:16) album version, I 

know a fellow collector who claims to have one. Frankly, 

I was quite impressed that you knew that dj copies w/ the 

(3:16) version even existed, as I've never seen it 

documented before in any other price or collector's 

guides w/ entries/discographies on Springfield...

pg. 1037: You also seem to note whenever a single's 

actual running time differs from that which is printed on 

the label of the 45 itself, which I again find quite 

useful. (While I've always known that happened quite a 

bit over the years, I didn't realize just how rampant the 

practice/problem was until I recently received your 

book!) Well, you can also add Rick Springfield's 1983 

hit, "Human Touch", to the list. As your book correctly 

notes, the "45 version" typically runs (3:52)-(3:54) on 

CD; that's because the single version actually does clock 

in at (3:54). But check the label on your 45 (which I 

have as well) - you'll find it states a ru