Another Brick In The Wall Part 2

I have the 45 version on a Columbia CD3 I picked up in the early 90s. Are
there any other CDs out there? I never bought Collection of Great Dance
Songs, so I don't know if that is the same version. The volume level of the
CD3 is actually a bit low compared to other CDs I have.

Yes, the LP version goes through the "wrong kick again" and the schoolyard
kids, and the breath before Mother. The 45 edit I have on the CD3 fades out
early, the same as the Columbia 45 (which I also have) is identical from start
to finish. Maybe the Dance Songs version is an edit of the 45 intro onto the
LP version with a newly created fade out.

Edited by anthology123

Doug is correct. If you fade "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" 38 seconds early on the Collection of Dance Songs CD, you do indeed end up with the correct 45 version and length.

So are you saying that in the US, the "stock" 45 had the fade during the guitar solo at about 3:02? I had heard it this way on SOME radio stations, but I was never sure an actual record was faded that way.

The only stock 45-rpm discs in Canada I have heard were akin to the "Dance Songs" version.

When I was a kid and got the 45 (because my parents only had the Wall on an 8-track and I was a vinyl kid) I was disappointed that the 45 faded out on the guitar solo...because the version I always heard on radio was the version on "Dance Songs", which retains the "if you don't eat your meat" part from the album!!! Personally, the way I prefer the song best is with 'happiest days of our lives' track as the intro, which is the way classic rock stations play the song in NY. Unfortunately, I don't believe there has ever been a CD that includes the two songs as one track, which would be mighty convenient for ipod purposes.