Cheap Trick - The Flame

aaronk wrote: Based on what Ron said above, it seems that the LP version and 45 version are different edits of a longer take. There are spots in the LP version where an edit is audible, so that seems plausible. Also, regarding the Billboard disc, not only does the entire song run too slow, but also the first 4-5 seconds run even slower. The song picks up speed at that point, and the pitch seems fairly constant for the remainder.

It could be possible that the
version of "The Flame" appearing on
Billboard Top Hits: 1988 is
another recreation of a single edit
done by Bill Inglot rather than the
actual single edit much like
another songs on the Billboard
Top Hits series such as Spandau
Ballet's "True", Hall & Oates "Kiss
on My List", Air Supply's "Making
Love Out of Nothing At All" and
Blondie's "Call Me".