Chicago - Feelin’ Stronger Every Day

Yah Shure wrote: It's a typo.

I'm not so sure it's always a typo. many radio stations,
even in 1973, were wary of records that went much past
3:30. Having a shorter time on the label could trick a GM
or DJ into playing it. This was also at a time when
Chicago was learning to write and record shorter, more
radio-friendly songs, rather than the long jams they were
known for. And, most of the edits of their earlier hits
were terrible.

The Hits Man wrote: Yah Shure wrote: It's a typo. I'm not so sure it's always a typo. many radio stations, even in 1973, were wary of records that went much past 3:30. Having a shorter time on the label could trick a GM or DJ into playing it. This was also at a time when Chicago was learning to write and record shorter, more radio-friendly songs, rather than the long jams they were known for. And, most of the edits of their earlier hits were terrible.

Grant, we're discussing a specific reissue 45 here. There is no 2:43 edit of "Feelin' Stronger Every Day." That incorrect 2:43 timing typo didn't appear until the Columbia Hall Of Fame 33255 "Feelin' Stronger..."/"Just You 'N' Me" reissue 45, which - since it didn't exist in 1973 - would have played no part in airplay determination when the song was a hit.

When the original Columbia 45880 single came out in 1973, both the commercial 45 and promo 45 labels stated 4:13. Therefore, no PDs or MDs were tricked (by the timing on the label, that is. Who knows what other promotional chicanery may have transpired?)    

Tunestony wrote: AndrewChouffi wrote: I could be incorrect, but I believe a couple of people are misinterpreting Tunestony. I think he's saying that he felt it was odd there was no mono option in 1973 for the Chicago hit, as there were a lot of powerful/influential monaural radio stations back then! Andy Thanks Andy, you are correct. I was saying that I thought it was strange that there was NOT a mono option on a promo 45 from 1973.

Well,I sure was one who didn't misread..Andy and I were the ONLY ones to read your comment as it was meant!!

Edited by Steve Carras

Bill Cahill wrote: Thanks for the correction on some later Chicago mono options, I didn't have those promos. I've looked for mono promos of the Chicago 5-10 singles, I haven't found any. Not sure about Chicago 11. "Hot Streets" as noted had mono options.

I checked thru my Chicago singles, and my findings agree
with John & Bill. Everything after "Saturday In The
Park" and before "Alive Again" were strictly stereo.
Some double-A, some simply white-label versions of the
commercial single and in the case of "Wishing You Were
Here", long/short. Even my 1971 copy of "Questions 67 &
68" is stereo/stereo, though mine is the reservice single
that's in English & Japanese. Not sure about original
issue, though ISTR it being mono.

The return of mono/stereo promos seemed to coincide with
the end of James William Guercio as producer.
I wonder if for whatever reason he was opposed to mono
mixes of their songs.