elton john--empty garden (hey johnny)

anyone know where i can find the 45 version of elton john's hit "empty garden (hey hey garden).....the 45 runs 3:59 in length and the lp version runs 5:10......any info would be helpful....

P.S. The single edits of "Wrap Her Up" and "Who Wears These Shoes" have never been issued on CD, either.

hey brian.....just so you know......the 45 version of the song "wrap her up" is the same version as what is on ej's greatest hits volume 3 just faded out to 4:16.......the 45 version of the song "who wears these shoes?" is the same version as what is on "breaking hearts" just faded to 3:38......the 45 version of "victim of love" is the same version as what is on the full cd victim of love just faded to 3:18........the 45 version of the song "bite your lip" is the same version from "blue moves" faded to 3:37.....the 45 levon is the same version from the "to be continued" box set faded out to the 5:07 mark.......the only 45 version i have not been able to get is the song "empty garden"........just some minor notes from listening to my 45s versus the cd versions.........edtop40

edtop40 wrote: brain....so you know the first 3 top 40 releases by ej are in mono.......the versions are available in stereo but i don't know if you've ever seen them in mono........the songs "your song", "friends" and "levon" are all mono versions from the uni label 45's.......

I've always wondered that. I've never heard those three in mono before. Your Song... it's been on SO MANY CDs, it wouldn't surprise me if it had been issued on CD in mono, at some point, somewhere. I've never seen it, though.

Thanks for the info.

Yes, you can edit the LP version to make the 45 version. You'll need to hack out the section from (3:03) to (3:38) on the snare hit after the word "name." Then with what you have left, chop out the section from (3:38) to (4:05) also on the snare hit.

Although the database says that DJ and commercial copies ran (3:59), the actual running time is (4:06).

Edited by aaronk