FAT BOYS - "The Twist"

FAT BOYS with Chubby Checker - "The Twist (Yo, Twist!)"

The actual 45 running time is (4:03) ,The listed time is"4:00"on the record label.(Tin Pan Apple 887571)

I don't have the original LP (full length CD) track. My stock CD track on the NOW 13 (U.K.issue) has the different mix against the US 45. Are both the 45 and the original LP track "Coming Back Hard Again" the same version? Could you help me?

I'd love to know the mix differences myself... and whether the ones listed in the database at the single mix or the "other" mix (album mix, or whatever it turns out to be.).

*BUMP*

Well, well, well-well-well!!!

Thanks to Aaron, I was able to compare his 45 to the version from "Now..."

And it is identical UNTIL you get to 3:09.

Aaron's 45 raps:

The west coast!
And on the east coast!
And in the south!
And in the north!
And all over the world!
What time would it break to be incompetable like this! (???) (I have NO CLUE what that actually says; that's phonetic.)

My "Now..." version says, in the same 20 seconds:

Hey, Hey!
England! Do the twist, twist!
And in France! Do the twist, twist!
Ha-ha-ha, Holland! Do the twist!
Ge-Ge-Ge-Germany! Do the twist!
And all over Europe! Do the twist, twist!
Do the twist, twist!

Two (three?) things this tells me:

#1 - There were region-specific versions of the single released: one for the United States, one for Europe.

#2 - The music behind the European version is obviously and painfully pasted in; you can hear Chubby's wail get cut off to start up the generic beats... and when you listened to the copies synched, it's a hair different coming back in (yes, like a bad edit).

#3 - (This is a guess) The Fat Boys thought the "Do the twist, twist!" would be in the American mix, because they leave gaps between each region as if it is supposed to be there, while those shouts are actually there on the European version.

UNBELIEVABLE!

You can't know which version is on a CD until you listen between 3:09 and 3:29.

I also had to slow Aaron's copy down by .28% to match mine, but I expect that's a to-be-expected variation in machines used to dupe from the master tape and not an actual mastering decision, per-se.

Abagon, is this the difference you heard between your 45 & your CD?

EDIT: The "American" version is on this video, minus the talking at the beginning and the end (and the echo at the end.) -- Fat Boys - The Twist ("U.S.A. version")

Edited by NightAire

Gene,

The 45 labels over at 45cat have it as "The Twist (Yo,
Twist! Version)