Meco-"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band"

My commercial 45 has both a listed and actual time of (3:28). The only obvious dropout on my 45, which I remember also hearing on the radio back in 1977, was at the (1:35) mark, which I always just wrote off to a horrific splice during the editing process. But I do certainly trust Pat's excellent "audio ears" for noting other dropout points as well. I only mention this timing because current database CDs which state "45 version" run between (3:29) and (3:33). Perhaps my 45 was sped up, vs. some of the CD appearances, so the "Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk" CD, which features both a (3:29) "45 version", as well as the promo 12" version, appears to be the one to own for the "correct 45 run time on CD fanatics" among us.

I once had a Canadian comp where the song was perfect all the way through. There was no indication that it was a remix, although it is possible.

It seems all single versions have dropouts. However, there are some listings like:

Casablanca 314553255 Best Of (45 version with LP introduction)

which apparently has no dropouts and is simply 11 seconds longer. Based on the description, does that mean if I eliminate the 1st 11 seconds, I will have the single version without dropouts?