England Dan/John Ford Coley-We’ll Never..

Is the 45 sped (I seem to recall the pitch on the version I heard on the radio being a little faster than the CD versions I've heard)?

Edited by sriv94

Did we ever figure out if there's a speed difference or if there are two
different 45 pressings? My recollection continues to be that the CD
versions run slower than the 45.

Man, if I had a quarter for every time Ed and I have come up with different
actual timings over the years, despite identical deadwax info, I could sure
buy myself a lot more 45's!!!   :(   And then being called on to later defend
my timings, and refute contrary, after-my-report info submitted by Ed,
yet again, always puts me in a great mood....(Can anyone say "Jim Root
Canal?")

Nonetheless, I press on here, in the name of ultimate accuracy. My stock
45, which debuted on BB on 2/25/78 and I bought just 3 days after its
debut week, again has a listed time of (2:49), and again has an actual time
of (2:44). Deadwax info for this copy is "ST-BT-34730-10 1-1".

I also pulled my stereo/stereo Big Tree 16110 promo 45. It is unusual for
this era that it does not feature a mono/stereo configuration. One stereo
promo 45 side matches Ed's deadwax info exactly: "ST-BT-34730-1",
while the other side's deadwax is "ST-BT-34730-2". Both sides have listed
times of (2:49), and actual times of (2:47). No more. No less. (2:47). As
Doug has correctly pointed out, the (2:49) CD versions clearly sound
"slow" to me, compared to both my 1978 radio memories or either of the
45 versions I just played/re-timed.

To my ears just now, my stock 45 copy's ending seconds clearly
truncates *much* more severely than either side of my promo 45 did.
When time allows, I will forward dubs of both my stock & promo 45
versions to my usual experts, as I think there's at least a chance that the
two versions' last (1:00) or so may contain some edit point differences
between them.

Edited by jimct

The First charting version by Deardorff & Joseph was played in
Chicago on WBBM-FM. It charted a year and a half prior to the England
Dan version. I see it bubbled under at #109 in Billboard but hit #22 on
the Easy Listening charts.

https://youtu.be/XIlyOkUNlo0

Edited by MPH711

It was originally recorded by its writer, Jeffrey Comanor, on his 1976 LP "A
Rumor in His Own Time".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3iYtzjifOQ