SHALAMAR - "Dancing In The Sheets"

SHALAMAR - "Dancing In The Sheets"

The acutial commercial 45 running time is (3:58) , the listed time is "4:01" on the record label. (Columbia 38-04372)

eriejwg wrote: Anyone know how to recreate the DJ 45 edit of this song, running 3:44?

Just bumping up eriejwg's post from 2013... as I would also like to know how to recreate the DJ 45.

Thanks.

crapfromthepast wrote: The 3:44 version of the song is a reverb-laden remix, and can't be edited down from the 4:01 version. Here's a YouTube video of the 3:44 45 being played. Apparently, the 3:44 version was also released on some pressings of the commercial 45, not just on a white-label promo 45. It has the same catalog number as the 4:01 version (Columbia 4372), but a different matrix number.

Ah, great catch, cftp! Indeed, a quick scan of all U.S. copies of the 45 currently listed on eBay reveals that a second pressing of "Dancing in the Sheets" w/ the (3:44) version does exist on commercial/stock copies as well (which the YouTube poster obviously has). In fact, it seems to be equally as common as the first pressings w/ the (4:01) O.S.T. Footloose LP version (so neither is rare) - and yes, the label even says "Mixed by John 'Jellybean' Benitez" on those second pressings. Those containing the (3:44) remix definitely came later, as I noticed white-label promo/dj copies w/ that version clearly state "DJ RESERVICE" on the labels - and as you rightly noted, the matrix no. is higher as well. (Although Pat's db notes don't make it clear, yes, there were TWO different physical promo/dj 45s issued - in other words, there wasn't just one, featuring the 4:01 LP version on one side, and the 3:44 remix on the other.) Heck, even the 1988 "Hall of Fame" re-issue 45 on Columbia 13-08421 (also b/w the instrumental version) features the (3:44) remix. So it looks like Pat will need to revise his db notes for this one; there are currently three U.S. CDs listed that contain the (3:44) remix (vs. 11 w/ the LP/original 45 version), so while it isn't rare on 45, it's not that common on CD...

On eBay, complete w/ photos:

SHALAMAR - "Dancing in the Sheets" (second U.S. commercial 45 w/ 3:44 remix)
SHALAMAR - "Dancing in the Sheets" (original U.S. promo/dj 45 w/ 4:01 LP version)
SHALAMAR - "Dancing in the Sheets" (second U.S. promo/dj 45 w/ 3:44 remix)
SHALAMAR - "Dancing in the Sheets" (U.S. re-issue 45 w/ 3:44 remix)

Edited by 80smusicfreak

Thanks for all of the info, Ron, eriejwg and 80smusicfreak.

I had no idea that it was a different mix. Looks like I'll have to chase up a copy of the Shalamar "Best Of" CD.    

Last weekend I saw this post and never realized there was a 7" remix of this song. It is like being a kid again discovering "new" music. The very next day I went to a flea market, found this little old lady selling a few 80s 45s. Sure enough this was one of them! Picked it up for 50 cents. It was a good day.