DJ 45s with edited A *and* B-sides

This grew out of the Wings - "Mull Of Kintyre" thread, after Hykker noted that the promo 45 that also included "Girls' School" (the U.S. pop A-side) featured edits on both the A and B-sides.

How about some others?

Here's an overlooked, but worthy U.S. non-charter from 1972. Brave Belt's "Dunrobin's Gone" was a minor hit in Canada, and can still be heard on Canadian oldies stations. The B-side, "Another Way Out", was a #1 hit at my college station during the Fall of 1972.

Both songs were included on the Brave Belt II LP, but for the 45, each side was edited and remixed, with the vocals being centered. The fade of "Another Way Out" was edited, but it sustains longer before fading than the comparable part on the album version.

Both sides feature lead vocals by Chad Allan, the original lead singer of the Guess Who / Chad Allan & The Expressions. These were the only two tracks on the LP on which he appears, having left the group during the sessions. "Another Way Out" is in the vein of what was to come when the band changed its name, direction and record company the following year, emerging as Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

After BTO had hit it big, Reprise dusted off the Brave Belt II LP in 1974, retitling it Bachman-Turner-Bachman As Brave Belt. A single was issued in Canada, with "Another Way Out" being promoted to A-side status. The unedited, original LP mix was used for this single, which was not released in the U.S. That artist credit is about as cumbersome as it gets... and with a period to boot! The intro was long enough to squeeze it all in, but Canadian radio by and large took a pass on it.

The edits (but not the mixes) of both sides of the U.S. Reprise 45 can be replicated from the import CD Brave Belt I / Brave Belt II (BLR-CD-4054).

I don't know whether or not commercial U.S. copies of the 1972 45 were edited and remixed like the promo, or were even available, for that matter; I'd special-ordered it at the time, but the local distributor could not get it.

Edited by Yah Shure

Not 100% sure on this one, but the only other instance where both A & B sides might have had promo edits is "She's A Rainbow" by the Rolling Stones. I don't have the promo single of this, but remember it running ~2:50 or so (I have the edited version on a juke box mini-LP). I think the B side might have been an edit too.

Anyone have the promo 45 of this that can verify?

This one just missed the top 40, stopping at #47. The 1975 mono DJ 45 for Justin Hayward & John Lodge's "I Dreamed Last Night" / "Remember Me, My Friend" differed on both sides from the stereo commercial 45 release on Threshold 67019.

"I Dreamed Last Night" :

The A-side of the commercial 45 contains the unedited LP version from Blue Jays. Matrix # is ZXDR 57013. The listed time is 4:29.

The mono A-side of the DJ 45 remixes Justin Hayward's split-channel vocals, brining them forward. The edit is very nicely done, with the song ending cold. Matrix # is XDR 57392. The listed time is 2:49.

"Remember Me, My Friend" :

The B-side of the commercial 45 is both an edit and an early fade of the 5:27 LP version. The intro consists of five sets of three-note guitar strums, just as it does on the LP. Matrix # is ZXDR 57008-C. Listed time is 3:55.

The mono B-side of the DJ 45 remixes the split-channel lead vocals. The intro edits out the second, third and fourth sets of guitar strums. Immediately following the instrumental bridge, the song fades out very quickly, without giving the hook the opportunity to repeat itself. Matrix # is XDR 57008-EV-M. Listed time is 3:15.    

Brian W. wrote: The B-side of "U Got the Look," which is "Housequake," also is edited on the B-side of that single, though the A-side appears to be album length.

Brian, does the 7" version of "Housequake" contain "bulls***" or has that been censored? Being a big Prince fan, I'd be curious to hear what that edit sounds like.

aaronk wrote: Brian W. wrote: The B-side of "U Got the Look," which is "Housequake," also is edited on the B-side of that single, though the A-side appears to be album length. Brian, does the 7" version of "Housequake" contain "bulls***" or has that been censored? Being a big Prince fan, I'd be curious to hear what that edit sounds like.

I don't know, Aaron... I don't think I own the single. I'm going by what's on the label, which is MUCH shorter than the album version.