Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen 3:20 short v

John, when I looked into this 5+ years ago, the determination was, surprisingly, that the (3:20) DJ 45 utilized audio that was not found at all on the stock 45 version, but was instead culled from the LP version. I don't have the exact details, but if you want a 100% digital result, you'll have to track down one of the CDs that Pat specifies as "LP version". FYI, it will not be one of your quicker-to-resolve cases...

OK let's give this a shot. The 3:20 version I believe was only issued in mono. It is on a DJ promo that has the regular single version on one side (also in mono) and this
special shorter edit. Then intent of this edit seems to be to elimiate the second verse and give it more hook. You have to have the LP Version to make the edit.

I'm always referring in the below to the original album version time points, not what happens after you edit it.

You edit from 2:06 on the word DIE, to 5:37 on the word DIE.. at least I think that's the point. It's somewhere in that chorus. This gets you to that orchestrated bit that also
starts the song.

At the point of the final orchestrated "hit" at 5:55 you edit back to that same hit :14. Then let that guitar solo play to about about :24 and edit to the same point right
before the drums at 5:09. That gets you to another chorus.. but you have to repeat this chorus once at 5:26. Right after the drums That gives you three repeats of the chorus to
finish up you edit, (otherwise you'd only have two) and the song fades out right as the third chorus is over (like the single does) which should get you to 3:22.

This edit is ever so slightly faster than the LP version that I pulled from The Best of Sweet 2005 edition.

Good luck!

Sure enough is! The 3:20 stereo is next in line with the Promo numbers. Capitol made these numbers if there was something "different" about the release than the
standard release. The Mono Promo has PRO-8792 on the 3:20 Side and PRO 8793 on the 3:46 side. The stereo promo on disclogs show the stereo 3:20 edit to be SPRO
8794. It doesn't show the 3:46 side label, just notes that the B side is that length. I would assume (always dangerous to do so) that the long side is stereo stock
version.

Wow! Here they are "performing" the edit ....lol
(that always kills me)

But sounds like the full single as opposed to the radio edit. Oh well (it's only short since it fades early.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9XYaEsfuU0