chilliwack - my girl (gone, gone, gone)

Pat,

Re: My girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) - just noticed this in the
database.

the version on these cd's:
"Lost 45's of the 70's and 80's"
"Then - Totally Oldies 80's 5"

is not the U.S. 45 version. The version on these cd's
and my Canadian Best-of are the original mix. It was re-
mixed for the U.S. Millenium LP, and the U.S. 45 was
edited from that remix.

The original Canadian mix sounds very "mono" with most
elements center, and mono reverb.
The U.S. remix sounds fuller, wider mix with stereo
reverb, altho this is easier to hear under headphones.

The easiest way to spot the original Canadian mix is in
the intro. Both start with the chant "gone gone gone she
been gone so long, she been gone gone gone so long".
However;
The segment as the drums start at :14, from :14 to :22
they chant "gone gone gone she been gone so long well i
wonder if i'm ever gonna see my girl" twice.
THAT segment was edited out of the American mix. The lead
vocal should start at :14 on both the U.S. LP and 45
versions.
I don't have either cd listed with "LP Version" but i'd
assume they are the U.S. LP version - but as ar as i know
the Millenium 45 version is not on cd yet.
MM

My Millennium 11813 stock 45 is a Sterling-mastered styrene RCA Indianapolis pressing, and has the same "YB-11813-A" deadwax matrix number as your DJ 45s, Pat. It also matches your description.

The drums start at 12.7 seconds, the "... well, I wonder if I'm ever gonna see my girl" line is repeated twice, and the lead vocal begins at the :22 mark.

The mix sounds identical to the "near mono" mix Mark cited on the Canadian mix, with only the finger snaps providing any significant stereo separation during the intro. I can't detect any mix differences between my stock U.S. 45 and the track on the 1988 Canadian Chilliwack Greatest Hits CD on Solid Gold (VCK 80129.)

Although I can't help you on the 45 question, I can confirm that the
edit you mention with the vocals coming in at :14 does exist. I have it
on a various artists LP called "Rock Power Music" released in 1983 on
RCA. Since I never owned the 45, I just assumed this was the single
version. Now I too am curious from where this edit originates.

Edited by RichM921

Jody, the version you describe sounds like the LP mix.
that's basically how i recall my 45 but a little shorter,
could have been an edit or an early fade.
I'm also intrigued by the version Rich has on the RCA
sampler.

Pat, my apologies for raising a false alarm - from what
i'm gathering the version listed as "45 version" is what
was on most 45's out there.

thanks for the extra info guys...

MM

Yes radiofan, I thought my old 45 was just an early fade
of the LP version. But no one here has ever encountered a
pressing like that so once again my aging brain wires must
have crossed.
Funny thing was when I bought their Best-of on CD years
later, I heard the 45 intro with the extra chants and felt
I had never heard that before.
MM