Shaun Cassidy - Hey Deanie

This song hit #7 in 1978? You'd never know it by listening to the radio in 1979 - this one never made into any radio station's gold library, as far as I know.

The LP version runs 3:36 on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 35 AM Nuggets (1993). Based on the timing, and the tendency for the Time-Life discs to rely on earlier masterings, I'd bet that this version is based on Curb's Shaun Cassidy Greatest Hits, but can't confirm.

There's a different analog transfer on Rhino's Have A Nice Day Vol. 24 (1996), which runs a teeny bit faster and clocks in at 3:34. Both of these versions sound OK - nothing great, but not awful.

Using Have A Nice Day Vol. 24 as the source for the LP version, here are instructions for creating the 45 edit:

Segment 1
Extends from 0:00.0 to 2:39.0 on both the LP version and the 45 edit
Ends on a downbeat on the word "love"

Remove the 56 beats from 2:39.0 to 3:04.7 of the LP version ("love" to "love").

Segment 2
37 beats long
Starts on a downbeat on the word "love"
Extends from 3:04.7 to 3:21.7 of the LP version
Extends from 2:39.0 to 2:55.9 of the 45 edit
Ends on a snare

Remove the 16 beats from 3:21.7 to 3:29.0 of the LP version

Segment 3
Starts on a snare
Extends from 3:29.0 to 3:37.0 (end) of the LP version
Extends from 2:55.9 to 3:03.9 (end) of the 45 edit

Your mixdown will run 3:00 (excluding outro silence), or 3:03.9 (including outro silence), with edits at 2:39.0 and 2:55.9. The edit near 2:56 falls properly on the beat, but it's pretty clumsy. You'll hear background vocals disappear and an open hi-hat come out of nowhere - that's what really on the 45.

Edited by crapfromthepast

EdisonLite wrote: When you make the comment above about this song, I assume you're making your observations about the region of the country where you lived, though I'm sure it's probably true of the whole country.

That's my guess. Certainly true for the New York City
radio stations, most likely true in other markets.

"I Think I Love You" still gets a fair amount of airplay.

As to the subject at hand, is the 45 version of "Hey Deanie" on Then 70s correct?

Edited by sriv94

Ron, do pretty much all the Time-Life compilations have the L/R channels reversed? Could you start a separate thread to list the
compilations that you know are reversed?

sriv94 wrote: As to the subject at hand, is the 45 version of "Hey Deanie" on Then 70s correct?

If I recall, it was the the single version but taken from vinyl.