Exile-"Kiss You All Over"

Both of my promo 45 copies are the listed (and actual) (3:20) mono side, and the listed (3:30), actual (3:26) stereo side versions. Although I don't own the listed (4:54) version on a promo 45, we played that version a lot in 1978, so I am certain that it also does exist. My commercial 45 has a listed time of (3:30), but an actual time of (3:27). There is different deadwax info between my stock 45 and the stereo side of my promo 45, which is how there can correctly be the :01 time difference between the two (3:27 vs 3:26).

The full version was released on a promo single in 1978 with the short version on the other side.

It's interesting to see mono promo 45s were still being released in 1978.

Hykker wrote: By the early 80s most had transitioned to stereo/stereo promos, but there were still mono/stereo 45s around even well into '82.

The WEA/Warner Music family was among the last holdouts, if not the last. I think all of their promo singles were still mono/stereo until late 1982.

IINM, I have a promo 45 of "The One Thing" by INXS (which was released in late '82, but didn't hit the Top 40 until early '83) which is mono/stereo. It is also on a promo version of the old "trumpet" Atco label, which they had apparently continued to use for promos even after switching to the gray label for commercial releases in the late '70s (as with Atlantic promo 45s from that era, it does not preserve the coloration of the commercial version of the label, but is white on the mono side, light blue on the stereo side). It is very strange to see an INXS 45 in mono and on that style of label...      

Jody:

My understanding is that by 1978, Top 40 commercial singles were almost exclusively issued in stereo and a growing majority of Top 40 listeners were switching to hearing their favorite new songs on FM radio. That said, I can only conclude that the mono side of promo 45s were tailored to the remaining AM Top 40 radio holdouts. Of course, I was only about five-years-old then, so I invite anyone with a better recollection to set the record straight if necessary. :-)

Welcome to the message board, Jody!