Blondie-"One Way Or Another"

My commercial 45 has a listed time of (3:31), but an actual time of (3:26).

I recently re-acquired Blondie's The Best of CD on Chrysalis 21337 and noticed that "One Way or Another" seems to sound slightly remixed to my ears compared to other discs. For example, on Best of, I detect a little added reverb in Debbie Harry's lead vocals and a different tone and channel placement in the percussion (notably the cymbals) compared to the song's mix on the Ten Best Series: Best of CD (EMI Music Special Markets 98056) and the Sounds of the Seventies - 1979: Take Two various artists CD (Time-Life SOD-19).

Note that "One Way or Another" runs 3:26 on the latter two CDs, which is right in line with the 45 length, while the song is 3:33 on the Best of disc which is closer to the 3:30-3:31 length on every CD release of the parent LP Parallel Lines.

So this brings up the following questions...

1) Is the slightly different mix on Best of unique to that particular album or CD release, or is it reflective of the actual LP mix as heard on Parallel Lines? I'm keeping in mind that other unique versions of Blondie hits ("Heart of Glass", "Rapture"), which are now commonly found on CD today, first originated from the Best of vinyl LP.

2) What is the actual vinyl LP length of "One Way or Another"?

Hi Todd,

i too was kind of curious about what turned up with this
so i was lurking. My vinyl copy of the LP is long gone,
however my CD is the first 1985 pressing using the Lp's
1st pressing master, so it should match the vinyl LP, at
least the first pressing of it.
I carefully compared the "Best Of" version with the LP
version, and i don't hear any mix differences.
The LP times to exactly 3:30, while the "Best Of" copy
times to exactly 3:33. They fade to exactly the same
point, so it must be a minor pitch difference. (edit;
note these times do not include any silence in the cd
time index.)

Now, i DON'T have any of the compilation CD's it's on.   

The only other CD i could compare is
"Greatest Hits: Sound And Vision" on Capitol.
That version is clearly, to my ears, remixed.
    Now this CD is tricky, because one might think many
of the tracks are new mixes, but the mastering is very
bass-heavy. I think the engineer was maybe trying to make
up for many previous Blondie cd's being a little bass-
lite and not-so-punchy. Well, this one is super-punchy
by comparison.
But, nonetheless i put "One Way Or Another" side by side
with it's previous releases, and the first thing you can
hear is when the drums kick in, the snare is slamming
loud compared to how it was. It also has a different
reverb on it.
I even tried to create this sound by compressing and EQ-
ing the "best-of" copy, it was impossible. This is a
newer, very drum-heavy remix. This mix times to 3:25.

Also remixed in similar fashion on here is "Sunday Girl"
- very slamming beat it didn't have before.

Most of the other hits, as far as i can tell, appear
their usual mixes, in one edit or another, but mastered
very bass-heavy.

But i too am now curious to hear the original 45. I
owned one, didn't recall any noticable diffence in the
mix, but then i never a/b'd it either!

That's all i can add to this for now.
MM   

Edited by MMathews

I've had questions about One Way Or Another, too, and thought I the answer when I got the limited edition "Blondie Singles Box" from 2004, which includes every *&%$! Blondie single except for One Way Or Another! LOL! But I also have the Time Life set, so thanks for the clarification!      

Just wanted to bump this back up so that it doesn't get forgotten about by Pat.