gentrys keep on dancing

my commercial 45 for the gentrys song 'keep on dancing'
issued as mgm 13379 lists the run time on the label as
2:08
but actually runs 2:23......after the song ends, the
organ
outro runs an additional 0:10 then there is a very faint
reprise sung for another 0:03.......all the db entries
must
dump the song before the organ outro begins......do any
of
the db entries contain this very faint organ outro and
reprise?......you'll probably need to listen to the vinyl
45 on headphones to hear it....very odd!!...my run out
groove info is 'K-13379 65-XY-537-1'....does anyone have
the 45 without the organ outro and reprise?

Edited by edtop40

I agree, Tom. No dead air-fearin' top-40 boss jock worth their weight in solid gold was about to risk being blinded by the light of the program director's inevitable call on the studio hotline over letting the 45 play to the very, very end.

I'd be curious to know if the barely-audible extended ending was also present on the original, pre-MGM Youngstown label 45 as well as the MGM Keep On Dancing LP. The song's first compilation album appearance was probably on 1965's Solid Gold (MGM 4352.) I have the mono issue of this various artists LP, and "Keep On Dancing" fades out earlier, just as it does on the CD comps I have, as well as Polydor's Band Of Gold mid-'70s reissue 45.

I had the radio on at work one night in 1969 when KDWB's Rob Sherwood played "Keep On Dancing" with a looped ending that kept right on dancing. Every time the organ faded down, back would come the drums and another chorus. After the loop had repeated for a couple minutes, he built it into a bit, stoking listener curiosity over just how long the endless encore might go on. It was hilarious!    

Indeed, Andy. It's Groundhog Day and The Thing That Wouldn't Leave all rolled into one. The ultimate Bill Murray endless marathon!

If some creative mastering engineer ever figures out how to make a functional never-ending "KOD" vinyl record, I'm definitely in! :)

Edited by Yah Shure

Ringmaster_D wrote: Very interesting. I wonder if the 45 run time can be carefully re-created by looping the short version.

Yes! For many years, research had revealed that, at just 1:31-ish, the song
was deemed to run a bit too short, even by late 1965 standards. The solution
was to splice on the beginning of the song after the fade, let it run for about
40 seconds, and then fade it again, resulting in a 2:11-ish end result. For
what its worth, this fact is currently noted in Wikipedia. All that DJ's
"continuous loop gimmick" did, in truth, was to take what was actually done
with the record, and go much further with the concept.

Edited by jimct

In order to replicate the barely-audible ending of the 45, you'll need to EQ out every bit of the bottom end of that portion, to the point where when the vocal comes back in, it's almost as though the musicians have already gone home.

Edited by Yah Shure