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jimct 
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 Topic: Connie Francis-"Follow The Boys"Posted: 22 April 2012 at 7:28am |
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My commercial 45, confirmed as MGM 13127, has a listed time of (2:40) and
an actual time of (2:42). I only post this info because just about every current database CD that includes this song runs just (2:38). |
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Posted: 07 April 2013 at 1:09pm |
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the reason the timings are off is because the 45 is pitched
slower than the cd versions....if you pitch down the 2:38 cd version to run 2:42 you'll be able to effectively re- create the vinyl 45 version... |
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Posted: 25 January 2019 at 9:03pm |
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Actually, the 45 may be a different lead vocal! I just came across
this post, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx-YaPr_EV8, where he claims it is. Anyone can confirm? ed, do you have the 45? I can tell the different vocal right away. My version on 1986 Polydor CD "The Very Best Of Connie Francis" seems to be a mono version of the stereo. So, we might have another missing 45 version on CD! |
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Posted: 25 January 2019 at 9:33pm |
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Wow, that is definitely a different vocal. Hard to believe this has gone
unnoticed.... i believe this song has one of connie's finest performances and while i feel that the version contained on all cd's is slightly superior, this "single version" would be the "correct" version......if that is what's actually on the 45. |
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Posted: 27 January 2019 at 4:51pm |
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Thanks for unearthing this David. Yes, the 45 is a different vocal take and unfortunately the 45 vocal take does not appear on any cd's in the database.
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Posted: 27 January 2019 at 9:02pm |
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Indeed. Unique to the 45 RPM single. And continued to the
MGM Gold label Gold Circle 45 at least (the pressing I own). |
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I turn up the good and turn down the bad!
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Posted: 28 January 2019 at 11:10am |
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Sounds like Eric Records should include the 45 version on
a future compilation. |
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Posted: 28 January 2019 at 4:20pm |
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More like Real Gone should do a mono singles comp for Connie! And they could have a run of autographed copies, since she's still with us.
According to the Wikipedia entry for this song, it's not only a different take but a different recording session and different orchestra:
So I'm presuming the common version (in stereo and mono) is the soundtrack album version. That makes at least four big Connie Francis hits that have at least partial difference in the vocals on the 45s: - Second Hand Love (added harmony vocal) - Together (different spoken take) - My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own (some pressings have different vocal take) - Follow the Boys (45 has different vocal take) |
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Posted: 29 January 2019 at 2:38pm |
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Nice detective work, Brian!
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I've posted before about "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" but it's not just a different vocal take, my 45 has a key change after the bridge that goes up a half step that's not on the common version, so it's a different arrangement to some extent as well. This was my mother's 45 from back in the day that I grew up hearing so this song has never sounded right to me hearing it on other releases in the reissue era.
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The second recording of the "Follow the Boys" theme song was conducted by LeRoy Holmes, a veteran of the classic MGM musicals who by 1963 had left that studio to compose for United Artists films; however he returned to MGM to work with Francis whose 1958 hit "Stupid Cupid" he'd conducted. The recording took place on September 27, 1962. This version was released on the original MGM Records Single.