Chakachas - "Jungle Fever"

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   I have a promo 45 on this, with both a listed and actual time of (3:00) on both the mono and stereo sides. Both sides state "EDITED VERSION" on it. Mono deadwax says POL 30293-M-1D-DJ; stereo side the same, except substitute "S" for the "M". 

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jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Chakachas - "Jungle Fever" Posted: 21 May 2006 at 2:47pm
	I have a promo 45 on this, with both a listed and actual time of (3:00) on both the mono and stereo sides. Both sides state "EDITED VERSION" on it. Mono deadwax says POL 30293-M-1D-DJ; stereo side the same, except substitute "S" for the "M".

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 84	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 March 2008 at 4:04pm
	Finally, with some assistance, tracked down a seller who had a DJ copy of this 45 on Polydor. As Jim mentioned, it clearly says EDITED VERSION on the label. Stereo side is red, mono side is white. In reality, it's not an edit at all, merely an early fade starting at 2:52 with the song completely faded out by 3:00.
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Hykker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 October 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hykker Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 March 2008 at 5:56am
	My promo is red label stereo/white label mono 3:00 version, but makes no mention of it being an edit, though the matrix # is printed right on the label. Odd that they put a red label on one side, any other Polydor promos I have from that era are white label both sides.

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 July 2008 at 3:13pm
	I have just acquired a second different promo 45 for this song. On this copy, no "edited version" is included. This 2nd copy is mono, has a white label, only includes "Jungle Fever" on one side of it, is confimed as Polydor 15030, and has a listed time of (4:22) and an actual time of (4:21).

Paul Haney Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 April 2005 Status: Offline Points: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul Haney Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 November 2015 at 12:04pm
	Bumping up for Ed (see post #2 above for the promo fade info).

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 190	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 August 2019 at 1:23pm
	After comparing both the stereo and mono sides of the Edited Version promo 45, the mono is a simple fold-down of the stereo side. I also pulled my stock 45, which is mono, and I'll try to do an A/B shortly to determine if the mono side is a dedicated mix or if it's also a fold-down.
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aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 190	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 September 2019 at 3:13pm
	Finally compared the stock 45 to a fold-down of the stereo, and they match. Strangely, the only CD copies I can find (at least at the moment) have a very pronounced ground hum and buzz that gets worse toward the end. Does anyone have a CD that doesn't have the buzzing/hum? I managed to use noise reduction to get most of it out, but perhaps there's a clean transfer not based on Soul Hits Of The '70s Vol. 7. Also, did this song get a lot of top 40 airplay? Considering it's an instrumental and went top 10 on the Hot 100, it's quite pornographic!
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 85	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 September 2019 at 3:19pm
	The following CDs all use the same analog transfer as Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 7 (1991): Rhino's cheapie Seventies Smash Hits Vol. 6 (1993) - digitally identical Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 31 AM Top Twenty (1993) - left/right channels reversed Rhino's Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 3 The '70s (1994) - digitally identical Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 42 A Loss For Words (1995) - digitally exactly 0.3 dB quieter Edited by crapfromthepast
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eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 84	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 September 2019 at 8:39pm
	I remember a local station, WJET, playing it in 1972. But, it may have been night play only and for a short time. There are a number of markets where it went to #1, according ti the ARSA site. St. Louis, Hackensack and San Francisco. In my part of the country, it got to #3 at KQV Pittsburgh and WIXY Cleveland.
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Bill Cahill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 27 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bill Cahill Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 September 2019 at 3:46am
	It was certainly played by WPTR in Albany, I don't remember if it was on WTRY. There was a DJ on WPTR who would tell listeners that he refused to play it, so stop requesting it, not because it was pornographic, but because it was terrible. They only played the long version. I called to thank him. As far as airplay, it didn't last long, it was on and gone. Never played as an oldie. Probably charted that high because it sold well enough to make up for spotty airplay.