"Tuesday Afternoon" 45 version?

Hi. First post, be gentle. You guys are good.

I've always enjoyed Pat's work--although I'm lagging a little behind in the books (I'll catch up before long though).

I guess I should give a little background--I have no turntable, but I've got one heck of a CD collection. I've been able to replicate a few 45s using the LP version from CD and WavePad as my editor/pitch corrector (going mostly by memory). I'm hoping for a long and enjoyable stay.

Now to my question--I see that the 45 of the Moody Blues' "Tuesday Afternoon" has a printed label time of 2:16. Is it actually that short? The shortest version I have is the 4:09 LP edit, and before my oldies station got Jack-ed they were playing a version that ran about 3:23 (which I was able to replicate with WavePad).

Thanks.

Doug

So while doing a search for this for a completely different reason (which I will mention in a moment), I can't believe I stumbled into what was my first post
here almost 12 years ago. Incredible where the time goes. (And yes--it has been and continues to be a long and enjoyable stay.)

Now, I'm curious about the complete LP version--apparently none of the CDs have the right one (nor does any CD have the correct 45 version either, for that
matter). They're either all edits of the LP version, or the ones that have the complete LP version have some vocal harmony overdubs missing.

My question is where do these harmony overdubs occur, and could they be grafted on from minty vinyl to create the correct LP version? And would anyone have the
inclination to do so? And what about Naomi? (Old "Electric Company" reference for you young whippersnappers. :) )

Thx, Mark.

I had seen Pat's notation in the database that the harmony overdubs were missing from the "Evening-Time To Get Away" portion. I just find it odd that all CDs containing the full medley are missing the overdubs--and I was wondering whether it was possible to create a pristine digital version of the entire track with the overdubs included.

Both you and John were kind to send me the 45 version--my thanks for that.

Edited by sriv94

Some of you are forgetting what the 45 version sounds like when it
ends. I don't hear any quick fade. They cut it right after the two cymbal
notes. Take a listen:
https://youtu.be/DSHVy-pEYSI

Yeah the quick fade was their attempt at making sound like a gentle, cold end on his vocal. But fading it quick like that just makes it sound cut-off.
I think if they had planned more time they would have mixed it to have a real cold end with a reverb tail.

They had already released "Nights In White Satin" and at that point it failed to chart in spite of AOR play - so this 2nd single was just pulled off the album and thrown out there to see how it would do...that would also explain keeping it very short for AM.
MM