Stars on 45

I just wanted to confirm that the original #1 medley Stars on 45 is just an
edit of the Stars on Long Play version, just at the point where Venus starts. Is
there a single edit already on CD? I have not seen one. I had seen a listing
for a comp in Europe that might have it.

it's unfortunate that none of their US LPs have gotten an exact CD release.
I have a number of "stars on" imports, and while they are all loaded with
most of the medleys recorded, they are often either edited, or songs
within medleys are completely rearranged and out of order from the
original versions, or missing a few tracks from the original medleys.

I have a reissue CD single on ZYX, featuring two mixes. The first mix is around 4:48, and from it, you can create the US single version by cutting about 40 seconds at the beginning. Just cut after two bars of the Venus intro guitar to "Sugar Sugar". In doing so, you'll lose the first inclusion of the STARS ON 45 THEME.

There's also a mix that runs close to 10 minutes. I'm not familiar with this.

I believe this ZYX disc is a domestic pressing. I'll see if I can find it.

Brian W. wrote: Does anyone know if the "Stars on 45" theme, the B-side to the Stars on 45 "Medley" single, has ever been issued on CD? It runs 3:33 and is simply called "Stars on 45." I don't see it included in any of the Stars on 45 compilations. A portion of it opens the long version of the Beatles Medley, but I don't see the whole thing on CD anywhere.

No, the "Stars on 45" B-side has never been issued on CD to my knowledge. I have checked many imports over the years for the Stars on 45 tracks, and this one has never turned up.

Todd Ireland wrote: I notice parts of the "Stars on 45 Theme" are spliced throughout the medleys found on CD. Is it possible to assemble these parts together and come up with the complete "Stars on 45 Theme"?

No, that wouldn't be possible. The "Stars on 45" b-side consisted of a remix of the Stars on 45 theme starting with an extended instrumental then leading into a stripped down mix of the "You can boogie, love disco" vocal. Also interspersed are the cowbell intro of "Funkytown" and it fades out with the instrumental intro of "Video Killed The Radio Star". Only the full mix of the "Stars on 45" theme has appeared on CD.