Janey Street - Say Hello To Ronnie

Not a top 40 hit... "Say Hello To Ronnie" peaked at #68 in 1984. The version that appears on Heard It On The Radio Vol. 1 (Rennaissance, 1998) is an alternate take. The backing track is the same recording, but most of the vocals are noticeably different.

I have a promo 45 that has the long & short versions on it, and I also have the 1984 self-titled Janey Street LP. The LP and both sides of the promo 45 have the same vocal take.

As far as I can tell, Rennaissance is the licensing reissue label, while the disc was produced by BMG Special Products. In 2003-2004, BMG also put out a couple different CDs with this song. I'm going to take a look to see if I have any of those V/A comps to find out if they found the correct version for those or if it's the same alternate take that they included on the Rennaissance CD.

Edited by aaronk

I just pulled my copy of Real 80's: The Video Hits (BMG, 2003), and this CD also contains the alternate vocal take. That means the original LP and single versions have possibly never appeared on CD. At least, there aren't any other discs with this song listed on Discogs.

I don't have the promo 12", but if the version name is descriptive of what's on it, the "No Vocal Intro" would just chop off the first 0:25, leaving about 4:11 (the listed time on the promo 12").

The promo 45, on the other hand, keeps the slow vocal intro and instead edits out other sections throughout the song. For instance, the instrumental section before the first verse is shortened, as is the instrumental section before verse two.

The CD versions I have all contain an alternate vocal take. All versions I have on vinyl have the same vocal take, so I assume the alternate surfaced in the late-'90s when someone pulled the wrong tape for the Rennaissance compilation.