Kinks - Lola "Coca-Cola" v. "cherry cola"

For some reason, I always thought the "coca-cola" version of "Lola" was the rare and hard-to-find version. Recently, I looked it up in the database, and it's the "cherry cola" version that doesn't seem to appear on a domestic CD.

Which is the hit version? I always thought it was the "cherry cola" version. I have the "cherry cola" lyrics on a TM Century CD. Does anyone know where they might have snagged this version from? It's perfect sound quality, and it's certainly not mastered from vinyl.

Is it my imagination, or is the "cherry cola" version a little slower than the "Coca Cola" version?

My commercial 45 is in mono, has the "cherry cola" lyric, has a listed time of (4:06), but an actual time of (4:02).

Was anyone ever to pinpoint whether the "cherry-cola" version is in fact slower than the "Coca-Cola" version? (Sounds that way to me on the version I have, but then again it may have been mastered incorrectly.)

My version runs (4:10)--I had downloaded it from the Real Player Music Store (not to be confused with Rhapsody). I sped it up to try to match the pitch of the "Coca-Cola" version (from the Lola Versus The I Can't Remember The Rest Of The Name Of The CD), and that made it (4:05).

I'm at work now, but I can forward you a copy later this evening for comparison purposes (maybe what I have isn't the actual single, but an alternate take, but with the "cherry cola" lyric). Let me know.

Edited by sriv94