Cowsills - "Hair"

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   I recently dug up my old 45 of "Hair" and slapped it on the turntable to give a listen... now granted, it is in pretty bad shape, but even after a dozen or so listenings, i had trouble discerning any difference between the mono 45 version and the stereo album version... can anyone help me out on this???  also, is the 45 version on any cd???

thanks 

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jrjr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 December 2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jrjr Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Cowsills - "Hair" Posted: 28 December 2006 at 10:30am
	I recently dug up my old 45 of "Hair" and slapped it on the turntable to give a listen... now granted, it is in pretty bad shape, but even after a dozen or so listenings, i had trouble discerning any difference between the mono 45 version and the stereo album version... can anyone help me out on this??? also, is the 45 version on any cd??? thanks

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 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 December 2006 at 11:48am
	Welcome, jrjr. The only difference between the 45 and all CD appearances of "Hair" is in the "psychedelic" last note ending - they are different. And no, the 45 ending is currently not featured on any CD release of it.

jrjr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 December 2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jrjr Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 December 2006 at 10:10am
	thank you, jim, and now that i have hauled the many boxes of 45's i have acquired over the years, there will be many more questions to come!

davidclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidclark Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 December 2006 at 2:38am
	hi guys, please correct me if I am wrong, but the 45 of Hair I am aware of is missing the wind overdubs found on the stereo version (I am not able to listen to it at the moment so not sure at what time it starts, but I believe it's the second verse..."I let it fly in the breeze and get caught in the trees Give a home for the fleas in my hair"). The mix sounds quite different to me also. Jim, check it out on "the CD"!
	dc1

TomDiehl1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 January 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote TomDiehl1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 December 2006 at 5:52am
	The 45 is missing the wind overdubs (i think they start on the word "trees") and the ending is different, as well as the mix being very different (also sounds like some of the vocals on the stereo mix had different effects done to them than the mono versions).
	Live in stereo.

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 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 December 2006 at 7:52am
	David/Tom: Very glad jrjr brought up this topic. I had already had two folks with "trusted ears" previously analyze "Hair", and that was their report back to me - it's certainly possible they goofed. I was, as we speak, working on an "upgraded custom edit" with Aaron. Instead, I will now take a step back, shoot out an original 45 dub to Aaron, and see if he hears what you two do. Thanks very much for the new info, guys!

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Online Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 December 2006 at 11:52am
	I just listened to Jim's dub, and there's no doubt a difference with some of the reverb on both the vocals and instrumentation, although very slight. Also, there's definitely wind sound effects, as David and Tom have pointed out, on the stereo LP version.

jrjr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 December 2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jrjr Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 January 2007 at 10:51am
	thanks to all for your replies... i listened to my 45 more closely, and there indeed is no wind effect after "trees" (although a lot of snap crackle and pop)... less reverb on lead vocal, too, to these ears...

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 November 2011 at 7:49pm
	at what point in the song are these wind trees?
	edtop40

bwolfe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 24 May 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote bwolfe Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 November 2011 at 6:53am
	I thought the intro was shorter? Guess not.
	the way it was heard on the radio