Garfunkel-"Second Avenue"

My commercial 45, which is stereo, has a listed time of (3:59), but an actual time of (3:57). I only post this info because the lone database CD appearance for this song runs (2:46), and tracks into the next selection. However, both the mono & stereo sides of my promo 45 do show a listed time of (2:50). The mono side has an actual time of (2:53); the stereo side is (2:49). Surprisingly, even my Columbia/Collectables reprint 45 states and actually includes the (2:50), stereo DJ 45 short version on it, not the longer original 45 version. FYI, an entire verse has been edited out of the (3:57) commercial 45 to achieve the shorter promo versions. This was a "45 only" release, and therefore did not appear on a 1974 Garfunkel LP. Together, all of the above factors seem to indicate that the 1974 original commercial 45 is the ONLY place to obtain this longer, (3:57) 1974 commercial 45 version.

Rich,

I believe the hard drive I gave you has about as good a
copy of the 45 version that we'll get for this song....I
believe Aaron did the vinyl clean-up of it years ago, but,
he can attest to it's composition....

Ed

edtop40 wrote: Rich, I believe the hard drive I gave you has about as good a copy of the 45 version that we'll get for this song....I believe Aaron did the vinyl clean-up of it years ago, but, he can attest to it's composition.... Ed

Ed, I don't think Aaron did that one.

This is one of the great reasons for joining the Chat Board and Pat's database. I said to myself, "The single is 1:07
longer than the only appearance on CD? And on the CD, it tracks into the next track?" That makes it almost useless from
my standpoint. Did I ever digitize my single? Another shocker, no. I probably thought that as long as I have it on the
'Garfunkel' CD, I'm O.K.. I went into my archives and thought "I hope I have this thing". I had 3 unplayed copies left
from my record store. I ran all 3 through my Nitty Gritty and took the best one. This kind of thing happens all the time
to me. In listening to the 45 single, it sounds like the frequency response trails off at about 6000 cps. It's got no
high end! I love these projects. -Bill.