Simply Red - Money$ Too Tight

aaron...i agree.....there is another simply red song that is a different mix.....i don't have my notes with me, but if i rememeber correctly, there is another one of their top 40 hits that's a remix...

80smusicfreak wrote: Ah, but which vinyl 45 were you using, aaronk???

The version I am referring to is the second issue on Elektra 69528---the hit version. You raise a great point, though. Perhaps the reason the database is saying "LP length" is because Pat's 45 is the earlier non-hit version. I am not familiar with the version on that 45. It very well may be the album version faded early.

the earlier 45 runs 3:42 whereas the latter release runs 3:38 though both labels state 3:38. The difference is merely a four second earlier fade - no edit.

I just put the two 45 versions in the multi-tracker on Cool Edit, and they line up exactly, length and all. It looks like some of those later issued 45s are identical to the first issued ones, also timing out to 3:42. And the mixes on both 45s are the same, which is different from the LP mix.

Edited by aaronk

I was discussing this song with Jeff in a private email, and he came across the 45 version on a compilation CD in his collection that is not listed in the database. Hopefully he will share the details with everyone who may still be looking for the 45 version on CD.

I wanted to add that I own a promo sampler called "Simply the Hits," which also contains the correct 45 version of "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)." The disc is deeply buried and packed away at the moment, but I do have the track list for those interested:

PRCD 4162
1. If You Don't Know Me By Now (printed 3:24)
2. Holding Back The Years (printed 4:09)
3. It's Only Love (printed 4:00)
4. Money's Too Tight (To Mention) (printed 3:43)