Bob & Doug McKenzie - 12 Days of Chistmas

How long is the time listed on your promo 45? The version I have on CD, (presumably the LP version), runs 4:45.

Mercury issued two, consecutively-numbered Bob & Doug McKenzie singles, in late 1981. Their only hit, "Take Off", was on Mercury 76134, and was obviously issued as both a commercial and a promo 45. But the Mercury 76133 release, "Twelve Days Of Christmas", as best I can recall, was an intentional, promo-only 45, with the same listed (3:08), actual (3:05) edited version on both sides. Despite the consecutive stock #'s, I don't recall Mercury working "Take Off" to us at all, until after Christmas 1981, and it didn't debut on Billboard until 1/30/82. I'm sure the "Twelve Days Of Christmas" promo 45 was given to our station simply to give the Christmas song on their current LP a chance to garner some 1981 holiday radio airplay (and possibly generate some additional album sales, too, perhaps?) before the "Take Off" part of Mercury's marketing plan for "Bob & Doug" was put into action.

I have a 12" single, which I believe is a promo, with "Take Off" b/w "12 Days
of Christmas." For these, I think they used the LP versions, with the long
spoken intros.   I can't verify at the moment, as I'm in the process of moving,
with my record collection 90 miles away at the moment.

Went to my 12" section, and found the promo 12" that you guys have just brought up, with a stock # of "MK 184". "Twelve Days Of Christmas" has a listed time of (4:40) and an actual time of (4:42), while "Take Off" has an actual time of (3:55) and an actual time of (3:54). And Eric, you are correct, in that both sides of this 12" single featured the LP versions.

This song has finally surfaced on a collection called
the "Classic 80's Christmas Album" and is the 45
version. On iTunes, you have to buy the whole collection
for 9.99.

The disappointment is that it's a dub from probably a
promo 45.

Has anyone tried recreating the single version? I seem
to recall it can't be done because they talk over part
of the intro.