"25th of Last December" - Roberta Flack

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   Another shot in the dark here.  A Xmas record that doesn't get any airplay to my knowledge, it was released on Roberta Flack's "Blue Lights in the Basement" LP/CD 

(same LP that has "The Closer I Get To You") in its full version, running (4:33).  A promo 45 was released for this in 1977, with the "short version" running (3:35) 

and the "long version" running (3:50)--both considerably shorter than the full version (apparently a stock 45 was also released with the full version).

Anyone know if either side of the promo is extractable from the full version?

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sriv94 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote sriv94 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "25th of Last December" - Roberta Flack Posted: 21 December 2015 at 9:20pm
	Another shot in the dark here. A Xmas record that doesn't get any airplay to my knowledge, it was released on Roberta Flack's "Blue Lights in the Basement" LP/CD (same LP that has "The Closer I Get To You") in its full version, running (4:33). A promo 45 was released for this in 1977, with the "short version" running (3:35) and the "long version" running (3:50)--both considerably shorter than the full version (apparently a stock 45 was also released with the full version). Anyone know if either side of the promo is extractable from the full version?
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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 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 December 2015 at 1:18pm
	Doug, every year I seem to pick up a couple of Christmas 45s for my collection. So I'm filing them into my Xmas A-L and M-Z boxes, and I noticed a copy of "25th Of Last December" in there already. I recall your initial post got no replies. My memory jives with yours, as to the track being "DOA" on radio, in both its 12-77 release and ever since. I only have a promo 45 for the song, so I can't provide background on any stock 45/LP version details. But it sounds like the LP is where you currently have the song. I just dubbed and shot out to you both the short and long sides of my promo 45, crossing my fingers that you can then analyze/answer your own question, after hearing them.

sriv94 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote sriv94 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 January 2016 at 6:55pm
	Happy New Year, Jim (and everyone), and thx for the disc dubs. From what I can tell, both sides of the promo are just early fades of the LP/stock 45 version (the longer side about 15 seconds longer than the shorter side). So that's another one off the list. Edited by sriv94
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