Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie

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 jono wrote:

 Roscoe wrote:

[QUOTE=jono] I listened to 

my 45 at the 3:28-9 mark and 

The moment I was referring to was about 1 second before 

she sings the "Forget about..." line.  On my CD it's at 

exactly the 3:28 mark, just before the horns kick in.  

The downbeat where the horns kick in would actually be an 

edit point if you were trying to recreate the 45 from the 

LP, but the half second just before that point has some 

vocals (sounds like "Aye-ya island") that aren't on the 

45.

Confusing to explain but it sounds like there's a mix 

difference immediately preceding an edit point.

Maybe I have a different pressing, but my 45 has sounds 

like "aye-ya, aye-ya, aye-ya, aye-ya Island" from about 

3:23-3:27, then no vocals until about 3:29 where she 

sings "Forget about what...". The Sound & Vision cd, has 

this exact same sequence, from what I'm hearing. Maybe 

this cd is different than the version that's on the "10 

Best Series"?

Jon O. 

Bingo.  Your description sounds exactly like the 10 Best 

Series version.  The difference between that and the LP 

mix is that after the "aye-ya, island" vocals that end at 

3:27 she picks up again one second later with another 

"aye-ya island".  That latter vocal is omitted on the 45 

mix.  So I think it's safe to say there's a mix 

difference between the LP and the 45, and that the 

Platinum Collection, 10 Best Series and Sound & Vision 

contain the correct 45 version.

However, at least one CD contains a failed attempt to 

recreate the 45 by editing the LP version:  1993's 

"Blonde and Beyond" rarities collection.  The edits are 

in the right places, but that CD contains the brief "aye-

ya" vocal at 3:28 that was mixed out of the 45.