Rare Earth - (I Know) I’m Losing You

Great catch, David! Looked at the label of the promo 45
over at 45cat and it appears to be mono/mono.

Bill,

Sorry, I should've written "stereo 45 version", as it wasn't an actual 45, rather a
track on a burned CD.

After reading your post about a stereo version missing many overdubs, I
decided to a/b this version with the mono 45 and yes, it is missing overdubs,
so, even though the beginning is stereo on this version, is is NOT a stereo 45
version.

I have that version on a burned CD "Fix The Mix, Vol. 4", and I can't recall how I
came about this CD.

Edited by davidclark

Hi David!
LOL You came about "Fix The Mix Vol 4" from me. Wow, it's
been almost 20 years now! How did that happen? "Fix The
Mix" was my old series of CDR's I would share with
friends who were into rare stereo. David I can't recall
how we met! BSN? Oh...failing memory.
Oh and the name I chose for those CDR's caused my friend
Andy to give me the nickname "Mix Fixer"...so now you
know where that came from.

Ok...back to the point. David that file on the disc came
from a friend, it's the file that Bill mentioned above.
It was the mono 45 intro tacked onto an edit of the LP
version to create a sort-of stereo 45 edit. I just
tinkered with it to make the mono intro sound "stereo". I
never compared it to a 45 so I never knew there were
other mix differences after the intro.

Now, speed up to about 3 years ago. A friend sent me a 45
dub of this from overseas. It is the Holland stock 45 for
this and it is true stereo. It has the unique 45 intro,
in true stereo. Until now I never compared it to the
"album edit" described above but at a quick listen, the
import 45 has an electric piano in the first verse that
is not in the LP mix.
I'll send you over this 45 dub. Do me a favor and compare
further and let us know is this indeed the U.S. 45 mix
but in stereo.

Begs the question, if they made this mix in stereo to
begin with, why didn't they put it on the U.S. promo 45?
Very strange!
MM

Which begs the question Mark...Will we ever see your stereo 45 version on an Eric cd release? While I am inquiring about potential future 45 version releases how about the Theme From Shaft 45 version by Isaac Hayes on an Eric cd?

Edited by Pat Downey