2Pac top 40 hits on CD

I've also been looking for the 3:58 radio version of 'Old School' on CD for years. Aside from the cassette single, I've only been able to find it on a Promo 12-inch vinyl single (DMD 2203), which aside from the radio and LP versions of 'Old School', also has the four versions of 'Dear Mama' that appear on the commercial CD-single jimct mentioned, except the label lists the correct times.

As for Billboard's B-side policy, in the mid-1990s it was a complete mess. A B-side seemed to be listed whenever it was receiving any airplay at all. Alanis Morisette's 'You Oughta Know' was listed as a two-sided hit with 'You Learn' about a year after the former had been a radio hit and eventhough the version of 'You Oughta Know' on the B-side of 'You Learn' (at least on the CD and vinyl singles - I don't know about the cassette single) was a live recording from the Grammy telecast. And Jewel's 'Foolish Games' was only listed as the B-side of 'You Were Meant For Me' after a reader pointed out that it was in fact the latter song's B-side. It had actually already been getting airplay for months. Finally around 1997, Billboard instituted a policy that required a B-side to be on the Top 75 airplay chart to be listed on the Hot 100. Since November of 1998, of course, the Hot 100 has been a list of songs - not records - and 2-sided hits are listed separately.

I have three more 2Pac promo CDs:(I have not verified the printed times.)

Changes (INT5P-6488)
1. Radio edit (4:29)
2. Album version (4:29)

Runnin (INTR-11042-2)
1. Clean version (3:48)
2. LP version (3:48)

Thugz Mansion (INTR 10879-2)
1. Radio Edit Clean (3:59)
2. Nas Acoustic Radio Edit Clean (3:57)

Edited by Paul C

Thanks to Jim, I was able to hear the "Radio Version" of "Dear Mama." I'm very familiar with this song, and I cannot tell any difference between this version and the LP version. I didn't do an A/B comparison, but I've heard this record so many times, I'm sure I would've spotted a difference right away.

Ed, the Radio Version of "Old School" only appears on the promo 12". The commercial 12" has the same tracks as the commercial CD single, if I'm not mistaken.

I'll keep my eye out for a copy, too.

I have a really clean dub from a friend's promo 12" that I cleaned up.