Polly Brown-"Up In A Puff Of Smoke"

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   Interesting! I'll have to listen for that. That means this is a THIRD mix of the song!

Does anyone else have this LP? I'm curious to know if anyone else thinks this has less aggressive drums than the Rhino version. To me, the Rhino version either has a 2nd set up drums overdubbed (just in the instrumental parts where Polly doesn't sing), or the drums mixed in louder, or something giving them a more intense effect.

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EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 225	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 December 2008 at 10:39am
	Interesting! I'll have to listen for that. That means this is a THIRD mix of the song! Does anyone else have this LP? I'm curious to know if anyone else thinks this has less aggressive drums than the Rhino version. To me, the Rhino version either has a 2nd set up drums overdubbed (just in the instrumental parts where Polly doesn't sing), or the drums mixed in louder, or something giving them a more intense effect.

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 123	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 July 2017 at 4:22pm
	This song came up as a subject over at the BSN forum with a YouTube link to the 45. Is the HAND version the U.S. mix or UK mix?

MMathews Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 August 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MMathews Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 July 2017 at 4:55pm
	The HAND version is a disc dub of the U.S. 45 mix. The UK mix is missing some synth overdubs that were added for US release. MM

C J Brown Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 27 December 2007 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote C J Brown Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 July 2017 at 6:33pm
	Someone at BSN reports his version of HAND seems to have a different possible US mix of the song. Did Rhino possibly re-master the CD with the US single?

AndrewChouffi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 24 September 2005 Status: Offline Points: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewChouffi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 July 2017 at 9:40am
	I just pulled out my 'Big Dance Records In The Big Apple' LP again. The mix on this LP seems closer to the US GTO/ABC 45 YouTube video than my first-pressing 'Have A Nice Day' CD dub. So, yes, there are (at least) 3 different mixes of this record and the 'Have A Nice Day' version that I own may not be the true US 45 mix. Andy Edited by AndrewChouffi

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 225	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 July 2017 at 11:21am
	If I recall, the Have a Nice Day version is the true US 45 version (from vinyl). The UK single (missing certain musical instrumentation features on the US single) is available on many CDs and is from master tape. Then, like Andrew, I also have the "Big Dance Rcords in the Big Apple" promoLP, which indeed contains a unique mix never available elsewhere or on CD. Unfortunately, the cleaning up on the vinyl for "Have a Nice Day" sounds very poor quality. If you like the overdubs in the song, the best version to have is the "Big Dance Records" LP, which can be cleaned up nicely, and is much closer to the US mix than the UK mix.