hotlegs neanderthal man

Any one pick up the 2012 import of "You Didn't Like It Because You Didn't Think of It"? A listed bonus track is 'Neanderthal Man' alternate U.S. mix.

The mono single version perhaps?

Hykker wrote: What is it with Capitol 45s of that era...there are a lot of really noisy pressings. This pre-dated the energy crisis, so it seems odd they'd use regrind.

I read somewhere at the time ('70-'71) where someone at Capitol realized they could save money by extending the service life of the stampers used to press their 45s and LPs. This was accomplished by coating each stamper with chromium.

There was just one problem: the chromium developed cracks, which resulted in noiser and noisier vinyl output the longer the stampers were pressed into service, so to speak. This would seem to explain why the first copies pressed from the stampers at the Los Angeles plant - the DJ 45s - were typically much quieter than many stock copies.

But I think the real culprit was a lack of quality control during the pressing process, resulting in "overbaked" plastic characterized by a set of crackles appearing at the same spot with each revolution of the record. Some of the Jacksonville-pressed 45s I special-ordered in '73-'74 - Renaissance's "Carpet Of The Sun" (Capitol 3715) and Marmalade's "(Your Wish Is In) The Wishing Well" (EMI 3676) - were just as noisy as "Neanderthal Man," in spite of probably having been pressed in quantities of only a couple hundred at the Jacksonville plant. The Marmalade record, with a quiet, acoustic first half, was basically useless, not to mention unreturnable, as were all special orders. And yet the DJ 45 at my college station had been perfectly quiet.

Scranton... Jacksonville... Winchester... all of those plants produced their share of crackling bonfires passed off as 45s during the '70s (not sure about L.A.; its stock didn't make it to the midwest often enough to judge.) Capitol just didn't care.

Indy:
A poster on BSN says he just got that new import disc you mention and
both versions of "Neanderthal Man" included on the CD are stereo and
both fade (no cold ending).

Wow.. this is interesting. I have the song on mp3..it's faded..