Ray Stevens-"Gitarzan"

It's not that you stated it wrong. Let me clarify--the LP version not only has the opening applause, but there is fake laughter throughout the song (the mono 45, which I do believe is on the Varese Sarabande compilation CD 25 All Time Novelty Hits, opens cold and has no fake laughter). What I'm trying to find out is whether the stereo 45 has the fake laughter throughout.

Here's where I hear fake laughter on the LP version:

At (:21), right after Stevens sings "Ah-hoo-hoo-hoo. . ."
At (:30), right after Stevens sings "carry moonbeams home in a jar. . ."
At (1:01), during the second "Gitarzan" yell
At (1:05), during the cough
At (1:31), right after "Jane's" first "baaaa-by" (laughter remains audible through most of "her" solo)
At (2:01), right before the monkey's solo
At (2:29), during the "Gitarzan" yell as the three voices unite

There are a few more sections, but you get the idea. I'm just trying to see if the stereo 45 matches the mono 45 as far as the laughter sound effects go.

Edited by sriv94

Gary, thank you. I think I get it now.

bwolfe wrote: I never understood why he was always compelled to sweeten the stereo mixes with the overabundant amount of canned laughter and applause.

The reason goes back to the album, "Gitarzan". The
original 45 version was issued with Bagpipes That's My
Bag on the b side. Gitarzan (the hit version) starts out
cold and sounds like any other record until the joke,
"Give Him A Hand" then you hear the audience applause.
It's a joke that does not come across clearly on the
album version. The song was a hit and Monument needed a
quick album. So they took some previously issued singles
(for example) Freddy Feelgood And His Funky Little Five
Piece Band (from 1966)and recorded a few new ones.
Overdubbed all of it the with audience noise to make it
sound like a live album. Listening to the album, it's
probably the best all round LP effort by Ray. It is still
my favorite "album" by him. Admittedly he is not known as
an album artist. But single Gitarzan was placed as the
last track on side 1, instead of the first track on side
two they had to add applause, etc to the intro, and
throughout the song to match with the other material on
the album. Fast forward this thread to 2014. The mono
single version of Gitarzan was finally issued on CD,
dubbed (I am told) from a mono single record as the
stereo/mono tapes for the hit single are MIA, due to
Monument using the stereo album versions (from the
Gitarzan album)on reissue singles, etc.

There is a USA Commercial pressing of "Gitarzan" with that
side in true Stereo on US Monument (One pressing run did
use the Stereo side Promo stamper in Vinyl) I used to own a
copy of that variant.