Spanky and Our Gang

Todd Ireland wrote: Now, some bad news... It looks like all stereo CD appearances of "Like to Get to Know You" in the database should have the comment: (neither the 45 or LP version). The reason for this is because at approximately the 2:02 point, a low trumpet sound is heard as the song transitions into the slow, soft coda. This trumpet sound is not heard on the 45 version. Also, an acoustic guitar begins playing at the 2:08 mark on the 45 version, yet doesn't kick in until the 2:12 point on every stereo appearance of the song I've heard on CD to date.

As Pat correctly points out, the mono version on the Mercury Recordings box set is also a "neither," but it's because of the guitar
at (2:08). It should be at (2:12) as the stereo issues are (based on Mark sending me a dub of his restoration of the 45 version).
What the box set did (and I'm not sure if the subsequent Singles set did the same thing) is they made a little cross-fade edit to
take four seconds out of the transition to the coda so that the guitar kicks in at (2:08).

I didn't see that posted here, and I got confused when listening to Mark's dub and now I figured out why I was confused. (That
probably won't happen again for a couple of years, so enjoy it while it lasts. :) )

sriv94 wrote: Todd Ireland wrote: Now, some bad news... It looks like all stereo CD appearances of "Like to Get to Know You" in the database should have the comment: (neither the 45 or LP version). The reason for this is because at approximately the 2:02 point, a low trumpet sound is heard as the song transitions into the slow, soft coda. This trumpet sound is not heard on the 45 version. Also, an acoustic guitar begins playing at the 2:08 mark on the 45 version, yet doesn't kick in until the 2:12 point on every stereo appearance of the song I've heard on CD to date. As Pat correctly points out, the mono version on the Mercury Recordings box set is also a "neither," but it's because of the guitar at (2:08). It should be at (2:12) as the stereo issues are (based on Mark sending me a dub of his restoration of the 45 version). What the box set did (and I'm not sure if the subsequent Singles set did the same thing) is they made a little cross-fade edit to take four seconds out of the transition to the coda so that the guitar kicks in at (2:08). I didn't see that posted here, and I got confused when listening to Mark's dub and now I figured out why I was confused. (That probably won't happen again for a couple of years, so enjoy it while it lasts. :) )

Was there a mono promo with the crossfade shortened for
broadcast? Perhaps that's what the mono mix is on the
box set, if that mono mix does not actually match the
commercial 45, that is.

to TomDiehl1,

I would really like to know if the stereo side promo is what is on CD, i.e, the
version from the 1969 LP "Spanky's Greatest Hits". I suspect so, but that's not
enough...

If you could dub your stereo promo and send to me, I'll do the comparison!

The original post for this thread where we assumed the box set "The Complete
Mercury Recordings" was the 45 has only added to the confusion with this
song.

Edited by davidclark

The "kids voices" on LAZY DAY actually make the song for me..

The database lists "Like To Get To Know You" on Spanky's Greatest Hit(s) as the 'DJ single version", but this version also appears on Mercury/UMe's 20th Century Masters: The Best of Spanky and Our Gang CD from 2005.

The only big difference other than 20th Century Masters running marginally faster and having more heavy-handed EQ than Greatest Hit(s) is that 20th Century Masters is the WELCOME absence of the annoying noise gate used on Greatest Hit(s). That old CD sounds like it is being played through one of those BBE Sonic Maximizers/noise suppersor units. Ellen Fitton's tenure at Universal Mastering East was hit or miss but 20th Century Masters is one of her more pleasant-sounding jobs, produced by the great Bill Levenson.

But in the database, 20th Century Masters lists "Like To Get To Know You" as neither the single nor LP version. Unless I am missing something, these two CDs contain differently mastered versions of the same thing.

Edited by LunarLaugh - 2 hours 2 minutes ago at 12:17am