Indiana Wants Me

Brian, I also got a PM from someone else on the Board, asking me to expound on my "Indiana Wants Me" observations, so I will. I didn't forget - I simply agreed 100% with all of Indy500's findings for the song, so I didn't believe I had anything new to add. But, for the record, exactly like my promo 45 "short version" does, the promo version included on the Motown Singles 1970 Box simply cuts off the opening :08 or so siren intro. As for the commercial 45 version on the 1970 Motown Singles Box, it also matches my 1970 commercial 45, so we FINALLY have a CD version that runs long enough, in the (3:34-3:35) time range, like the commercial 45 does. Both of my original 45 versions, and both of the "Indiana Wants Me" 1970 Motown Singles Box versions, as Indy500 earlier stated, are in mono.

Sorry to be fuzzy, Tom. This song's long post history has just required me to re-read things, to "catch back up again" on everything. As an added detail, the "short version" (on promo, stock, whatever you happen to own) on the 1970 Motown Singles Box also runs (3:01), just like the short version 45 does. So, aside from the "stereo short 45 version", that appears on some re-issue 45's and is still not on any CD, I am very confident in stating that both of the 1970 mono 45 versions are correctly included on the 1970 box. For what's it's worth, though, Tom, the track listing DOES refer to the short version as the "promo version", which I know you happen to have on a commercial 45. The longer, (3:35) version is described in the 1970 box track listings as the "commercial version."

Edited by jimct

For information purposes.

Listening to a Sept 1970 American Top 40 show, they used the promo version.

Lovely scans, Yah Shure. Thanks.

It's also now on Napster, too.