"Let Me Tickle Your..."- Jermaine Jackson

According to abagon, the actual commercial 45 run time of Jermaine Jackson's "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" is 3:49, not 3:45 as stated on the record label.

Pictures! This was a staple in the early days of my radio show, so much so that I always left the 45 adapter in the 45. It remains there to this day, under J.

The commercial 45:



The rerelease 45, with my adapter:



The 12 inch promo single (that stamp is KSTC from Sterling, Colorado, in case you're wondering):



The B-side of the promo 12-inch is two versions of a Rick James song. (!)

I may be the only person in the universe that really digs
this song.

The 45 version on Motown Year-By-Year 1982 (1995)
sounds just fine to my ears - I don't hear a dropout on
the intro.

The 45 version on Greatest Hits is missing the
first full beat of the song - it should start on a
downbeat.

"Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" was recorded with a drum
machine (at 126.8 BPM throughout with no drifts), and
live clapping over it - pretty unusual, actually. If you
didn't know, the whole production is lifted verbatim from
Debbie Harry's "The Jam Was Moving", a Chic production
from one year earlier, including the robotic backing
vocals. Both songs rock.