neil sedaka let’s go steady again

my commercial 45 for the neil sedaka song 'let's go steady
again' issued as rca victor 8169 lists the run time on the
label as 2:26 and is close at 2:25.....question is, do any
of the cd entries contain the proper 45 version?.....the
45 contains hand-claps throughout the chorus, while the cd
version i have from the cd 'very best of' (rca 69393)
doesn't have any hand claps....

Was there a parent album for this song?

"Let's Go Steady Again" also appeared on Original Hits, an even earlier (1975) compilation from RCA Special Products:

https://www.discogs.com/Neil-Sedaka-Original-Hits/master/113 9545

I bought a cutout copy for 99¢ in the late '70s of this 1977 RCA compilation, Sedaka: The '50s & '60s:

https://www.discogs.com/Neil-Sedaka-Sedaka-The-50s-60s/relea se/8037854

As the small print in the bottom left corner on the back indicates, the entire LP is rechanneled, albeit very mildly so on "Let's Go Steady Again," which does have the hand claps during the choruses. The LP label states a time of (2:26); actual is (2:24.7).    

Edited by Yah Shure

Has anyone found this song on CD with the hand clap overdubs on the choruses (to match the 45)? Maybe on a import CD?

ChicagoBill wrote: Santi, the Bear Family 8 CD box set "Oh Carol" has it with the hand clap overdubs in stereo. -Bill.

I'm still holding out hope that I might find one of these sets 'in the wild'. The price of import shipping such a big box of discs can
be a little hefty these days, not to mention what some sellers are charging for the box itself.