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Everly Brothers - Don’t Blame Me

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Topic: Everly Brothers - Don’t Blame Me

Posted By: davidclark
Subject: Everly Brothers - Don’t Blame Me
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 6:50am

Pat, what's the difference between the “Golden Hits Of” vinyl LP version and the 45 for this?

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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 5:50pm

David: In the U.S., for a few months during 1961, WB put out 2-song-on-each-side EPs as the "official 45 release." "Don't Blame Me" (and 3 other songs) was on one of these. I have one. It is significantly shorter than all other appearances. I believe WB was a bit concerned about going past a certain length of total audio on each side, and didn't want to go too "micro-grooved" on the record. More skip-prone. My guess: were it not for this short-lived experiment, the longer version MIGHT have appeared on the conventional 45. If you'd like to compare it against what you have, PM me.

Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 09 November 2014 at 10:01am

my commercial 45 for the everly brothers song 'don't blame
me' issued as warner 5501 (+2) lists a run time on the
label as 2:16 but actually runs 2:21 and is an edit of the
full length 3:23 lp version......this 45 run time info s/b
added to the db...

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