Donnie Elbert-"Where Did Our Love Go"
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Topic: Donnie Elbert-"Where Did Our Love Go"
Posted By: jimct
Subject: Donnie Elbert-"Where Did Our Love Go"
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 7:13pm
| Both my commercial and promo 45s for this one have a listed time of (2:58), but an actual time of (3:16). The most noticable (and possibly ONLY) difference between the 45 and LP Versions exist right at the start: Eight opening drum hits start the LP version; just four opening drum hits start the 45 version. |
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Posted By: PaulEschen
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 3:14pm
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I have a 45 of this (All Platinum 2330, inner ring # AP214NO-) that has eight drum hits
at the beginning. I can't be precise about the time, as I don't trust my turntable, but after synching it up with the version on Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind - Soul Hits of the '70s vol. 6 the time is approximately 3:16-3:18. My question is, what IS the difference between the 45 and LP versions? |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 06 November 2009 at 1:51am
| Paul, your report of an "8-drum-hits intro" 45 for this song is a stunner to me; I appreciate your new info. A personal fave of mine since it was a current, I always heard the "4-drum-hits" intro version on the radio in late '71. I am now 99.9% sure that the "4 vs 8 drum hits" is the only difference between the 2 versions. To me, those initial drum hits are so quick that I believe the 4-drum hit intro version runs (3:16), while the 8-drum hit version runs (3:18). |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 06 November 2009 at 5:48am
| Ironically, there is a http://cgi.ebay.com/DONNIE-ELBERT-Where-Did-Our-Love-Go-NORTHERN-SOUL-HEAR_W0QQitemZ350240979561QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item518bfd3a69 - 45 for sale on eBay right now, complete with sound sample and 8 drum beats on the intro... |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 06 November 2009 at 6:34am
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I'll have to check my copy of this.
This is a song that got zero local airplay in the Boston/southern N.H. markets (as well as other northern New England stations influenced by them). The only reason I can think of is that in late '71/early '72 Boston's 2 Top 40 stations, WMEX & WRKO were going thru a phase where they were each trying to "out-AOR" each other, the result being a lot of pop/soul stuff fell by the wayside. The only place I ever heard this song was on WRKO's FM station, WROR which ran a syndicated Drake format. |
Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 06 November 2009 at 4:04pm
| My U.S. commercial 45 has the same inner ring info as PaulEschen's, AP214NO-, but I count only four drum hits (with the volume fading in) before the vocals start. |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 06 November 2009 at 4:37pm
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eriejwg wrote:Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 07 November 2009 at 4:09pm
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No problem, Jim!
Now, to recreate the 4 beat intro, just trim off the first 4 beats?? Anyone? |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 07 November 2009 at 7:38pm
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My commercial 45 matches Paul's: 8 drumbeat intro, matrix # AP214NO-
All Platinum used El Cheapo plastic for their 45s. This one's a cracklefest from the get-go. |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 20 November 2009 at 7:29am
| I recently received the copy of the "8-drum-hit" intro 45 that John G. was kind enough to spot on eBay. (And John P., you're right about the "crackle-fest!") Sometimes the deadwax info can contain the exact same numbers/letters, but a different spacing/font for the written info can provide a tip that indicates a different pressing run. That is the case here. My "4-drum-hit" 45 intro shows deadwax as a single string of characters, "AP214NO-". My "8-drum-hit" 45 intro shows these same deadwax characters to be a little bit more broken up, appearing more like "AP 214 N O-". Short of listening to the actual 45s, this is the best I can do to provide a distinction between the shorter/longer intro 45 versions, just by eyeballing the vinyl. |
Posted By: bwolfe
Date Posted: 20 November 2009 at 8:12am
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All Platinum and Motown must have used the same lousy vinyl for singles. Cracklefest indeed. ------------- the way it was heard on the radio |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 27 December 2011 at 4:14pm
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Right now, the database states the following general comment for Donnie Elbert's "Where Did Our Love Go":
(the actual 45 running time is (3:16) not (2:58) as stated on the record label; some 45's are pressed with a 4 beat introcution and others with 8 beats; all LP's were pressed with the 8 beat introduction) The 45 containing the 8 beat intro is a couple of seconds longer. So if I may make a suggestion for a more complete and fully accurate comment, perhaps it could be slightly revised to read something like: (there are two pressings of this 45, all of which incorrectly state a time of 2:58 on the record label - some pressings contain a 4 beat introduction and actually run 3:16, while others contain an 8 beat intro and actually run 3:18; all LPs were pressed with the 8 beat introduction and run 3:18) |