Van Morrison-"Brown Eyed Girl"
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Topic: Van Morrison-"Brown Eyed Girl"
Posted By: jimct
Subject: Van Morrison-"Brown Eyed Girl"
Date Posted: 06 February 2009 at 11:56pm
| My commercial 45, confirmed as Bang! 545, has a listed time of (2:53), an actual time of (2:55), and contains the "laughin' and runnin'" lyric. I only post this info because current database CDs with this lyric also included, run longer, between (2:59) and (3:02). |
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Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 07 February 2009 at 7:42am
| Interesting, I never knew that version was ever out on (at least a commercial) 45. Mine (also Bang! 545) has the "makin' love in the green grass" lyrics, as has every copy of that single I've ever run across. Indeed, I never heard the "clean" version until the late 70s (though I was vaguely aware that one existed). |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 07 February 2009 at 8:55am
| Steve, just to make 100% sure for you, I just quickly re-checked both of my original 1967 45s, including one copy with a "DJ Copy" stamp on it, and both do, in fact, include the "laughin' and runnin'" lyric on them. My deadwax info is exactly the same, "W10127", for both copies. What is your 45's deadwax info? |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 07 February 2009 at 2:35pm
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Well, the plot gets thicker because mine also has W10127 in the deadwax, there is an LW there too. Just to make sure, I listened to it and verified that it has the "makin' love in the green grass behind the stadium" lyrics in the last verse.
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 07 February 2009 at 3:31pm
| I guess I need further clarificaion here. I assumed as soon as I heard the "laughin' and runnin'" lyric, :26 into the song, that there was the determination. But upon just listening all the way through, I DO also hear the "makin' love in the green grass" lyric, later in the song, at the 2:17 mark. Steve, thanks for the tipoff that the "lyric difference issue" is apparently near the end of the song; I had never known that before. What, was there a 2nd instance of the "laughin' and runnin" lyric, inserted later in the song, that replaced the "makin' love in the green grass" lyric released somewhere? And if so, was it on a stock and/or promo 45 or LP? Help! |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 07 February 2009 at 5:21pm
Yes, "laughing & running, hey hey" replaced "making love in the green grass" on the edit. An mp3 of this version is on it's way to you. I have this version on a Mercury "best of" album, circa 1990. It's in mono on the LP. |
jimct wrote:Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 07 February 2009 at 6:38pm
| Many thanks for the file, Steve. When you say "it's mono on the LP", does that mean the version you just sent me was the same one that appeared on the original, Jan. 1967 "Blowin' Your Mind!" LP? I also know that Bang "re-packaged" their stuff from "since-departed-from-the-label" artists more than just about anyone else did. Or, could this version possibly have first seen the light of day on one of those "re-hashed" Bang LPs, since Pat doesn't denote "LP version" in the database for it. Any insight would be appreciated. |
Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 07 February 2009 at 10:00pm
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The censored version did appear on some mono pressings of the LP, and i believe may have been rechanneled on some stereo pressings, as i have heard the track off of a local custom radio station CD from WARX (former oldies station from Frederick, MD) that was the censored version, rechanneled...yet when the actual station would play the song it was always the stereo uncensored version. ------------- Live in stereo. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 13 March 2010 at 11:39pm
| I've been living with a copy of this song from The Wonder Years, thinking that it was just a bad sounding recording. I just downloaded a copy from iTunes, and it's incredible how much better it sounds! Another thing I noticed about the Wonder Years copy (aside from the fact that it sounds like garbage) is that it runs at a slower speed. |
Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 14 March 2010 at 5:55am
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Aaron, the best sounding version I have by far comes from the 1991 CD
"Bang Masters". It's an excellent sounding recording. ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2010 at 8:45am
| Thanks, David! I'll have to pick up the actual CD. The copy I downloaded was simply titled "digital 45." |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 March 2010 at 4:04pm
| I presume the version with the 'laughing and running' lyric is only available in mono? |
Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 14 March 2010 at 9:44pm
Since that is just an edit, can't that be replicated using the stereo mix? ------------- Live in stereo. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 15 March 2010 at 8:47am
Never thought of that! Dang time change has my brain cells on rest. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 15 March 2010 at 4:46pm
| Since this version runs 3:03, and the 45 runs 2:55, what is the proper fade point to match the 45? |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 9:08pm
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John asked me to compare his replicated edit with the original "makin' love" 45 for timing purposes, and I found a discrepancy with Jim's original timing findings.
I have two copies of Bang 545 (no exclamation marks, though... they must've used a silencer): * A 1967 pressing from Plastic Products * A February, 1972 reserviced copy pressed by Specialty, with a hand-stamped "DJ COPY" on the "Goodbye Baby" side (which appears to be similar to what Jim indicated earlier.) The title font is MUCH larger on the '72 reservice, and its B-side title is simply "Goodbye Baby" as opposed to the '67 copy's "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)." Other than the Specialty logo appearing in the '72 run-out, all other deadwax info matches perfectly: "W10127" and "LW", both in identical handwriting and in the same positions. These two copies were pressed from the same master stamper. And the timings are identical, too: (3:00.7). The record appears to fade out at 2:58, but it actually continues at a barely-audible level for another 2.7 seconds. At Jim's reported 2:55 fadeout point, these two were still "makin' love in the green grass," as it were. I assume the printed times would both be (2:53), but my '67 copy has the B-side label on both sides. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 10 January 2014 at 7:57pm
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My findings agree with John in terms of the length. The song appears to be finished around 2:58, but listening carefully in headphones, I can hear faint audio all the way to the 3:01 mark, at which point it abruptly stops. Without a clean copy of the 45, though, you'd never hear this final audio. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |