List of mono and Stereo 45s - 1974
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Topic: List of mono and Stereo 45s - 1974
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: List of mono and Stereo 45s - 1974
Date Posted: 13 February 2012 at 12:08am
The following is a list of every single that peaked on the Billboard Top 40 chart in 1974 (based on Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual 1955-1999 publication) and also includes the Top 40 hits Pat has included in the database based a composite of other music charts. Through a collaborative effort with my partner-in-crime Jim (a.k.a. "jimct") and some valuable assistance from KentT, Paul Haney, and Yah Shure, we've made our best effort to determine whether the corresponding commercial 45 release for each single was issued in mono or stereo. This list only accounts for original 45 releases and not later re-issues.
I have posted a mono/stereo 45 list for each year from 1968-1975 (see links below) and hope forum members and fellow music collectors will find these lists to be a useful reference guide. I also highly encourage anyone to let me know if there are any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions so that I can make the necessary corrections.
Mono and Stereo Commercial 45 Releases of Top 40 Singles from 1974
ABBA - "Honey, Honey" (stereo)
ABBA (Bjorn, Benny, Anna & Frida) - "Waterloo" (stereo)
Allman, Gregg - "Midnight Rider" (stereo)
Allman Brothers Band, The - "Jessica" (stereo)
America - "Tin Man" (stereo)
Anka, Paul, with Odia Coates - "(You're) Having My Baby" (stereo)
Atlanta Rhythm Section - "Doraville" (stereo)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "Free Wheelin'" (stereo)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "Let It Ride" (stereo)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "Takin' Care of Business" (stereo)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (stereo)
Bad Company - "Can't Get Enough" (stereo)
Beach Boys, The - "Surfin' U.S.A." (mono and stereo - all 45 copies however state "mono" on the label)
Black Oak Arkansas - "Jim Dandy" (stereo)
Bloodstone - "Outside Woman" (mono)
Blue Magic - "Sideshow" (stereo)
Blue Magic - "Three Ring Circus" (stereo)
Blue Swede - "Hooked on a Feeling" (stereo)
Blue Swede - "Never My Love" (stereo)
Bristol, Johnny - "Hang on in There Baby" (stereo)
Brown, James - "My Thang" (stereo)
Brown, James - "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I" (stereo)
Brown, James - "The Payback - Part I" (stereo)
Brown, Shirley - "Woman to Woman" (stereo)
Brownsville Station - "I'm the Leader of the Gang" (stereo)
Brownsville Station - "Kings of the Party" (stereo)
Brownsville Station - "Smokin' in the Boys Room" (stereo)
B.T. Express - "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" (stereo)
Buffett, Jimmy - "Come Monday" (stereo)
Carlton, Carl - "Everlasting Love" (stereo)
Carpenters - "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (stereo)
Chapin, Harry - "Cat's in the Cradle" (stereo)
Chapin, Harry - "WOLD" (stereo)
Cheech & Chong - "Earache My Eye (Featuring Alice Bowie)" (stereo)
Cheech & Chong - "Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!)" (mono)
Cher - "Dark Lady" (stereo)
Cher - "I Saw a Man and He Danced with His Wife" (stereo)
Cher - "Train of Thought" (stereo)
Chicago - "Call on Me" (stereo)
Chicago - "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" (stereo)
Chicago - "Wishing You Were Here" (stereo)
Clapton, Eric - "I Shot the Sheriff" (stereo)
Clapton, Eric - "Willie and the Hand Jive" (stereo)
Commodores, The - "Machine Gun" (stereo)
Craddock, Billy "Crash" - "Rub It In" (stereo)
Croce, Jim - "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" (stereo)
Croce, Jim - "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" (stereo)
Davis, Mac - "One Hell of a Woman" (stereo)
Davis, Mac - "Stop and Smell the Roses" (stereo)
Dee, Kiki, Band, The - "I've Got the Music in Me" (stereo)
DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco - "Abra-ca-dabra" (stereo)
DeFranco Family, The, featuring Tony DeFranco - "Save the Last Dance for Me" (stereo)
Denver, John - "Annie's Song" (stereo)
Denver, John - "Back Home Again" (stereo)
Denver, John - "Sunshine on My Shoulder" (stereo)
Derringer, Rick - "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" (stereo)
DeVaughn, William - "Be Thankful for What You Got" (stereo)
DeYoung, Cliff - "My Sweet Lady" (stereo)
Diamond, Neil - "Longfellow Serenade" (stereo)
Donaldson, Bo, & the Heywoods - "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" (stereo)
Donaldson, Bo, & the Heywoods - "The Heartbreak Kid" (stereo)
Donaldson, Bo, & the Heywoods - "Who Do You Think You Are" (stereo)
Doobie Brothers, The - "Another Park, Another Sunday" (stereo)
Douglas, Carl - "Kung Fu Fighting" (stereo)
Dozier, Lamont - "Fish Ain't Bitin'" (stereo)
Dozier, Lamont - "Trying to Hold on to My Woman" (stereo)
Dylan, Bob - "On a Night Like This" (stereo)
Eagles - "Already Gone" (stereo)
Earth, Wind & Fire - "Devotion" (stereo)
Earth, Wind & Fire - "Mighty Mighty" (stereo)
Essex, David - "Rock On" (stereo)
Fancy - "Touch Me" (stereo)
Fancy - "Wild Thing" (stereo)
First Class - "Beach Baby" (mono)
Flack, Roberta - "Feel Like Makin' Love" (stereo)
Four Tops - "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" (stereo)
Franklin, Aretha - "I'm in Love" (stereo)
Franklin, Aretha - "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" (stereo)
Garfunkel - "I Shall Sing" (stereo)
Garfunkel - "Second Avenue" (stereo)
Gaye, Marvin - "Distant Lover" (stereo?)
Gaye, Marvin - "You Sure Love to Ball" (stereo)
Golden Earring - "Radar Love" (stereo)
Goodman, Dickie - "Energy Crisis '74" (mono - all 45 copies incorrectly state "stereo" on the label)
Grand Funk - "The Loco-Motion" (stereo)
Grand Funk - "Shinin' On" (stereo)
Grand Funk - "Walk Like a Man" (stereo)
Green, Al - "Let's Get Married" (mono)
Green, Al - "Livin' for You" (mono)
Green, Al - "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" (mono)
Guess Who, The - "Clap for the Wolfman" (stereo)
Guess Who, The - "Star Baby" (stereo)
Haley, Bill, & His Comets - "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" (mono)
Hall, Tom T. - "I Love" (stereo)
Hamlisch, Marvin - "The Entertainer" (stereo)
Hammond, Albert - "I'm a Train" (stereo)
Hayes, Isaac - "'Joy' Pt. I" (stereo)
Hollies, The - "The Air That I Breathe" (stereo)
Hudson Brothers - "So You Are a Star" (stereo)
Hues Corporation, The - "Rock the Boat" (stereo)
Hues Corporation, The - "Rockin' Soul" (stereo)
Impressions, The - "Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)" (stereo)
Jacks, Terry - "Seasons in the Sun" (mono)
Jackson 5, The - "Dancing Machine" (stereo)
Jackson 5, The - "Whatever You Got, I Want" (stereo)
Joel, Billy - "Piano Man" (stereo)
John, Elton - "Bennie and the Jets" (stereo)
John, Elton - "The Bitch Is Back" (stereo)
John, Elton - "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (stereo)
Kendricks, Eddie - "Boogie Down" (stereo)
Kendricks, Eddie - "Son of Sagittarius" (stereo)
Kendricks, Eddie - "Tell Her Love Has Felt the Need" (stereo)
Kim, Andy - "Fire, Baby I'm on Fire" (stereo)
Kim, Andy - "Rock Me Gently" (stereo)
King, B.B. - "I Like to Live the Love" (stereo)
King, Carole - "Jazzman" (stereo)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" (stereo)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "I Feel a Song (in My Heart)" (stereo)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "I've Got to Use My Imagination" (stereo)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "On and On" (stereo)
Kool & the Gang - "Higher Plane" (stereo)
Kool & the Gang - "Hollywood Singing" (stereo)
Kool & the Gang - "Jungle Boogie" (stereo)
Latimore - "Let's Straighten It Out" (stereo)
Lennon, John, with the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band - "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" (stereo)
Lightfoot, Gordon - "Carefree Highway" (stereo)
Lightfoot, Gordon - "Sundown" (stereo)
Lobo - "Rings" (stereo)
Lobo - "Standing at the End of the Line" (stereo)
Loggins, Dave - "Please Come to Boston" (stereo)
Love Unlimited Orchestra - "Love's Theme" (stereo)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama" (stereo)
MacGregor, Byron - "Americans" (stereo)
Main Ingredient, The - "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" (stereo)
Main Ingredient, The - "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (stereo)
Mayfield, Curtis - "Kung Fu" (stereo)
McCartney, Paul, & Wings - "Band on the Run" (stereo)
McCartney, Paul, & Wings - "Jet" (stereo)
McCartney, Paul, & Wings - "Helen Wheels" (stereo)
McCrae, George - "Rock Your Baby" (stereo)
Mead, Sister Janet - "The Lord's Prayer" (stereo)
MFSB featuring the Three Degrees - "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" (stereo)
Midler, Bette - "In the Mood" (stereo)
Miller, Steve, Band - "The Joker" (stereo)
Miracles, The - "Do It Baby" (stereo)
Mitchell, Joni - "Free Man in Paris" (stereo)
Mitchell, Joni - "Help Me" (stereo)
Mocedades - "Eres Tu (Touch the Wind)" (stereo)
Moments, The - "Sexy Mama" (mono)
Montgomery, Melba - "No Charge" (stereo)
Muldaur, Maria - "Midnight at the Oasis" (stereo)
Murray, Anne - "Love Song" (stereo)
Murray, Anne - "You Won't See Me" (stereo)
Natural Four - "Can This Be Real" (stereo)
Neely, Sam - "You Can Have Her" (stereo)
Newton-John, Olivia - "I Honestly Love You" (stereo)
Newton-John, Olivia - "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" (stereo)
Newton-John, Olivia - "Let Me Be There" (stereo)
Nilsson - "Daybreak" (stereo)
Ohio Players - "Skin Tight" (stereo)
O'Jays, The - "For the Love of Money" (stereo)
O'Jays, The - "Put Your Hands Together" (stereo)
Oldfield, Mike - "Tubular Bells" (stereo)
Orlando, Tony, & Dawn - "Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)" (mono)
Osmond, Donny - "Are You Lonesome Tonight" (mono and stereo?)
Osmond, Donny and Marie - "I'm Leaving It (All) up to You" (mono)
Osmonds, The - "Love Me for a Reason" (mono)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - "If You Wanna Get to Heaven" (stereo)
Paper Lace - "The Night Chicago Died" (stereo)
Paul, Billy - "Thanks for Saving My Life" (stereo)
Pointer Sisters, The - "Fairytale" (stereo - all 45 copies incorrectly state "mono" on the label)
Prelude - "After the Goldrush" (stereo)
Presley, Elvis - "I've Got a Thing About You Baby" (stereo)
Presley, Elvis - "If You Talk in Your Sleep" (stereo)
Presley, Elvis - "Promised Land" (stereo)
Presley, Elvis - "Take Good Care of Her" (stereo)
Preston, Billy - "Nothing from Nothing" (stereo)
Raspberries - "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" (stereo)
Redbone - "Come and Get Your Love" (stereo)
Redding, Gene - "This Heart" (stereo)
Reddy, Helen - "Angie Baby" (stereo)
Reddy, Helen - "Keep on Singing" (stereo)
Reddy, Helen - "You and Me Against the World" (stereo)
Reunion - "Life Is a Rock (but the Radio Rolled Me)" (stereo)
Rich, Charlie - "I Love My Friend" (stereo)
Rich, Charlie - "There Won't Be Anymore" (stereo)
Rich, Charlie - "A Very Special Love Song" (stereo)
Righteous Brothers, The - "Dream On" (stereo)
Righteous Brothers, The - "Give It to the People" (stereo)
Righteous Brothers, The - "Rock and Roll Heaven" (stereo)
Robinson, Smokey - "Baby Come Close" (stereo)
Rolling Stones, The - "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (stereo)
Rolling Stones, The - "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" (stereo)
Rolling Stones, The - "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (but I Like It)" (stereo)
Ross, Diana - "Last Time I Saw Him" (stereo)
Ross, Diana, & Marvin Gaye - "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (stereo)
Rubettes, The - "Sugar Baby Love" (stereo)
Rufus - "Tell Me Something Good" (stereo)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - "You Got the Love" (stereo)
Sami Jo - "Tell Me a Lie" (mono)
Sellars, Marilyn - "One Day at a Time" (stereo)
Simon, Carly - "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" (stereo)
Simon, Carly, & James Taylor - "Mockingbird" (stereo)
Simon, Paul - "American Tune" (stereo)
Sinclair, Gordon - "The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)" (mono)
Sly & the Family Stone - "Time for Livin'" (stereo)
Soul Children, The - "I'll Be the Other Woman" (stereo)
Souther, Hillman, Furay Band, The - "Fallin' in Love" (stereo)
Spinners - "I'm Coming Home" (stereo)
Spinners - "Love Don't Love Nobody - Pt. I" (stereo)
Spinners - "Mighty Love - Pt. 1" (stereo)
Stafford, Jim - "My Girl Bill" (stereo)
Stafford, Jim - "Spiders & Snakes" (stereo)
Stafford, Jim - "Wildwood Weed" (stereo)
Staple Singers, The - "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" (stereo)
Starr, Ringo - "Oh My My" (stereo)
Starr, Ringo - "You're Sixteen" (stereo)
Stealers Wheel - "Star" (stereo)
Steely Dan - "Rikki Don't Lost That Number" (stereo)
Steppenwolf - "Straight Shootin' Woman" (stereo)
Stevens, Cat - "Another Saturday Night" (stereo)
Stevens, Cat - "Oh Very Young" (stereo)
Stevens, Ray - "The Streak" (stereo)
Streisand, Barbra - "The Way We Were" (stereo)
Stylistics, The - "Heavy Fallen Out" (stereo)
Stylistics, The - "Let's Put It All Together" (stereo)
Stylistics, The - "You Make Me Feel Brand New" (stereo)
Swan, Billy - "I Can Help" (stereo)
Taylor, Johnnie - "We're Getting Careless with Our Love" (stereo)
Temptations, The - "Let Your Hair Down" (stereo)
Thomas, Ian - "Painted Ladies" (stereo)
Three Degrees, The - "When Will I See You Again" (stereo)
Three Dog Night - "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" (stereo)
Three Dog Night - "The Show Must Go On" (stereo)
Three Dog Night - "Sure as I'm Sittin' Here" (stereo)
Tower of Power - "Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)" (stereo)
Tymes, The - "You Little Trustmaker" (stereo)
War - "Ballero" (stereo)
War - "Me and Baby Brother" (stereo)
Warwicke, Dionne, & Spinners - "Then Came You" (stereo)
Weatherly, Jim - "The Need to Be" (stereo)
Wednesday - "Last Kiss" (stereo)
Wet Willie - "Keep on Smilin'" (stereo)
White, Barry - "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (stereo)
White, Barry - "Honey Please, Can't Ya Please" (stereo)
White, Barry - "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up' (stereo)
Wilson, Al - "La La Peace Song" (mono)
Wilson, Al - "Show and Tell" (stereo)
Winter, Edgar - "River's Risin'" (stereo)
Womack, Bobby - "Lookin' for a Love" (stereo)
Wonder, Stevie - "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" (stereo)
Wonder, Stevie - "Living for the City" (stereo)
Wonder, Stevie - "You Haven't Done Nothin" (stereo)
Vannelli, Gino - "People Gotta Move" (stereo)
Vinton, Bobby - "My Melody of Love" (stereo)
ZZ Top - "La Grange" (mono)
Also, Jim says his copy of Marvin Gaye's "Distant Lover" sounds like very narrow stereo, though he cannot tell for certain. There is also a lack of consensus elsewhere regarding whether Donny Osmond's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" is in very narrow stereo, mono, or in both as separate 45 pressings. If anyone can chime in with their own observations as to whether these commercial 45s are in stereo or mono, it would be appreciated.
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Replies:
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 13 February 2012 at 12:35am
Scoreboard update...
Here are the percentages (rounded to the nearest tenth) of Top 40 commercial 45s issued in stereo by year. As others here have correctly suspected, 45 releases in 1974 were overwhelmingly in stereo:
1974: 93.4%
1973: 74.8%
1972: 51.9%
1971: 35.7%
1970: 26.9%
1969: 19.1%
1968: 3.1%
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Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 13 February 2012 at 8:03am
Todd Ireland wrote:
Also, Jim says his copy of Marvin Gaye's "Distant Lover" sounds like very narrow stereo, though he cannot tell for certain. If anyone can chime in with their own observations as to whether the commercial 45 is in stereo or mono, it would be appreciated. |
My stock copy has a normal stereo mix; it isn't narrow at all. Matrix number is T54241-61921 - 9A - SO2B (the usual pan-fried Motown vinyl quality is also in evidence.)
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Posted By: KentT
Date Posted: 13 February 2012 at 8:38am
My 45 of "Are You Lonesome Tonight" by Donny Osmond is narrow Stereo. "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers is Stereo.
------------- I turn up the good and turn down the bad!
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Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 13 February 2012 at 8:43am
Donny Osmond's 'Are You Lonesome Tonight' is mono, as is its flip 'When I Fall In Love'. Although 'When I Fall In Love' is not listed in the database, Billboard listed this as a two-sided hit. In fact, during its first three weeks on the Hot 100, 'When I Fall In Love' was listed as the A-side, although it was listed as the B-side during its entire stay in the Top 40.
My copy of Marvin Gaye's 'Distant Lover' is as Yah Shure's, except that the Matrix number ends with 'SO8B' instead of 'SO2B'.
EDIT: See posts below for corrections.
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Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 13 February 2012 at 8:57am
Sorry, it looks like KentT and I were composing our posts at the same time. The matrix of my copy of 'Are You Lonesome Tonight' is '73L 5438-M-X AM-2 10-23-73'. If my copy is narrow stereo, then it's so narrow that my hearing isn't good enough to detect it.
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Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 13 February 2012 at 9:52am
I made another goof. (It must be Monday.)
The version of 'Distant Lover' that both Yah Shure and I refer to in our posts is NOT the hit version. The version on Tamla 54241 is the studio version released as the flip of 'Come Get To This'. The hit version is a live version on Tamla 54253.
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Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 13 February 2012 at 9:14pm
I just noticed this, too, Paul. I had it filed under the B-side.
To quote Emily Litella: "Never mind."
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 14 February 2012 at 12:39am
Thanks, KentT and Paul C for the updates. Since there appears to be some ambiguity in determining the mono/stereo status for Donny Osmond's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", I've posted "mono and stereo?" in the master list for the time being (it wouldn't mark the first time an Osmond single was issued in both) but have left open the possibility that only one or the other may exist.
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Posted By: Gary Mack
Date Posted: 14 February 2012 at 12:12pm
I have the promo 45 of AYLT/WIFIL and both are mono with
no "A" side or mono/stereo designation on either side.
Both have K 14677 in the deadwax, of course, and AYTL
shows only K-6828. But WIFIL says 73L5442-W. Other marks
only on WIFIL read A-1 and DSS. Sure looks like that was
meant to be the hit, but it wasn't to be.
GM
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Posted By: KentT
Date Posted: 04 March 2012 at 8:00pm
The second pressing which has the Long Version of "So You Are A Star" by The Hudson Brothers is true stereo. My copy was pressed on vinyl and sounds great.
------------- I turn up the good and turn down the bad!
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Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 16 July 2012 at 1:01pm
I didn't notice it in your list but my edited (and possibly
slightly remixed) copy of 10cc's "Wall Street Shuffle" 45
on UK Records plays mono.
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Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 17 July 2012 at 9:42am
The Hits Man wrote:
I didn't notice it in your list but my edited (and possibly slightly remixed) copy of 10cc's "Wall Street Shuffle" 45 on UK Records plays mono. | This 10cc song never made it on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
------------- Santi Paradoa
Miami, Florida
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Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 17 July 2012 at 5:07pm
Santi Paradoa wrote:
The Hits Man wrote:
I didn't notice
it in your list but my edited (and possibly slightly
remixed) copy of 10cc's "Wall Street Shuffle" 45 on UK
Records plays mono. | This 10cc song never made it on
Billboard's Hot 100 chart. |
Wow! I just checked. You're right! I thought it had,
especially considering the extensive airplay it got here in
the states.
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Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 17 July 2012 at 6:42pm
I never heard this 10cc song on top 40 radio back then Grant (at least
where I was in South Florida). Interesting lyrics.
------------- Santi Paradoa
Miami, Florida
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 18 November 2012 at 9:02pm
my commercial 45 for the beach boys song "surfin usa"
issued as the orange label capitol 3924 states the run time
as 2:27 and also states that it is the 'mono' version and
indeed IS in mono......first question....which colored
label was this issued as the re-release in 1974?.....second
question....paul's 1974 list above of mono/stereo releases
says that this was actually a stereo release....my vinyl
does NOT confirm this...can anyone else chime in?
------------- edtop40
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Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 18 November 2012 at 10:01pm
edtop40 wrote:
first question....which colored label was this issued as the re-release in 1974? |
The orange label, Ed.
edtop40 wrote:
second question....paul's 1974 list above of mono/stereo releases says that this was actually a stereo release....my vinyl does NOT confirm this...can anyone else chime in? |
I only have a DJ 45 of this one, so I'll let someone else handle the stock copy question. FWIW, the DJ 45 is mono/mono (and labeled as such) with "Surfin' U.S.A." on both sides. The labels are identical, with the P-3924 and (PRO-6924) catalog and matrix numbers listed on both sides.
Curiously, the deadwax numbers do differ between the two sides, with "45-39181 - F3" on one side and "PRO-6924-F-1" on the other. But I didn't detect any sonic differences; they're both mono.
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 19 November 2012 at 3:58pm
Ed, since I provided the original findings to Todd for the song, I just re-
pulled and re-listened to the Capitol 3924 commercial 45 I bought during its
1974 re-charting. My copy is exactly as I'd reported earlier. The 45 label
states mono, but the song is clearly in full stereo. My deadwax info: "S45 -
39181 - W1". This clearly differs from John's DJ 45 deadwax info above.
Ed, since "your vinyl does not confirm this", what is your 45's deadwax info?
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 19 November 2012 at 4:22pm
my commercial 45 has "45-39181-F3" etched in the run out
groove.....and mine is clearly mono......so this re-issue
was released in both mono & stereo formats...
------------- edtop40
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 26 November 2012 at 8:42pm
I finally got around to updating the mono/stereo info for "Surfin' U.S.A.". Thanks, guys!
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 25 May 2013 at 5:37pm
hey todd....my commercial 45 for the al green song 'sha-la-
la (make me happy) sounds like mono.....can anyone check
their commercial 45 to see if they can verify what i'm
hearing.....thx edtop40
------------- edtop40
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 25 May 2013 at 6:16pm
Ed, I provided the initial "stereo" report to Todd. I clearly went "back and
forth" on this one, as my Post-It note, attached to all my 45's, had "mono"
whited out to "stereo," thinking I'd detected a narrow stereo mix, upon
second listen. So, to solve this one once and for all, I just pulled out my
"Sha-La-La" mono/stereo promo 45. And the stereo separation IS clearly
much easier to pick up on the stereo side of my promo. So I am going to now
agree with Ed on this, and request that Todd change the "master commercial
1974 entry" for this song, from stereo to mono. Thanks, Ed!
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 25 May 2013 at 9:50pm
The change has been made. Thanks, guys!
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Posted By: Steve Carras
Date Posted: 16 March 2014 at 2:53pm
I thought "Jessica" was from '73!
------------- You know you're really older when you think that younger singer Jesse McCartney's related in anyway to former Beatle Paul McCartney.
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Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 16 March 2014 at 4:39pm
Steve Carras wrote:
I thought "Jessica" was from '73! |
The single wasn't yet released in 1973. "Jessica" debuted on the Hot 100 the week ending January 19, 1974.
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Posted By: Steve Carras
Date Posted: 17 March 2014 at 7:54pm
Thanks.
------------- You know you're really older when you think that younger singer Jesse McCartney's related in anyway to former Beatle Paul McCartney.
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Posted By: Steve Carras
Date Posted: 02 June 2022 at 10:10pm
Hey, anyone know where I can get the TRUE "Takin Care of
Business" & "Blue Collar" edits by BTO? (I got a "TCoB"
"single version " from someone on SoulSeek but it is so not
the one I heard...#NotMySingleVersion lol.
(Also, the promo for the 1970 PG&E "Are You Ready"..anyone
know where it is?) thanx
------------- You know you're really older when you think that younger singer Jesse McCartney's related in anyway to former Beatle Paul McCartney.
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Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 03 June 2022 at 5:33am
Steve Carras wrote:
Hey, anyone know where I can get the TRUE "Takin Care of
Business" & "Blue Collar" edits by BTO? (I got a "TCoB"
"single version " from someone on SoulSeek but it is so not
the one I heard...#NotMySingleVersion lol. |
AFAIK the commercial single and LP of TCB are the same. There was a promo edit that runs ~3:15, is that the one you're
thinking of?
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