chubby checker popeye the hitchhiker
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Topic: chubby checker popeye the hitchhiker
Posted By: edtop40
Subject: chubby checker popeye the hitchhiker
Date Posted: 22 September 2013 at 1:04pm
my commercial 45 for the chubby checker song 'popeye (the
hitchhiker)' issued as the B-side of parkway 849 lists the
run time on the label as 2:29 but actually runs 2:26....and
is identical to the version on the cameo best of cd, except
you'll need to pitch that 2:23 running version down to run
2:26...this 45 info s/b added to the db...
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edtop40
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 05 October 2015 at 7:23pm
Ed, my 1962 stock copy of Parkway 849 also has the same actual time for
"Popeye" (2:26) as your report above, but my copy's listed time for that
side is (2:25), not (2:29).
And although the #10 BB peak for the "Popeye" side was eclipsed by the
#2 BB peak for the flip side, Limbo Rock, my stock 45 label has "Popeye"
as P849-A (with typewriter deadwax of "P-849-A3"), with the "Limbo
Rock" side label stating P849-B, with typewriter deadwax of "P-849-B2").
My stock 45 copy apparently came from an earlier pressing run than yours
did. Because early on, it looks like Parkway intended for "Popeye" to be the
A-side. Over the years, I've been surprised at just how many times the
labels themselves had misread which side of the 45 the "hit" would
emerge from.
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