"Radar Love" - Golden Earring

Thanks for the speedy reply, Jim. Question answered!

Just checked my "Physical" DJ 45. It's a Pinckneyville.

What was it with Decca/MCA choosing towns ending in "ville" for their pressing plants? Makes me wonder if the old Plasticville toy towns ever had a record pressing plant? (I did have Plasticville's WPLA TV station.) :)

No, I'd been blissfully unaware of Gloversville's glorious namesake past. In trying to get up to speed on the subject, I happened upon this line from Gloversville's City Historian:

Millions of pairs of gloves were regularly shipped by rail to all parts of the world.

Seems a somewhat unorthodox manner of getting the goods to such markets as Paris, London, Tokyo, Sydney or Honolulu, but, hey, if it worked, then great! I would imagine they had to take shrinkage into account, though. :)

It's also fascinating how the Scranton Button Company branched into making phonograph records (both products being shellac-based), eventually becoming the Capitol Records plant.

Or that the since-razed Presswell Records plant was only a few miles down the road from the intersection of Atco and Atlantic Avenues in Atco, New Jersey.

In view of the sometimes lax quality control at both record manufacturers over the years, one might wonder whether recycled gloves or buttons somehow found their way into the vinyl pellet barrels...

I also believe the edit that runs 3:44 was issued on the UK 45 on the Track label. Most if not all of those UK 45s had no listed times. That was not unusual in late 1973/early 1974.

It's possible some of the UK 45s had the five minute plus unedited version, but the 3:44 edit was probably what radio played across the pond. The 3:44 edit appears on a recent various artist UK compilation:

https://www.discogs.com/master/3478522-Various-Now-Yearbook- 74