Stars on 45

Wikipedia claims here that the 12" of the hit "Medley" ran 9:45 on the original (Dutch?) release, 10:15 on the U.S.A. 12", and 11:30 in West Germany.

I only find what I assume is the original Dutch mix on iTunes, at 9:45.

I also have a copy of the album version (Stars On Long Play), running about 15 minutes.

My question is, can I re-create the American 12" version of the Stars On 45 Medley from the album version, or some combination of the original single and the album version?

Also, the database claims a shorter version existed (perhaps for DJs?) running just over 3 minutes... can THAT be edited from the 7" single version, and if so, where do you cut?

Thanks, as always for any help you can offer!

The music prior to the "1, 2, 3, 4" countoff slightly crossfades over the "1...". Is it like that on the promo 45?

I guess I should clarify. I know the stock 45 as starting with "Venus", not the Stars On 45 intro.

I an sure everyone is aware of this but figured I would share for anyone who didn't know of this. The "Stars on 45 Medley" was originally part of a Bootleg 12" called "Bits and Pieces III".   The bootleg actually used the real Beatles tracks and the Stars on 45 release is almost exactly how the bootleg sounded. See the attached link and go to the 5:52 mark and you can hear it as it originally sounded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTgVkxKcrEk&feature=related

Enjoy!

budaniel wrote: it's unfortunate that none of their US LPs have gotten an exact CD release. I have a number of "stars on" imports, and while they are all loaded with most of the medleys recorded, they are often either edited, or songs within medleys are completely rearranged and out of order from the original versions, or missing a few tracks from the original medleys.

For those handful of Stars on 45 fans out there, be aware that there is a recent import release on Red Bullet called "30 Years Anniversary Of Stars on 45" (a rather grammatically challenged title). It contains two medleys from the original series of "Stars on Long Play" albums that had never been released in their entirety on CD until now: the long Abba medley from side 2 of "Stars on Long Play II" and the long Rolling Stones medley from "Stars on Long Play III".

Unfortunately, the sound quality isn't that great. The EQ is heavy-handed (rather smiley-faced); dynamic range is a bit squashed but not too bad. While I don't hear any obvious vinyl tics, there is some distortion that makes me wonder if these might be cleaned up vinyl transfers. It's hard to tell.

Of the original LP medleys, that only leaves the "Boogie Nights" medley from side 2 of the first album that has not appeared in full on CD in some manner.