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Pat, the database probably needs to be updated, as Gene reports "The 80s Hits...Back Again" CD has a different mix than the common 45/LP mix. Did anyone ever come across a 45 that matches it?

Didn't learn as much as I'd hoped for this song, so I'll report what I do know.

LP version, also on first presings of 45, runs about 2:58

This has a 16-beat intro before the vocals start. The intro runs about 10 seconds.

This was also the version played on American Top 40 for its entire chart run and for the year-end show. (I confirmed this.)

I have this version on Time-Life's 2-CD Echoes Of Love (1991), where it runs about 2:58, and runs at 95.8 BPM throughout (live drummer playing to a click track). It sounds pretty good here. There's a digitally identical clone on Madacy's Rock On 1981 (1996).

It sounds like a new analog transfer of the same source tape was used for Rhino's Radio Daze Vol. 5 (1995), where it runs at 95.5 BPM throughout. The sound quality is quite close to Echoes Of Love, but it's a teensy bit slower here.

Shortened-intro 45, runs about 2:56

Before I found this post, I thought this version was just a mastering error. Turns out that this is a real, released version on some pressings of the 45. Not sure if it was an early pressing (and considered a mistake) or a later pressing.

Two differences, compared to the 2:58 versions. First, the first four beats of the intro are removed, so that the intro runs just 12 beats and is now 7 seconds long. Second, the left and right channels are swapped, compared to the 2:58 versions.

The mix is the same as on the 2:58 version, only with the left and right channels reversed.

This version turns up on CD on JCI's Only Country 1980-1984 (1995), and the same analog transfer is used on Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 7 1980-1982 (2000). The channels are reversed, compared to the 2:58 versions on CD, which is consistent with how the 2:56 version was released on 45. Both of these CDs sound fine.

Version(s?) with additional overdubs

I'm at a loss as to where this came from. As far as I can tell from this thread, we don't have any LPs or 45s from 1981 that actually have the overdubs.

I'll be happy to pick apart other masterings if you send them to me.

In my own library, I'm going to use the version from Echoes Of Love (1991). The short-intro version runs 12 beats, rather than 16, which sounds very unnatural to my ears.

There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one Crap From The Past.

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	Pat, the database probably needs to be updated, as Gene reports "The 80s Hits...Back Again" CD has a different mix than the common 45/LP mix. Did anyone ever come across a 45 that matches it?

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	Abagon sent me his copies of the US 45 and US LP. I agree that they are the same. As he points out, the 45 is EQ'd much brighter, but it's not a mix difference.

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	Didn't learn as much as I'd hoped for this song, so I'll report what I do know. LP version, also on first presings of 45, runs about 2:58 This has a 16-beat intro before the vocals start. The intro runs about 10 seconds. This was also the version played on American Top 40 for its entire chart run and for the year-end show. (I confirmed this.) I have this version on Time-Life's 2-CD Echoes Of Love (1991), where it runs about 2:58, and runs at 95.8 BPM throughout (live drummer playing to a click track). It sounds pretty good here. There's a digitally identical clone on Madacy's Rock On 1981 (1996). It sounds like a new analog transfer of the same source tape was used for Rhino's Radio Daze Vol. 5 (1995), where it runs at 95.5 BPM throughout. The sound quality is quite close to Echoes Of Love, but it's a teensy bit slower here. Shortened-intro 45, runs about 2:56 Before I found this post, I thought this version was just a mastering error. Turns out that this is a real, released version on some pressings of the 45. Not sure if it was an early pressing (and considered a mistake) or a later pressing. Two differences, compared to the 2:58 versions. First, the first four beats of the intro are removed, so that the intro runs just 12 beats and is now 7 seconds long. Second, the left and right channels are swapped, compared to the 2:58 versions. The mix is the same as on the 2:58 version, only with the left and right channels reversed. This version turns up on CD on JCI's Only Country 1980-1984 (1995), and the same analog transfer is used on Time-Life's 2-CD Singers And Songwriters Vol. 7 1980-1982 (2000). The channels are reversed, compared to the 2:58 versions on CD, which is consistent with how the 2:56 version was released on 45. Both of these CDs sound fine. Version(s?) with additional overdubs I'm at a loss as to where this came from. As far as I can tell from this thread, we don't have any LPs or 45s from 1981 that actually have the overdubs. I'll be happy to pick apart other masterings if you send them to me. In my own library, I'm going to use the version from Echoes Of Love (1991). The short-intro version runs 12 beats, rather than 16, which sounds very unnatural to my ears.
	There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one Crap From The Past.