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    Posted: 08 September 2005 at 8:24pm
Here's another 45/LP distinction not noted in the 10th edition as this one concerns "The Kid's American" by Matthew Wilder. Ed has e-mailed me an mp3 of his commercial 45 and the actual single run time is 3:34, not 3:25 as stated on the record label. The 45 is an edit of the 4:36 LP version.

The 10th edition shows "The Kid's American" as only having appeared on the long out-of-print domestic CD release: I Don't Speak the Language (Private 139112). Yet the Collectables label reissued a CD in 1999 titled I Don't Speak the Language/Bouncin' off the Walls (Collectables 6028), which is a "2-fer" consisting of both of Wilders' album releases on one CD. I'm assuming this disc also contains the LP version of "The Kid's American".
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<the long out-of-print domestic CD release: I Don't Speak the Language (Private 139112).>

This reminds me -- there was another top 40 hit on the same label, "Tragedy" by John Hunter, which reached #39 in Billboard. Does anyone know if the CD for his album "Famous At Night" also came out on Private I (either US or import)? I thought I remember seeing a used CD once in a store, but I'm not sure.
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i've never seen the john hunter album on cd...
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The 45 of "The Kid's American" is definitely remixed; therefore, the LP version cannot be edited to create the 45 version. The 45's label says "Remixed by Andy Johns." There is more reverb on the percussion of the 45.
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Does anyone happen to own a very rare, old CD sampler called "Prime Cuts" on CBS? It has "The Kid's American" on it. Just wondering if it might contain the single mix.
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Originally posted by aaronk aaronk wrote:

Does anyone happen to own a very rare, old CD sampler called "Prime Cuts" on CBS? It has "The Kid's American" on it. Just wondering if it might contain the single mix.


Are you sure that was a promo CD that you found a reference to, aaronk??? If so, I can tell you that the "Prime Cuts" V/A sampler in question was also issued as an 8-track commercial VHS video in 1984 (probably on Beta as well), on CBS/Fox Video Music #7111-30, which I have. After reading your post, I just dusted it off the shelf for the first time in about five years. (I KNEW I recognized that title from somewhere!) Yes, it includes the original production video as seen on MTV for "The Kid's American" (a song I've always liked just as much as "Break My Stride", BTW)...

The complete track list is as follows:

1) JOURNEY - "Chain Reaction"
2) QUIET RIOT - "Cum on Feel the Noize"
3) THE ROMANTICS - "Talking in Your Sleep"
4) TOTO - "Rosanna"
5) CYNDI LAUPER - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
6) MATTHEW WILDER - "The Kid's American"
7) BONNIE TYLER - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
8) MEN AT WORK - "Down Under"

I put my stopwatch to the video for "The Kid's American", and the audio runs (3:38) - four seconds longer than the timing quoted by Todd above for the 45. I'm willing to wager that the timing difference is due to the 24-year-old VHS video playing a tad slow in my VCR, so to answer your question, YES, it does indeed appear to be the 45 version (assuming the companion promo CD matches the VHS video)...

Geez, I'm pretty sure I've NEVER seen the video for "TKA" on VH-1 Classic, which I watch regularly. (Once in a blue moon, they do play the one for "Break My Stride", though.) And I've probably only seen the one for "Chain Reaction" about 2-3 times in the past year as well, which is also a shame, as I consider that tune to be among Journey's best. VH-1 Classic plays the other six videos from "Prime Cuts" to death (probably at least once daily!)...

I've owned both "I Don't Speak the Language" and "Bouncin' Off the Walls" on cassette practically since they first came out in '83 & '84, respectively, and a couple years ago, I added to my collection the Collectables 2-on-1 CD from 1999 referenced above by Todd...
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Originally posted by EdisonLite EdisonLite wrote:

This reminds me -- there was another top 40 hit on the same label, "Tragedy" by John Hunter, which reached #39 in Billboard. Does anyone know if the CD for his album "Famous At Night" also came out on Private I (either US or import)? I thought I remember seeing a used CD once in a store, but I'm not sure.


"Tragedy" is indeed another great lost '80s hit; in fact, I don't even remember hearing the song on the radio in SoCal, where I lived at the time. I recall that I got around to picking up "Famous at Night" on cassette around 1988, and of course it was already long out-of-print by then. I still have the cassette, but to this day, I've never seen it on CD - domestic or import - but would take that one on CD as well...
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Originally posted by 80smusicfreak 80smusicfreak wrote:

Are you sure that was a promo CD that you found a reference to, aaronk???

I guess it was just wishful thinking! I came across the listing for that sampler on allmusic.com, and I had only assumed it was one of those V/A CD samplers that were common in the early to mid 80s. I double checked allmusic, and it does indeed say "Various Artists, Video." Bummer!
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Originally posted by aaronk aaronk wrote:

...I had only assumed it was one of those V/A CD samplers that were common in the early to mid 80s.


As a buyer & collector of original/early CD pressings the past few years (circa 1982-88), I can say that the promo CD samplers that you're referring to didn't really start to emerge here in the U.S. until 1985-86 (although I've seen & read about some exceptions that came earlier), which is why I was suspicious of the "Prime Cuts" collection you'd found, knowing it was from '84...

One such early example that I recently added to my collection is titled "Super Sampler" (although given as "Chevy Sampler" on the disc itself) on RCA JCD1-7192, from 1986. It features 11 tracks (7 of them top 40 pop hits) by the Pointer Sisters, Alabama, Juice Newton, Earl Thomas Conley, Mr. Mister, and Starship, and is marked "For Promotional Purposes Only - Not For Sale"...
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Does the video then contain the 7" version? Perhaps, I'll see if someone I know might have it on DVD, if possible.

It appears Matthew has done very well as a successful producer.

From Wikipedia

Since he has worked with Miley, did you know him, Aaron when you were at Radio Disney?

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