"My Sweet Lady" - John Denver

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   Can somebody tell me which version of "My Sweet Lady" is on John Denver's box set "Country Roads Collection"?  It is not listed in the database.

Thank you.

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maciav Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 02 June 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote maciav Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "My Sweet Lady" - John Denver Posted: 13 November 2006 at 8:21am
	Can somebody tell me which version of "My Sweet Lady" is on John Denver's box set "Country Roads Collection"? It is not listed in the database. Thank you.
	Mike C. from PA

Pat Downey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 01 October 2003 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pat Downey Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 November 2006 at 7:19am
	Mike, it is the (4:24) version which is not the hit version.

maciav Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 02 June 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote maciav Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 November 2006 at 7:53am
	Thanks Pat! I appreciate it!
	Mike C. from PA

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 January 2008 at 4:53pm
	I only own a promo 45 for this. It has the same, listed & actual (3:01) length version on both its mono and stereo sides. I am assuming this is an "only on the promo 45, DJ short version", since my Whitburn Pop Annual states a run time of (4:47) for the commercial 45.

Pat Downey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 01 October 2003 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pat Downey Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 January 2008 at 7:02am
	Jim, I also have a promo 45 on this song and the label states (4:47) and runs (4:46) on both sides. The 45 catalog number is 10911.

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 January 2008 at 10:46am
	Pat, my promo 45's catalog # is also 10911, with the stereo side's deadwax info being "PB 10911 E 2S (STEREO)".

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 January 2008 at 9:57pm
	Nice work unearthing another DJ edit, Jim!

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 109	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 January 2008 at 10:07pm
	Yes, Jim and Pat, thanks for the clarification between DJ edits. Always looking to add to my collection, I tracked down a 3:01 DJ 45 in the UK. A seller in Arizona also had one.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 December 2008 at 3:51pm
	For what it's worth, I've tried to digitally re-create the 3:01 DJ edit of John Denver's "My Sweet Lady" from CD, but am finding it cannot be done. I first attempted to use the "hit version" appearing on Denver's Very Best of compilation (Heartland 3146) as my CD source, but curiously it is a different recording than the radio edit (the latter contains no live audience applause either, unlike the former). I then also compared the DJ edit to the "non-hit" original version that's more commonly found on CD and they too are different recordings. So does anyone know where the 3:01 version of "My Sweet Lady" on the promo 45 originated from?

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 January 2009 at 3:43pm
	Here's an interesting situation... John recently e-mailed me his digital re-creation of the 3:01 radio edit of "Sweet Lady". He informs me he downloaded the track from Denver's "Essential" CD on Napster and was able to edit it to match the DJ 45. I have what the database refers to as the "original version" of the song on The John Denver Collection (RCA 67993) and Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits (RCA/BMG 60764) CDs. I also have what is presumed to be the "hit" version running 4:46 on "Very Best of" (Heartland 3146). None of these discs contain the same recording as the one on the 3:01 DJ edit. So I guess this must mean that the 4:47 version on the "Essentials" CD (RCA/Legacy 703153) consists of yet another different recording of "Sweet Lady" (this being the one the short DJ 45 edit is based on)? I don't have the Essentials CD so, Pat, could you please verify if this disc features a different recording than the other CDs in the database?