B.J. Thomas- "Raindrops Keep Fallin’..."

One thing I'd like to know is the difference between the soundtrack version and the single version (it would appear the difference isn't in the running times).

And are the stereo versions not labeled as "soundtrack versions" or "alternate takes" the correct single version, given what Jim has just posted (noting his 45 is mono and runs a couple seconds longer)? (Which may be what Jim is trying to imply if we were to compare the two versions.)

Just thought I'd bump this thread back up to the front of the pack since Jim's commercial 45 run time info for B.J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" was never incorporated in the database. Since CD run times of the hit version range from 2:56-3:01, the actual 45 run time of 3:04 takes on some added significance here.

Edited by Todd Ireland

There are three versions of this song, the sountrack version, the stereo hit version, and the mono hit version. The stereo hit version sounds to me exactly like the mono single version until you get to the truphet ending at the end of the song. If you listen to the stereo version you'll hear some slight errors in the truphet playing. You don't hear those errors on the mono 45. The keyboard in that section is slightly different there too so they probably re-did a couple of bars at the ending to make the trumphet "perfect" for the 45.

Anyone want to guess what's on the Complete Scepter Singles CD?

I hear the slight trumphet errors, so apparently it's the stereo version folded down to mono.

Bill Cahill wrote: Anyone want to guess what's on the Complete Scepter Singles CD? I hear the slight trumphet errors, so apparently it's the stereo version folded down to mono.

Bill, that would explain why I thought the mono version was just a fold down.
Looks like they really goofed on this disc.

For those investigating, if you take either the Real Gone Complete Scepter Singles Collection or the Rhino Greatest Hits and compare it to a stock copy of Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head, you should hear the difference at the end of the song. I'm not comparing to the trumphet break in the middle of the song but the trumphet ending, right after B. J. Thomas stops singing. The CDs mentioned above do not match the 45,as the trumphet and keyboards are slightly different on the first two bars of the trumphet led ending. The 45 is slightly softer on the trumphet too (on those two bars).

Edited by Bill Cahill