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    Posted: 20 August 2008 at 5:08pm
From producer Ed Osborne on SteveHoffman.tv:

Originally posted by Ed Osborne Ed Osborne wrote:

Available October 14th from Collectors' Choice Music and Aura Records: the definitive Tommy James collection!

This is the one you've been waiting for...Tommy's 47 single A-sides from 1966 to 2006 plus a bonus track from 1962...all in their original "hit-bound" mixes.

The first 15 singles, from "Hanky Panky" through "Crystal Blue Persuasion," are in their original mono form, as released on 7" vinyl way back when. Only "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Hanky Panky" - for which no stereo mixes exist - are available on CD in mono. And even "Hanky Panky" is different. We've included the original slightly slower Snap mix in best-ever audio, thanks to a first-generation disc dub from Tommy's collection and some super clean-up work by Andrew Sandoval.

Speaking of Andrew: with an ear toward giving you great audio, he used the best available sources and referenced them against the vinyl singles. (Some of the master tapes hadn't been touched since the 1960's!) Bill Inglot and Bob Irwin also provided invaluable behind-the-scenes assistance to help make this package "sing" sonically. As with the recent Jan & Dean singles set, we've remained true to the original mixes as created by Tommy and his studio colleagues.

Starting with "Ball of Fire," the original single mixes were stereo, yet, there still were differences between them and the album versions; the latter of which have been used for CD reissues. 40 Years contains the official single versions for those releases where differences existed. Not only are these unique to this package, 40 Years includes many Tommy James solo singles that have never been available on CD.

Tommy's also delved into his personal archive for period photos. The liner notes were written by Tommy, (his co-biographer) Martin Fitzpatrick, and myself.

The only thing left to say is: those mono mixes - with their pounding bass rhythm - kick butt!


I did post a question asking him about the single mix for "Draggin' the Line," since it was mono, but he hasn't answered yet.
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Brian, the first thought I had too was "Draggin' The Line."

I did some painstaking surgery on a beat up 45 to recreate the mono 45 of "Crystal Blue Persuasion." Will be ideal if the mono 45 of this turns up in the collection.
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As a bonus track they should include the early mono version of Draggin' The Line, when it was just a B side of the release before the hit version. I shocked one of my DJ friends by playing both for him back to back....
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So, Tom, there were actually 3 versions of "Draggin' the Line?"
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I'm pumped to learn of this new Tommy James compilation and can't wait to finally be able to get the original hit single mixes from master tape sources! This is a CD collection that's long overdue.
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Yes, "Draggin' The Line" sans brass overdubs is quite the revelation!

"Ball Of Fire" was a stereo single mix? Where? My double A-sided promo is mono/mono, and my stock copy is mono as well. But the bass on the 45 mix just blows away the wimpy stereo LP version.

Let's hope that CCM gets Tommy's non-charting final Roulette 45 right. The "Calico" that Rhino passed off as Roulette 7147 on The Solo Years may have been a song called "Calico," but it was an entirely different song than the "Calico" 45. The promo copies of the "Calico" 45, though labeled and deadwax stamped as stereo/mono, actually played mono/mono. Will CCM unearth it in stereo?

XM's '60s channel played Tommy's newer stuff; I bought the CD singles of "I Love Christmas" and the remake of "Sweet Cherry Wine" with Tommy and The Kootz. Sounds like they might be included, too.
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Originally posted by eriejwg eriejwg wrote:

So, Tom, there were actually 3 versions of "Draggin' the Line?"


Yep....

There's the common stereo mix, where the horn echoes from one channel to the other, there's the hit mono mix where the horn appears to be without any echo on it (so you hear the horn part twice each time in the mono as opposed to 4 times in the stereo -- im just going by memory here, btw), and there's the original 45 rpm version that is without the horn part entirely. If further clarification is needed i can provide short samples of what I mean...
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Originally posted by eriejwg eriejwg wrote:

Brian, the first thought I had too was "Draggin' The Line."

I did some painstaking surgery on a beat up 45 to recreate the mono 45 of "Crystal Blue Persuasion." Will be ideal if the mono 45 of this turns up in the collection.


AaronK did a good 45 transfer, too, and I seem to remember him telling me that for one damaged portion he folded the stereo mix, and you couldn't even tell. I think he played it for me, and I couldn't tell, either.

So maybe the commercial 45 was a fold-down of one of those unique mixes Osborne is talking about.
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Does anyone know if the upcoming Tommy James 40th Anniversary CD compilation on the Collectors' Choice label is still sheduled for an October 14 release? I've been wanting to pre-order it on the label's website, but I still don't see any information about it.    
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Re-reading the original post, i was surprised to see the comment that there is no stereo mix of I Think We're Alone Now. Not on vinyl, sure, but at least two different stereo mixes do exist on cd.
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