Petula Clark - "The Other Man’s Grass ...

My U.S. commercial 45 of Petula Clark's "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" correctly states a run time of (3:02). The song's five domestic CD appearances range in run times from (2:50) to (2:58). The (2:51) appearance on the Downtown to Sunset Boulevard set is an early fade of the 45.

Thanks to Ed, I was able to hear a dub of Petula Clark's "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" from the Twin Town soundtrack CD (Inner-State/London 314540735) and it is indeed in mono. However, regarding the song's length on this CD, I come up with a run time of 3:01 (the database shows it at 2:58) which is more in line with the commercial 45 length.

On a side note, I must say I find the sound quality of the Petula Clark tracks on the Twin Town CD (particularly "The Other Man's Grass...") to be pretty poor. They're marred with noisy background hiss and sound like they may have come from a higher generation source. It's just unfortunate that the Petula Clark mono singles compilation that was supposed to come out on Collectors' Choice label a couple years ago got cancelled given that it would've mostly likely been mastered from first generation tapes.

Edited by Todd Ireland

It is definitely (2:58) on my "Twin Town" cd and that is exactly where the timing index stops.

The song appears in its 45 length and speed on the all mono Sequel (UK) release The Sixties EP Collection. This set includes all of her US Top 40 hits except "I Know A Place" and "You'd Better Come Home," which were apparently never issued on a UK EP. "This Is My Song" is the LP version, and "Kiss Me Goodbye" is not at the correct 45 speed.

Edited by Paul C