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Paul Haney 
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 Topic: "Love Potion No. 9" - CloversPosted: 25 February 2009 at 12:59pm |
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Our commercial 45 of "Love Potion No. 9" by The Clovers (United Artists 180) states a time of (2:00), but actually runs (1:54).
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Todd Ireland
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Posted: 14 November 2011 at 6:38pm |
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Does anyone know what's the specific difference(s) between the 45 and LP version of the Clovers' "Love Potion No. 9", other than the mono/stereo channel separation? I currently only have the mono 45 version on CD, but since the stereo 45 version and LP version both have approximately the same run time I'm curious to know how they specifically differ.
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davidclark
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Posted: 14 November 2011 at 8:50pm |
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in the LP version he sings "…Love Potion #10" towards the end (taken from
another take); in the 45 he sings the usual "#9"; otherwise they are the same basic take |
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Todd Ireland
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Posted: 17 November 2011 at 12:15am |
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Aha, got it. Thanks, David!
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TomDiehl1
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Posted: 16 May 2012 at 1:27am |
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Can anyone give me an aproximate release date for the LP (or possibly an EP or foreign release) containing the "Love Potion #10" lyric? A friend of mine from Seattle swears when the song was on the charts, the #10 lyric is the version his local station played and they weren't known for playing off of albums. My promotional single matches Paul Haney's listed and actual runtimes and does not mention #10.
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Live in stereo.
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Yah Shure
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Posted: 16 May 2012 at 8:53am |
From Steve Kolanjian's liner notes to the EMI The Best Of The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9 CD: Recorded 6/8/59, take 16. Released summer 1960 on the LP 'Love Potion Number 9' (United Artists LP UAL 3099 / UAS 6099) (The 45 was an edit of takes 13 and 16.) |
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TomDiehl1
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Posted: 16 May 2012 at 3:23pm |
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Thanks!
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edtop40
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Posted: 02 February 2013 at 5:57am |
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my commercial 45 issued on the red united artist label
#ua180 states the run time as 2:00 but only runs 1:51 like most of the db entries......my run out grove info is below....'ZTSP29042' |
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MMathews
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Posted: 30 June 2018 at 12:40am |
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With the posting of our new stereo Doo-Wop CD, I thought
I'd revive this thread to explain why we list "Love Potion No. 9" as "stereo single debut" ... Way back in the late 80's/early 90s someone edited the stereo LP version in attempt to match the 45 version. As mentioned above, for the 45 they removed the final verse where he sings "I wonder what happened with love potion #10" and replaced it with the earlier verse "when I kissed a cop on 34th and Vine..." With Pat's help we determined that re-created edit proliferated to all other CDs thought to contain the stereo 45 edit. For that first CD they made the edit at the start of the verse. But the true 45 they made the edit at the end of the sax break. The way you can tell is on the 45 at 1:22 when he sings "I held my nose and close my eyes" there is no sax right after that line. But the incorrect edit has a sax there. So on the new stereo Doo-Wop CD it's edited correctly, and while we had it under the hood we matched the EQ and reverb of the mono mix. MM Edited by MMathews |
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