"Bobby’s Girl" - Marcie Blane

my commercial 45 for the marcie blane song "bobby's girl"
issued as seville 120 states the run time on the label as
2:15 but actually only runs 2:10.....you'll need to pitch
up the 2:23 stereo version to 141.50bpm and then fade the
last 0:09 from 2:01 to 2:10 to effectively re-create the
true vinyl 45 version.....i think the 2:15 versions in the
db need to be pitched up as well...this actual 45 run time
info s/b added to the db...

Edited by edtop40

Today I was able to locate (in an box of unfiled 45s in my storage locker) my copy of my other pressing of this 45, with the plain Seville Record Inc. logo at the top of the label in silver. It is listed as Seville 45-120 and the listed time on the label is (2:15) but the actual time is (2:13).

This is a vinyl pressing from the Monarch pressing plant (obvious from the label print style). In the deadwax are the letters PR which have been crossed out, followed by S9049-1F and elsewhere in the deadwax is delta 44353.

The very last two seconds of the song are EXTREMELY faint and barely audible over the copious amounts of surface noise my 45 has (which is a ton as this VG+ 45 appears to have been pressed on heavily recycled vinyl -- some copies I see on ebay look like they likely used even cheaper vinyl than this -- or at least a cheaper label printer style!). If you don't have the volume very loud, the song would appear to end with "I Wanna be", but boosting my volume on my digital dub from that point only, I can detect "bobby's girl" still fading out.

I just received an email asking me to look into the Bobby's Girl situation as there appear to be multiple pressings of this 45 with differing lengths and speeds! Based on previous posts, I have entered the comment "slower than the 45" but this is probably not true for at least some of the 45 pressings.

First here is the information regarding my 45. Seville 120 with matrix number etched into the dead wax of AG 19051-1 with no other etchings in the dead wax. This matrix number is also printed on the label (minus the -1). As for the label itself, mine has SEVILLE in multiple colors and is curved. Now for the specifics: Total time is (2:13), stated time is (2:15). At 2:03 Marcie begins her "I Wanna Be Bobby's Girl" and she repeats this for a total of 3 times ending with the word "I" which would start the 4th repetition. How does this information stack up with what is on various cd's in the database? Well here is the information I found for the following cd's:

DCC 077 Too Cute -- the "I Wanna Be Bobby's Girl" sequence starts at 2:03 and is repeated 3 times + the 3 words I Wanna Be from the 4th repetition. Total running time is (2:15) and is identical in speed to my 45.

Eric 11503 Hard To Find 45s On CD Volume II -- the "I Wanna Be Bobby's Girl" sequence begins at 2:03 and is repeated 6 times with a total running time of (2:23) and is identical in speed to my 45.

Varese 6008 Discoveries Presents Stereo Oldies -- The "I Wanna Be Bobby's Girl" sequence begins at 2:03 and is repeated almost 6 times (missing just the final word girl) with a total running time of (2:22) and again is identical to my 45 in speed.

This information does not agree with some of the posts above in terms of speed, vinyl running time, matrix number and label layout so let's reopen this discussion to see if we can make any sense of this Bobby's Girl situation. I find it hard to believe there are so many different pressings of this 45 as reported above.

Pat I have forwarded you my email containing the dub of my 45 I made and emailed to Ed last year...which was a lot easier than me trying to find where I have misplaced the 45 since then!

Who is Richard Minor? Was he a major record counterfeiter of that time?