war all day music

my commercial 45 for the war song 'all day music' issued
as united artist 50815 states the run time on the label as
3:59 and does indeed run that length.....the vinyl 45 has a
count-off where he says....'one, two, one, two, three,
four'.....then the music starts......the anthology cd set i
have does NOT have the count-off included........the vinyl
45 fades out earlier that the anthology cd version when you
line them up from after the count-off........the question
is.....do any of the cd's in the db have the count-off
included?



Edited by edtop40

so, pat...based on your db notations below there is only one cd that has the countoff included, correct?....and none of the 4:03 running versions have the countoff


1971 ALL DAY MUSIC (dj copies of this song run (2:34); some commercial copies run (4:09) not (3:59) as stated on the record label while others state a time of (3:59) and actually run (3:59); the actual LP running time is (4:04))

(S) (2:34) Priority 9467 Best Of War And More (dj 45 edit)
(S) (2:34) Avenue 70072 Best Of War And More (dj 45 edit)
(S) (2:34) Silver Eagle/Capitol 10813 Woodstock Rock (dj 45 edit; truncated fade)
(S) (4:03) Rhino 71042 All Day Music (LP version)
(S) (3:57) Avenue 71774 Anthology 1970-1994 (LP version but :07 shorter)
(S) (4:03) Rhino 72868 Brown Eyed Soul Vol. 1 (LP version)
(S) (3:57) Avenue 72866 Colleccion Latina (LP version but :07 shorter)
(S) (4:00) Avenue 10601 Greatest Hits (gold disc; LP version but :04 shorter )
(S) (5:10) Avenue 10605 All Day Music (gold disc; contains a (1:05) instrumental introduction with countoff not found on the vinyl LP ”All Day Music”)
(S) (4:02) Flashback 75299 The Cisco Kid And Other Hits (LP version but :02 shorter)
(S) (4:03) Rhino 75587 Brown Eyed Soul Box Set (LP version)
(S) (3:57) Avenue 75903 Grooves & Messages - The Greatest Hits Of War (LP version but :07 shorter)
(S) (3:56) Avenue/Rhino 73895 Very Best Of War (LP version)
(S) (3:56) Far Out/Hip-O B0014950 Icon (LP version but :08 shorter)
(S) (3:57) Far Out/Hip-O B0015260 Icon 2 (LP version but :07 shorter)

For what it's worth, the version of "All Day Music" that is on the flip of War's big hit "Summer" from 1976 does not have the countoff. At least my copy of United Artists 834 doesn't. Of course, this was released 5 years after "All Day Music" hit the charts in 1971, so I don't know if they just lopped off the countoff and re-released it or did further remixing for the flip side.

Oh, this flip side version times out at 4:00, although I have some surface noise at the fade, so maybe give or take a second on this timing (sorry!). Listed time is 3:59.

Jon O.

Edited by jono

No Ed the (4:03) versions of this song do not include the countoff. Aside from the LP running slightly longer than the 45, the only difference I can detect from the 45 and LP is that the commercial 45 has a :05 countoff included. I do not have the 45 that runs (4:09) as that information came from a member email to me years ago. Does anyone have a copy of that 45 that states (3:59) but runs (4:09) and if so could you pass along the matrix number?