gene cotton top 40 songs

What CDs (in any country) have "Like A Sunday In Salem" on them? Is it from a tape source?

Andy

Looks as through there were different pressings of the 45 for "Like A Sunday In Salem." I just received one with a listed time of 4:11 (LP Length) and others are listed as 3:29.

Can anyone list fade points for the 3:29 length?

Always glad to help, John.

Here's what the (3:29) single looked like when it was issued as the follow-up to "You're A Part Of Me." My copy times out to (3:28.6)... close enough.

John, because the later (3:29) single on Ariola America 7723 was the actual top 40 hit, using "LP and long 45 version" might lead one to assume that the top 40 hit had come in both short and long 45 lengths, when that was not the case. The earlier B-side (4:11) length single did not chart in its own right, so it wasn't a hit.

Some clarification would help, though. Adding a note like "originally issued as a longer (4:11) 45 B-side, which was not the hit version" might avoid some confusion.    

I came across another original parent album that is currently missing from the on-line database - and since the album in question actually birthed THREE top 40 hits, bringing it up in this Gene Cotton "catch-all" thread started by edtop40 back in '06 actually works out perfectly, lol. All three of the top 40 hits came in 1978:

1. "Before My Heart Finds Out"
2. "You're a Part of Me" (w/ Kim Carnes)
3. "Like a Sunday in Salem (The Amos & Andy Song)"

The original parent album for all three of the above was 1978's Save the Dancer - yet remarkably, it NEVER cracked the top 200 in Billboard (only managed to "Bubble Under" at #202)! In 2011 - although some on-line sources say as early as 2009 - Save the Dancer saw a U.S. CD release on Renaissance 244. I don't have the CD myself (have his Best of... on People Song 0101 instead), but fortunately, it appears to still be in print today. On eBay: GENE COTTON - "Save the Dancer" (U.S. CD) On Amazon: GENE COTTON - "Save the Dancer" (U.S. CD) I know there are a few people here who don't appreciate the Renaissance label, but this is fairly significant when you consider just how rare all of GC's hits are on CD. (In fact, all three of the above have only one or two other U.S. CD appearances to date...)