O.T.: Last Christmas - Wham!

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   The instrumental is on the 2020 Japanese release Japanese Singles Collection (Greatest Hits).

The original single mix is still unreleased on CD AFAIK.

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mjb50 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 April 2021 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 19	Post Options Post Reply Quote mjb50 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 December 2023 at 8:07pm
	The instrumental is on the 2020 Japanese release Japanese Singles Collection (Greatest Hits). The original single mix is still unreleased on CD AFAIK.

AaronsAmazing Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 April 2024 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote AaronsAmazing Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 December 2024 at 11:11pm
	Around December 2020, I caught Hit 104.7 playing Christmas songs at the top-of-the-hour, and one song I heard was "Last Christmas", which appeared to be the full-length Pudding Mix with the piano intro cut out. Was this a crude attempt at recreating the single version or not?

mjb50 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 April 2021 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 19	Post Options Post Reply Quote mjb50 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 December 2024 at 6:00am
	I doubt it was a conscious attempt. They probably just had the commonly available full-length Pudding Mix on hand (e.g. from The Final) and played it without the intro because no one remembers or wants to hear that slow intro. Edited by mjb50

elcoleccionista Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 November 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote elcoleccionista Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 December 2024 at 6:39pm
	Yesterday I realized that the "Last Christmas" version included on the 2014 Record Store Day 12" single to mark the track's 30th anniversary (Legacy 88875042911) is different from the 45 version we know. During the first two seconds the synth sound plays differently than on the 45. Maybe it is unique to this release, I checked several other appearances of the single version and none of them have this anomaly.

AaronsAmazing Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 April 2024 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote AaronsAmazing Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 December 2024 at 1:42pm
	Wikipedia has claimed for years that the familiar 7" version is actually an edit of the Pudding Mix done for the UK "Christmas '85" reissue, but the existence of the Japanese 4:45 12" version (which has appeared on a few CD compilations) confuses me. It sounds like the 1984 7" version, but it's also an edit of the Pudding Mix. So is there another full-length "Pudding Mix" in existence?

mjb50 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 April 2021 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 19	Post Options Post Reply Quote mjb50 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 December 2024 at 4:23pm
	Wow, you're right about the intro on the 2014 RSD release; one of the chords is different! As for the Pudding Mix: The 1984 12" version with the LinnDrum claps was called Pudding Mix (on the Japanese 12" labels) or Long Version (on the Japanese retail 12" sleeve). I go back and forth on this, but right now I don't think it's wrong to call this the Pudding Mix since apparently that title existed in 1984. The common 1985 12" version was also called Pudding Mix (on the UK/EU 12" labels), with no version title on the sleeve. If I understand correctly, some copies may actually play the 1984 version. So I don't think it's wrong to also call this one the Pudding Mix; it's just a different Pudding Mix than what came out in 1984. The commonly reissued edit of the 1985 version is the video and international hit single version. It seems unlikely, but I suppose it's possible that Long Version is only correct title for the 1984 12" mix, and that Pudding Mix was a remix made in 1984 but not actually released until 1985. Maybe someone could try getting in touch with Andrew Ridgeley to see if he has any insight. [edit:] In the meantime, on the 2024 Blu-Ray reissue of Make It Big, they're calling the 1984 12" mix the "Pudding Mix Edit"! Edited by mjb50 - 11 April 2025 at 1:38am