Van Morrison-"Brown Eyed Girl"

I presume the version with the 'laughing and running' lyric is only available in mono?

TomDiehl1 wrote: Since that is just an edit, can't that be replicated using the stereo mix?

Never thought of that! Dang time change has my brain cells on rest.

John asked me to compare his replicated edit with the original "makin' love" 45 for timing purposes, and I found a discrepancy with Jim's original timing findings.

I have two copies of Bang 545 (no exclamation marks, though... they must've used a silencer):

* A 1967 pressing from Plastic Products

* A February, 1972 reserviced copy pressed by Specialty, with a hand-stamped "DJ COPY" on the "Goodbye Baby" side (which appears to be similar to what Jim indicated earlier.) The title font is MUCH larger on the '72 reservice, and its B-side title is simply "Goodbye Baby" as opposed to the '67 copy's "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)."

Other than the Specialty logo appearing in the '72 run-out, all other deadwax info matches perfectly: "W10127" and "LW", both in identical handwriting and in the same positions. These two copies were pressed from the same master stamper.

And the timings are identical, too: (3:00.7). The record appears to fade out at 2:58, but it actually continues at a barely-audible level for another 2.7 seconds. At Jim's reported 2:55 fadeout point, these two were still "makin' love in the green grass," as it were.

I assume the printed times would both be (2:53), but my '67 copy has the B-side label on both sides.