Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around

LP version (runs about 5:31)

I have three versions, all of which sound just fine for the LP version:

• Priority's Mega-Hits Dance Classics Vol. 12 (1993, a little loud, but sounds quite nice)
• EMI Australia's 5-CD Seventies Complete Vol. 2 (1999)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Seventies Music Explosion One-Hit Wonders (2005)

I picked the Time-Life disc for my library, but the Priority disc would be a close second.

Longer than the 45 version

The oldest CD I have with the song is RCA's Nipper's Greatest Hits The '70s (1989), where it runs 4:07. The edits are the same as the 45, but the length is much longer - it's 44 seconds longer than the 45 version. Not sure why this was released this way, since there was no 4:07 release of the song in 1976. The same analog transfer is used for Razor & Tie's 2-CD Super '70s (1995), where it's faded early to a length of 3:45. There was no 1976 release with a 3:45 time, either.

45 version (runs about 3:23)

The oldest CD to include the 45 version is Rhino's Disco Years Vol. 1 (1990), where it sounds great. All the other CDs I have with the song use the same analog transfer as Disco Years Vol. 1:

• Razor & Tie's 2-CD Disco Fever (1991)
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 27 Dance Fever (1992)
• Warner Special Products' 2-CD Ultimate Party Album (1992)
• Warner Special Products' 2-CD Disco Collection (1993)
• Sony's Collector's Edition Disco (1995)
• JCI's Only Dance 1975-1979 (1995)
• Warner Special Products' 18 Disco Superhits (1996)
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 45 '70s Dance Party 1976-1977 (1997; differently-EQ'd digital clone)
• Rhino's Millennium New Disco Party (2000; digitally exactly 1.214 dB louder)

My recommendation for the 45 version: Rhino's Disco Years Vol. 1 (1990)