"Doctor’s Orders" - Carol Douglas

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   On Rhino's "Soul Hits of the 70s, vol. 14" (and other CDs), the version of "Doctor's Orders" is referred to in the database as "neither the 45 or LP version". It has an instrumental section that is not on the 45 version. Is this instrumental section featured on the LP version (I don't have it) or was the instrumental part first made available on this Rhino CD? And is it accurate to say this version is an edit of the LP version?

I've come to like that instrumental interlude, as this Rhino CD was the first time I ever had this song on CD, so I'm just curious to know the origins of this part.

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EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 58	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "Doctor’s Orders" - Carol Douglas Posted: 07 September 2007 at 6:52pm
	On Rhino's "Soul Hits of the 70s, vol. 14" (and other CDs), the version of "Doctor's Orders" is referred to in the database as "neither the 45 or LP version". It has an instrumental section that is not on the 45 version. Is this instrumental section featured on the LP version (I don't have it) or was the instrumental part first made available on this Rhino CD? And is it accurate to say this version is an edit of the LP version? I've come to like that instrumental interlude, as this Rhino CD was the first time I ever had this song on CD, so I'm just curious to know the origins of this part.

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 46	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 September 2007 at 10:20pm
	Revisiting this song for the first time in a long time, hearing the instrumental portion on my Time-Life disc, sounds like an overdub. Thanks for the tip! Gave me a chance to edit it down to the 45 version and re-eq it too!

The Hits Man Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 04 February 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Hits Man Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 September 2007 at 10:26pm
	The version without the instrumental section was played on the radio back in 1974.


edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 July 2013 at 7:11pm
	my commercial 45 issued as midland int'l 10113 lists the run time on the label as 2:56 and does indeed run that length.....you'll need to pitch up the cd version below (S) (2:56) &nb sp; Varese Sarabande 302066465 Disco Classics (45 version) to match the vinyl 45's speed, but by doing that the song runs 0:02 short at 2:54.. john, do you have a wave file of your edit so i can compare it my vinyl 45?
	edtop40

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 46	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 July 2013 at 7:19pm
	Actually, I don't own the edit any more.

davidclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidclark Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 December 2022 at 7:59pm
	the45prof has posted a 45 of this (https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=mIhk3r30boQ) and it's mono (there's also another post that is mono). Our review of stereo/mono 45s has this as stereo. Could it be in error, or perhaps it was another "both"? ed, is yours stereo or mono?
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eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 46	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 December 2022 at 10:52pm
	Odd that the 45 is labeled as being stereo in the video if the record played is mono. Did he play the mono side of a promo 45 instead?
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AndrewChouffi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 24 September 2005 Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewChouffi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 December 2022 at 6:42am
	Did anyone get to the bottom of where that instrumental section first appeared? I know I have it on some later '70s Dance/Disco compilation LP, but I don't remember its title (and it might not be its first issuance anyway). Andy

davidclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidclark Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 December 2022 at 2:30am
	eriejwg, he actually dubbed the "stereo" side of his promo 45, which as we can hear, is mono. The instrumental portion in the incorrect edit was on the LP. Since the 45 seems to have been mono, and the 45prof has informed me that his stereo/mono promo is mono on both sides, a stereo master of the 45 likely didn't exist. The first CD to get it right seems to have been 1992 Rhino "The Disco Years (Boogie Fever) Volume Three". It was on 1976 US K-Tel LP TU 2430 "Block Buster" - I have no idea in what form it was on there. So, could whoever indicated that the commercial 45 was stereo for our "list of stereo/mono Top 40 hits for 1975" verify that?
	dc1

Paul C Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 October 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul C Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 December 2022 at 7:38am
	My US commercial 45 is mono.