OT: Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long 45

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   I had thought the details for this 45 were mentioned in another thread somewhere, but I couldn't find it, so bringing up a couple of questions.  Not a Top 40 hit, but made both the UK Top 20 and the Billboard 

R&B Single Top 20, and has of course grown in popularity over the years due to Rick James' resurgent popularity, its usage in the Grand Theft Auto video game, being sampled in a zillion other songs, etc.

I am curious about the original 45 edit(s?) for this one.  This song is an odd duck all over the place: regarding the long LP/12" Single Version, there is a significant speed difference between the initial 1983 

releases of the song and all the subsequent reissues.  It sounds like the song was sped up on the original LP, and then for whatever reason, returned to its natural "recorded" speed on all the Mary Jane Girls' 

hits discs.  The sped up LP Version runs about 5:33 and the slower transfer goes to about 5:44.  

So, the question is about 45 edits.  I read once that the UK and US 45's were different to one another, but I don't know how true that is given that I have not come across any proof of the U.S. 45 on Youtube, 

etc.  The UK 45 has been issued on the import Motown Hits of Gold Vol. 8 from 1989, and sounds to me like an edit of the sped-up LP version.  This edit runs 3:51 and has two edits (one in the intro 

before the bass and keys come in, and one that cuts out 8 measures around the 3:20 mark) and an early fade.

Does anyone have details on the U.S. 45, specifically, whether the same edit was used here as in the UK?  And does it run at the original "fast" LP speed or what has become by now the common slower speed?  

(For full disclosure: I read or heard somewhere, years ago, that the U.S. 45 was simply an early fade of the long version, but I don't know how reliable that info. is, as I can't seem to trace back to wherever 

I read it originally!)

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EternalStatic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 September 2019 Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote EternalStatic Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: OT: Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long 45 Posted: 01 April 2024 at 6:32am
	I had thought the details for this 45 were mentioned in another thread somewhere, but I couldn't find it, so bringing up a couple of questions. Not a Top 40 hit, but made both the UK Top 20 and the Billboard R&B Single Top 20, and has of course grown in popularity over the years due to Rick James' resurgent popularity, its usage in the Grand Theft Auto video game, being sampled in a zillion other songs, etc. I am curious about the original 45 edit(s?) for this one. This song is an odd duck all over the place: regarding the long LP/12" Single Version, there is a significant speed difference between the initial 1983 releases of the song and all the subsequent reissues. It sounds like the song was sped up on the original LP, and then for whatever reason, returned to its natural "recorded" speed on all the Mary Jane Girls' hits discs. The sped up LP Version runs about 5:33 and the slower transfer goes to about 5:44. So, the question is about 45 edits. I read once that the UK and US 45's were different to one another, but I don't know how true that is given that I have not come across any proof of the U.S. 45 on Youtube, etc. The UK 45 has been issued on the import Motown Hits of Gold Vol. 8 from 1989, and sounds to me like an edit of the sped-up LP version. This edit runs 3:51 and has two edits (one in the intro before the bass and keys come in, and one that cuts out 8 measures around the 3:20 mark) and an early fade. Does anyone have details on the U.S. 45, specifically, whether the same edit was used here as in the UK? And does it run at the original "fast" LP speed or what has become by now the common slower speed? (For full disclosure: I read or heard somewhere, years ago, that the U.S. 45 was simply an early fade of the long version, but I don't know how reliable that info. is, as I can't seem to trace back to wherever I read it originally!)

PopArchivist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 June 2018 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 54	Post Options Post Reply Quote PopArchivist Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 April 2024 at 2:18pm
	I have to check my files but I have the 45 version of this song since it is one of my favorites. Didn't it bubble under? Give me a little to check what I have and the source it came from. Thanks.
	Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD."

EternalStatic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 September 2019 Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote EternalStatic Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 April 2024 at 3:00pm
	Thanks! I think you're right, actually, about the Bubbling Under -- that's if Wikipedia can be trusted. Unfortunately, the last time things were bubbling under, I was changing out a hard drive and I may have lost the rip somewhere if I had it :/

EternalStatic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 September 2019 Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote EternalStatic Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 April 2024 at 6:35am
	Just to summarize findings: we were able to check out the U.S. 45 version. It is a simple early fade of the long version, ending 3:53 (two seconds shy of the printed 3:55 runtime), and unlike the UK 45, runs at the slower, natural speed.