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a very astute observation... i was very surprised to see how many top 40 hits james brown had in the 70's, because i never heard a-one on the radio, and only discovered jb when i started working at a local radio station and had access to his vinyl... i did, however, know the "greatest hits" of donna fargo, conway twitty, charlie rich, tom t. hall and razzy bailey, played constantly on our top 40 station... don't get me wrong, i really liked and still do like the cross-over country artists from the 70's, but i always thought the philosophy of top 40 radio was "anything goes as long as it's top 40", which was emphasized by shows like American Top 40... by the way, i think phillipe says "fug"...
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Here in Erie, PA, as a teen in the 70's, listened to WJET. #1 for years and was the station showcased in the movie, "That Thing You Do" before the 'Wonders' hit it big. I remember hearing alot of the Spinners songs. Don't really recall which version JET played, by my money would be on the censored version.
CKLW in Detroit boomed across the Lake into Erie. It was very evident the soul that CKLW played that WJET didn't always play at all or right away.
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jrjr wrote:
| a very astute observation... i was very surprised to see how many top 40 hits james brown had in the 70's, because i never heard a-one on the radio, and only discovered jb when i started working at a local radio station and had access to his vinyl... i did, however, know the "greatest hits" of donna fargo, conway twitty, charlie rich, tom t. hall and razzy bailey, played constantly on our top 40 station... don't get me wrong, i really liked and still do like the cross-over country artists from the 70's, but i always thought the philosophy of top 40 radio was "anything goes as long as it's top 40", which was emphasized by shows like American Top 40... by the way, i think phillipe says "fug"... |
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Yeah, it all has to do with how our society is about racial, sex, and religious issues that continue to cloud our ideas on music.
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Bumped for Rich.
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BTW, the censored version of "One Of A Kind (Love Affair)"
is labeled "new version" on the recent Real Gone Music 2CD
singles set. In other words, they are one in the same (and
NOT truly a "new" version like some may think). Five
decades ago it was a "new" version because it censored out
what some listeners objected to hearing on the original
released 45.
Edited by Santi Paradoa on 07 October 2023 at 6:43pm
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So are you saying this just used the edited-out "hug/hurt/fug/f*ck" line
(whichever word people are hearing) like the original edit from the '70s? Kinda
strange they'd call it the new version? Are you sure that's all that's different
about this version (i.e. it's the same as the edited version)?
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Gordon:
The compilers of this singles compilation decided to include both the censored and uncensored versions of the song.
The censored version is labeled "new" simply because it was not the original version released on 45.
There would have been no confusion if they had used the "censored" and "uncensored" labels.
Edited by Santi Paradoa on 12 November 2023 at 7:34pm
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Thanks for clarifying, Santi.
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Thanks for clarifying too, Santi. I changed to the censored one since radio would have not played the other one. Makes sense.
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