OT- 1980-1984 Missing Lower Charting Hits

336 - Donna Summer - Love Has A Mind Of Its Own 3:40

On the recent Encore CD box set, there is a so-called 7" Single Version which runs 3:48. It is actually just an early fade of the album version. Compared to the edited 45, it fades out at about the right spot, though not as smoothly as the 45, and notably, it doesn't have the edit. I used it to make my own edit and it turned out quite well.

So, starting from the version on the Encore CD, I trimmed leading silence, then at 1:11, cut on the beat, removing the part from the beginning of the first piano note to the equivalent spot 7 seconds later, where there are strings in the background. I also redid the fade, making it start at 3:22 (around 3:22) and proceed very smoothly.

Edited by mjb50

292 - Alan Parsons Project - Psychobabble 3:41 Is on the Eye In The Sky
35th Anniversary box set

Regarding “Right Away” by Hawks - I have their 1981 s/t album that I
converted to digital and my file of this song runs 3:38. I’m guessing
(hoping) I put a second or so of silence on the fade so that puts it pretty
close to the 3:36 timing listed above. The 45 postings on discogs list a time
of 3:39 on both the promo and commercially released 45s. I don’t have a
copy of the 45 so I can’t verify the actual timing, but I would almost think
the LP and 45 versions are the same (I most certainly could be wrong,
though).



That being said, I don’t believe this is on cd anywhere. There was a cd
released in 2003 by the independently run Not Lame power pop label but
this song was a demo version running 3:18 (apparently the version they
used to get them signed to Columbia).



Hawks did have “It’s Alright, It’s O.K.” released on Volume 3 of the “Heard It
On The Radio” series on Renaissance. Too bad their s/t album hasn’t seen a
proper release on cd anywhere.

316 Boys band Please don't stop me baby. The CD (both LP
and 45 matching) was resissued in Japan in 2016.

426 Jennifer Warnes All the right moves, included in her
greatest hits CD issued by Raven (Australia) Love lifts us
up from 2004.

256 Kenny Nolan Us and love, included in CD reissue of
Night Miracles (Japan and Korea 2021). LP matches 45
length.

I've updated the list...at this point if anyone knows of any other sources let me know. Otherwise it appears none of the remaining songs are able to be recreated from the LP or are unique 45 mixes/edits.

*** The Blues (Paul Simon) has clean lyrics in the 45, its available off a CD but with the explicit lyrics only just to clarify since someone asked me what the difference is.

Edited by PopArchivist