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Pat: I am currently holding a 4-cut, Promo 12" single (Arista SP-124). A Side has "Love Plus One" and "Marine Boy", B Side has "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" and "Fantastic Day." My local album rock station played this "Love Plus One" version to DEATH. It is the one on the "Living In Oblivion" series that you currently and correctly show as "neither the 45 nor the LP version." It is the promo 12" single version, FYI.
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Terrific info., Jim! It's always great to uncover a 45 version or a DJ 45 edit not accounted for in the database, but it's an added bonus when someone is able to go one step further and identify the origin of a version listed in the database as: (neither the 45 or the LP version). Nice work!
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The actual commercial 45 run time of Haircut One Hundred's "Love Plus One" is 3:36. (Run time information is courtesy of abagon. The stated time on the record label is 3:37.) The only reason I post this is because the song's CD run times in the database range from 3:30-3:37.
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The "Love Plus One" 45 version has a looped ending that fades; the LP version draws to a dirge-like close. (At least that's what the US 45 does; don't know what the UK 45 has.) Both are about the same length.
The 45 version of "Love Plus One", with the looped ending, is found on:- Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 5 (1994; sounds terrific here)
- Sony's Get Into The Greed (1994; digitally identical to Just Can't Get Enough)
- Warner Special Products' Eighteen Modern Rock Classics (1996; digitally exactly 2.8 dB quieter than Just Can't Get Enough)
- Universal's Retro Lunchbox Squeeze The Cheeze (1997; digitally exactly 3.36 dB quieter than Just Can't Get Enough)
- EMI Australia's 5-CD Eighties Complete Vol. 2 (1999; sounds extremely muffled; avoid)
- Rhino's Millennium New Wave Party (1999; digital clone of Just Can't Get Enough)
- Rhino's 7-CD Like Omigod (2002; uses same analog transfer as Just Can't Get Enough)
The LP version of "Love Plus One", with the dirge-like ending, is found on:- the US Arista pressing of Pelican West (I don't own this anymore, but it sounded terrific)
- Priority's Rock Of The '80s Vol. 1 (1990; likely based on US Pelican West mastering; bottom half of waveform in L channel clips around -3 dB)
- Arista Germany's Pelican West Plus (1992; has bonus tracks, but sounds truly horrendous with extremely high-generation source tapes; avoid)
- Sony Germany's 2-CD Pop And Wave Vol. 3 (1993; digital clone of Pelican West Plus but with an edit at 2:48 and early fade starting at 3:11; bad sound AND an early fade - avoid at all costs)
- Simitar's Number Ones Eighties Rock (1998; seems to be based on US Pelican West; sounds great here)
- Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 1 1982-1983 (1999; also seems to be based on US Pelican West but the waveform peaks aren't as pronounced as the Simitar disc)
The 5:37 promo 12 inch single version is listed as "Full Version" on EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 2 (1993), and is also found on SPG's Classic Alternative Vol. 1 (1994). Both sound fine.
Haircut 100's follow-up single to "Love Plus One", "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)", has two different mixes as well, but I don't own it on vinyl so I can't confirm which is which.
One "Favourite Shirts" mix, which has the opening guitar riff panned way to the left and has a ride cymbal in the break, is on Pelican West Plus (sounds bad) and on Sony's This Ain't No Disco (sounds good - probably based on US Pelican West). This is probably the LP mix.
The other "Favourite Shirts" mix, which centers the opening guitar riff and has a hi-hat throughout the break with no ride cymbal, is on Just Can't Get Enough (sounds great) and Time-Life's Modern Rock Vol. 8 Early '80s (digitally exactly 1 dB quieter than JCGE). This is probably the US 45 mix. Not sure what was on the UK 45.
Edited by crapfromthepast on 17 November 2013 at 12:26pm
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