Top 40 Music on CD Forum : "Radar Love" - Golden Earring

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring : I also believe the edit that runs...

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:49:03 +0000

Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 7425
Posted: 14 June 2024 at 4:49pm

I also believe the edit that runs 3:44 was issued on the UK 45 on the Track label. Most if not all of those UK 45s had no listed times. That was not unusual in late 1973/early 1974.

It's possible some of the UK 45s had the five minute plus unedited version, but the 3:44 edit was probably what radio played across the pond. The 3:44 edit appears on a recent various artist UK compilation:

https://www.discogs.com/master/3478522-Various-Now-Yearbook- 74

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring : Going back to the OP's question......

Fri, 17 May 2024 06:03:25 +0000

Author: mjb50
Subject: 7425
Posted: 17 May 2024 at 6:03am

Going back to the OP's question... the ~3:44 version appears on:

� The band's 1973 appearance on Top of the Pops.

� A YouTube clip provided by the band's Dutch record company in 2016, as "Radar Love (Original UK Single Version)".

� The 2021 Netherlands deluxe CD of the Moontan album, as "Radar Love (Single Version)".

Meanwhile, a commenter on 45cat says the UK 45 plays the standard 5:01 edit. And on Discogs and 45cat, the 45s which mention a duration only say 2:53 or 5:01.

There is a Dutch promo 45 containing an "Edited version for airplay only" and no printed durations. Maybe it's there?

Kind of a mystery.

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring : No, I'd been blissfully unaware...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:58:29 +0000

Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 7425
Posted: 09 May 2013 at 2:58pm

No, I'd been blissfully unaware of Gloversville's glorious namesake past. In trying to get up to speed on the subject, I happened upon this line from Gloversville's City Historian:

Millions of pairs of gloves were regularly shipped by rail to all parts of the world.

Seems a somewhat unorthodox manner of getting the goods to such markets as Paris, London, Tokyo, Sydney or Honolulu, but, hey, if it worked, then great! I would imagine they had to take shrinkage into account, though. :)

It's also fascinating how the Scranton Button Company branched into making phonograph records (both products being shellac-based), eventually becoming the Capitol Records plant.

Or that the since-razed Presswell Records plant was only a few miles down the road from the intersection of Atco and Atlantic Avenues in Atco, New Jersey.

In view of the sometimes lax quality control at both record manufacturers over the years, one might wonder whether recycled gloves or buttons somehow found their way into the vinyl pellet barrels...

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring : I checked a handful of random...

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:45:35 +0000

Author: Hykker
Subject: 7425
Posted: 09 May 2013 at 10:45am

I checked a handful of random MCA promos from that era,
and with the exception of one (Steely Dan's "FM"), all
were Gloversville pressings. The symbol on "FM" was very
faint, but didn't look like either one.

BTW, did you know that one of the principal industries in
Gloversville was glove making?

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring : Thanks for the speedy reply, Jim....

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:24:52 +0000

Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 7425
Posted: 08 May 2013 at 8:24pm

Thanks for the speedy reply, Jim. Question answered!

Just checked my "Physical" DJ 45. It's a Pinckneyville.

What was it with Decca/MCA choosing towns ending in "ville" for their pressing plants? Makes me wonder if the old Plasticville toy towns ever had a record pressing plant? (I did have Plasticville's WPLA TV station.) :)

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring : John, I just chose one at random,...

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:15:31 +0000

Author: jimct
Subject: 7425
Posted: 08 May 2013 at 8:15pm

John, I just chose one at random, from your time period, sent to CT radio.
ONJ's 1981's "Physical". It does have your Gloversville symbol. So there's one,
of likely many!

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring : Jim's short/short promo 45...

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:55:47 +0000

Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 7425
Posted: 08 May 2013 at 7:55pm

Jim's short/short promo 45 is also a Pinckneyville pressing, which prompts me to ask a question: My radio gigs were in the central third of the U.S., so all MCA promo service I ever received came from Pinckneyville. Does anyone who slaved over a hot turntable in the eastern states have Gloversville-pressed DJ 45s of any MCA titles from 1973 through the '80s?

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring : Steve, you're right about...

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:44:17 +0000

Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 7425
Posted: 08 May 2013 at 7:44pm

Steve, you're right about the so-called mono short side! It's a remix, actually: narrower than the long side, but done specifically with AM/mono FM compatibility in mind. MCA used that same approach more than a few times with other "mono"-labelled DJ 45 remixes in 1973, including Kiki Dee's "Amoureuse" (MCA-Rocket 40157) and Barry DeVorzon's "Theme From Dillinger" (MCA 40110).

The short "mono" (narrower stereo) "Radar Love" packs a much greater punch than the wider stereo mix on the long side, in my opinion. It really rocks!

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring : Yah Shure wrote:My MCA 40202...

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:05:44 +0000

Author: Hykker
Subject: 7425
Posted: 08 May 2013 at 6:05pm

Yah Shure wrote:

My MCA 40202 mono "short
version"/stereo "long version" DJ 45 matches Pat's copy's
deadwax info. It was pressed by MCA's Pinckneyville,
Illinois plant, based on its deadwax symbol:

John,
You might want to give a listen to the short version on
your copy...mine is labeled as being mono, but is
actually stereo. Mine is also a Pinckneyville pressing.
Somewhere I also have a mono/stereo short copy, but it
seems to be misfiled.

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring : My MCA 40202 mono "short...

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:56:43 +0000

Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 7425
Posted: 08 May 2013 at 9:56am

My MCA 40202 mono "short version"/stereo "long version" DJ 45 matches Pat's copy's deadwax info. It was pressed by MCA's Pinckneyville, Illinois plant, based on its deadwax symbol:

Pinkneyville, IL: <>--P--<>

Gloversville, NY: [ ]--G--[ ]

(Jim: I don't have any copy of the 1977 MCA 40802 45.)