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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote garye Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 March 2020 at 7:45pm
When I purchased the single in 1971 it was the 4:05
version and that was the version WCOL AM played.
However 2 weeks later a friend purchased a 3:05 single
and suddenly WCOL started playing both versions (short
during the day, long version at night) so long version
was commercially available as well as short version!
Go figure!
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I can add to Pat's 2006 response that I have the same info that he does plus these:

Commercial copy Lionel 3213 - label states (4:05) but actually runs (4:01) matrix number 70L1634-1. The label states "B side". This
was from the library of 1490 WCVA Culpeper VA which somebody sold to a retailer where I picked it up. The Program Director crossed off
the title of the A side, and marked the B side to play.

DJ Copy Lionel 3213 - Double "A" side, "Signs" in stereo on both sides. Same length on both. label states (3:20) but actually runs
(3:25) matrix number 70L1634-1. Which is odd because that's the same matrix of the original B side issue. The length matches one of
Pat's commercial copies. The printed label is incorrect, says 70-L-1638, which is the matrix for the B side. So that's another mistake.

Speaking of stereo, it's the same narrow stereo on all issues (and edits) with reverb shooting to the right channel on some
instruments, with some copies adding a lot more clipping than others. But I can't find a mono issue of this song anywhere on vinyl.
Does anyone have one? If there isn't one, what the Rhino mono issue may be is the left channel only, which is why some instruments are
"dry" verses the stereo issue. Unless there was a mono mix with the dry instruments that I've never found.



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To Bill Cahill:

Yes, the Rhino issue was the left channel spread monaurally to the left & right channels - I don't believe that ever reached the public before the 'Have A Nice Day' issue. I'm pretty sure it was a conscious decision (as the mild stereo is somewhat weird & shifting) as opposed to a mastering error.

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