1988 45 versions wanted on cd

does anyone know where i might be able to find any of the songs listed below in the original 45 version on cd

laura branigan--power of love (edited vers) (4:44)
carmen, eric-hungry eyes (3:49)..the 1st 3:17 of the 45 is the same as the cd but the remaining 0:30 or so is different
cover girls--promise me (4:22)
cover girls--because of love (3:55)
cure-just like heaven (remixed vers) (3:17)
def leppard-hysteria (3:49)
dj jazzey jeff & fresh prince-a nightmare on my street (4:53 45 version)(the begin has a different rift than the cd version)
jets-rocket 2 u (3:41)
elton john-candle in the wind (studio vers;not live vers;ie 45 vers)
eddie money-walk opn water
sting-be still my beating heart
streisand/johnson-till i loved you
suave-my girl

edtop40 brings up some really difficult questions in his post. For example, my commercial copy of "Hysteria" by Def Leppard is a 5:49 version, while edtop40 is looking for a 3:49 version and Joel Whitburn lists his single as having a running time of 3:02 so there may be several different pressings of the 45 version of this song. Anyone out there have any version other than the 5:49 version?

Now comes a good one, "A Nightmare On My Street". The vinyl LP that contained this hit was titled "He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper" and on that vinyl LP, A Nightmare runs 6:08. On the cd of the same name, Nightmare runs 4:54 and is not just an early fade of the vinyl LP version in fact when I compare my dj 45 of Nightmare to the version found on the cd of "He's The DJ" I find them identical. This same version appears on many cd's, Rhino 71777, Rhino 71778, Jive 1091, Rhino 72481, K-Tel 4259, Razor & Tie 89051 and BMG Special Products 47676. Another remixed version appears on a couple of cd's listed in the Top 40 Music On CD book like Jive 41640, BMG Special Products 45636, Columbia 87076 and Collectables 9461. Now just because my dj single matches 7 cd's listed above doesn't mean that the commercial single is the same version and I have no idea where the remix version comes from (must be a 12" single that I do not have).

If anyone has additional information to share it would be appreciated.

Just timed my copy and it runs 4:47.

Moderator wrote: Just timed my copy and it runs 4:47.

that very odd.....are you sure???

edtop40 wrote: okay.....i just listen to my commercial 45 of "a nightmare on my street" jive #1124 and i compared it to the cd version on jazzey jeff & fresh prince's greatest hits cd from 1999.......the first 0:11 of the 45 has no bells/piano chimes while the cd versions has chimes right from the start.....the two are different all the way thru.....the running times are the same but the 2 versions are very different....the 45 face says the version is the single version.....the greatest hits cd says its the single version too, but they are very different.......any info would be welcomed.....edtop40

This is exactly what I am saying - my dj 45 does not match the cd version (Greatest Hits - Jive 41640) but it does match the cd's that I listed in a previous post like Rhino 71777 Dr. Demento Presents....so the statment on the cd must be wrong unless there were 2 different versions of this 45 pressed which is entirely possible. The version you are referring to that has bells on the intro is what I am currently calling a remix in the 11th edition of Top 40 Music On CD.

As for Hysteria, the matrix number stamped into the runout groove is 870-004-7-2-59183-CBS1

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