Hall & Oates - One On One

In Pat's book, he notes that DJ copies of "One On One" run 3:45 and 3:53. I'm guessing that the 3:53 version is the same as the commercial 45, an early fade of the album version. I recently came across this song on a TM Century disc, running 3:42, and it sounds like an edit of the 12" Remix. Is the 3:45 DJ version an edit of the 12" Remix or is it another edit of the LP Version?

Thank you, Pat!

Yes, "Your Imagination" is also an edit of the 12" single and I will change the comment in my database from LP mix to LP version since the 45 and LP are really radically different.

Edited by Moderator

Boy, this is an old thread!

I was sorting through 10 different CDs with this song, and thought I'd post things here, just for documentation purposes.

The LP and commercial 45 are the same mix, but different
lengths.

The LP length is 4:15, and it runs 95.6 BPM throughout. I have the LP length on three different CDs:

• RCA's original H20 (copyright 1982, disc appeared in mid-'80s, sound is pretty good but levels are excruciatingly low - this track has about 8 dB of headroom)
• the 3-CD Legendary set (2002 - sound is very close to H20 but with much more reasonable levels)
• the 2-CD Ultimate set (2004 - mastered a little bit loud but has more clarity than other two - lower-generation source tapes?)

The 2-CD set Starting All Over Again (1997) has severe speed issues on this track, starting off about 3% too fast and getting faster as the track progresses. It would have the LP length if it ran at the right speed. But it doesn't - avoid.

The 45 length is 3:53, and the versions on CD all run about 95.6 or 95.7 BPM. The 45 length shows up on:

• RCA's Greatest Hits Rock N Soul Part 1 (copyright 1983; levels a little low with about 5 dB of headroom, but this is a very nice-sounding disc, runs 3:56)
• RCA's weird Tender Moments compilation (1991; differently EQ'd digital clone of Rock N Soul but clips the peaks and hastens the fade by about 10 seconds - avoid)
• Razor & Tie's 2-CD Forever '80s (1994, seems to be the same analog transfer as Rock N Soul Part 1)
• the German collection Looking Back (1991, seems to also use the same analog transfer as Rock N Soul Part 1)
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 11 1983-1984 (1995, differently-EQ'd digital clone of Looking Back)
• Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 7 Hearts In Motion (1996, differently EQ'd digital clone of Looking Back)

Aside from the one disc that fades early, all of the above 45 length discs sound pretty good. Personally, I choose Rock N Soul Part 1, but all the others sound really similar.

The 12" is a very different mix, with very exaggerated percussion. The promo 45 is an edit of the 12" mix, and I don't think it's appeared on a CD.

Edited by crapfromthepast

Promo 45 JB-13421 has a listed time and actual time of 3:45 on one side. Deadwax is PB13421-D with "Sterling" deadwaxed and MR 109059.
The other side has a listed time and actual time of 3:53. Deadwax is PB13421-A-2 with "Masterdisk" deadwaxed and MR 109058.