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my commercial 45 issed as mercury 73622 states the run time as 3:29 but actually runs 3:31 and is a quick fade of the full length version....thanks john for the fade and pitch correction...

The single version is on Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "best
Of" CD. It matches my commercial 45.

I don't have the song on vinyl at all, so the best I can do is compare CDs.

LP length (3:53, plus or minus a second)

I have five different analog transfers of the LP length.

I prefer the version on Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 1 1974-1975 (1993). The same analog transfer is used on Warner Special Products' 2-CD Rock Box (1994).

JCI's Rockin' Seventies (1988) is a close second, and sounds just about as good as GR.

Priority's Seventies Greatest Rock Hits Vol. 11 Heavy Hitters (1991) is mastered too loud and clips a lot, and may have some additional noise reduction or some other odd processing. It just sounds weird on this disc.

JCI's Only Rock 'N Roll 1970-1974 (1994) sounds good, but fades a second or two before the others. The same analog transfer is used on:

• Simitar's Number Ones Rock It Up (1998)
• Realm's 3-CD Greatest Hits Of The '70s Vol. 2 (2002) - differently-EQ'd digital clone that adds a tiny amount of compression

Warner Special Products' 1970s Classic Rock (1999) sounds muffled compared to the others. May be a higher generation source tape?

I didn't explicitly compare the speeds of any of the above; I just chose to use Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 1 1974-1975 (1993) in my library and left it at that. GR fades from 3:33 to 3:53.

45 length (3:31)

The version on BTO's Greatest (1986) runs about 0.9% faster than Guitar Rock Vol. 1 1974-1975, runs 3:36, and fades from 3:15 to 3:36. This disc sounds quite nice, and is about as good as it's going to get for the 45 length. I don't know how well it corresponds to the actual 45 fade points, though. The same analog transfer is used on:

• Time-Life's 2-CD Guitar Rock (1990)
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 15 1974 Take Two (1991) - differently-EQ'd digital clone
• Warner Special Products' 2-CD Rock This Way (1995)
• Cema's 2-CD Bell Bottom Rock (1996) - mastered too loud and clips a lot
• Razor & Tie's 6-CD 70 Number One Hits Of The 70s Vol. 6 (1998) - differently-EQ'd digital clone but mastered too loud and clips a lot

Others:

Silver Eagle/Capitol's 2-CD Rockin' Down The Block (1987) sounds pretty good, but not quite as good as the above.

Rhino's Millennium Classic Rock Party (1999) runs about 0.8% slower than Guitar Rock Vol. 1 1974-1975, runs 3:26, fades from 3:11 to 3:26, and has a pretty severely boosted high end. Not good.

I chose to use BTO's Greatest (1986) in my library.

I just recreated the 45 version again, using BTO's
Greatest. I slowed it down by 1% and faded to 3:31
with the 45 in the video as a guide.

I recreated the short promo edit of "Takin' Care Of
Business" several years ago. When I was dubbing my promo
45, it seemed like the 45 jumped out at me. I tried to
give the digital file a bit of a compression boost to
semi-simulate the promo 45.