Madness - It Must Be Love

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   I may have found an LP / 45 version distinction that is 

not noted in the database.  I have "It Must Be Love" by 

Madness on 2 CD's.  The first is Just Can't Get Enough: 

New Wave Hits of the '80s Volume 12 and the other is on 

the import box set called A Guided Tour of Madness.  

They have different mixes of the song, most easily 

discernible at 0:33 where the piano plays only on the 

offbeat on "Guided Tour" but plays on the off and on 

beats on JCGE.  I suspect the latter is a single mix.  

The JCGE version also runs about 6 seconds longer.  Can 

someone who owns the 45 check to confirm?

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Ringmaster_D Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 08 July 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ringmaster_D Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Madness - It Must Be Love Posted: 24 September 2017 at 3:26pm
	I may have found an LP / 45 version distinction that is not noted in the database. I have "It Must Be Love" by Madness on 2 CD's. The first is Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s Volume 12 and the other is on the import box set called A Guided Tour of Madness. They have different mixes of the song, most easily discernible at 0:33 where the piano plays only on the offbeat on "Guided Tour" but plays on the off and on beats on JCGE. I suspect the latter is a single mix. The JCGE version also runs about 6 seconds longer. Can someone who owns the 45 check to confirm?

eric_a Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote eric_a Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 September 2017 at 8:10pm
	On the US Geffen 45, that section ("As soon as I wake up...") has piano chords on the upbeats and downbeats (i.e., eighth-notes, assuming quarter note is about 70-80 bpm). I don't have either CD you mention, but on the Geffen Vintage 80s Vol 2 CD, that section sounds the same as my 45.

Ringmaster_D Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 08 July 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ringmaster_D Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 September 2017 at 6:00am
	Thanks Eric. I've been doing a little more investigation and it seems we may have a US/UK mix difference. "It Must Be Love" was originally a standalone single in the UK, but it was issued in the U.S. on the U.S.-only LP "Madness." I don't own the LP, but perusing YouTube it appears to have the eighth-note version, the same as the U.S. single. If you want to hear the other version, just check out the "official" video or what I think is the UK 45, both found on YouTube. Not sure if any of the albums in the database contain the UK version.