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Topic: intruders i’ll always love my mama

Posted By: edtop40
Subject: intruders i’ll always love my mama
Date Posted: 10 March 2012 at 4:56pm

my commercial 45 for the intruders song "i'll always love
my mama (part 1)" issued as gamble 2506 states the run time
on the label as 3:04 and does indeed run that length and is
just an early fade of the full length 6:36 lp
version......if you fade for 0:16 from 2:48 to 3:04 you'll
effectively re-create the true vinyl 45 version.....

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edtop40

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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 01 May 2014 at 11:34pm

Ed, I remember this song became an "every Mother's Day classic" in some
markets, in subsequent years. I also remember hearing the full (6:36)
version at night on occasion, during its 1973 chart run. I assumed radio
was just playing it off of the LP. But perhaps not, as I have just acquired a
2nd promo 45 for this song. Both sides are stereo, and have both a listed
and actual (6:36) time on both sides. This is the same as the LP version.

I remember during the 70's, the Philadelphia International Records (P.I.R.)
label would press up a 2nd promo 45, featuring longer versions, once a
song had been airplay for a few weeks already, for groups like Harold
Melvin & The Blue Notes and the O'Jays. And although this song was on
Gamble, this label was about to merge with P.I.R., as Kenny Gamble &
Leon Huff ran both operations. Gamble had been operating as an indie
since around '68, and the P.I.R. label was the result of a new, 1971
association with Columbia. But the Intruders remained on Gamble, surely
for contractual reasons, until 1973. These longer promo 45 versions had
unusual stock #'s, though, and this one was no exception. "AE 7 1071".
Both sides deadwax info is identical: "GAMBLE-AE-ZS7-1071".

I have also seen (6:36) promo 45s for the song on P.I.R., but I strongly
suspect this release came out in 1974 or later, again, as a Mother's Day
radio airplay option. But I am certain that the Gamble (6:36) promo 45 I've
just detailed was issued in 1973, since this was the last year that the
Gamble label was operational.

Posted By: Fastphilly
Date Posted: 26 May 2016 at 11:05pm

There is a third promo 45 issued on that Intruders classic. Philadelphia Intl. serviced radio in early 1977 with a stereo/mono white label promo with both sides listing at 3:15 (actual time is 3:16)

Record info:
Label: Philadelphia International Records #ZS8 3624
Runout info:AF ZS8-3624-3 TM/JR (stereo side)
AE ZS8-3624-1 TM/JR (mono side)

I believe the reservicing of this promo 45 had to do with the label's release of "The Philadelphia Classics" compilation in 1977. The label also pressed up two different promo only 12" single one containing the 9;41 version found on that release and the shorter original LP version.