samantha fox "touch me (i want your body)

pat

the 45's face states a run time of 3:46 but actually runs 3:40 and is identical to the version from the greatest hits cd.....this info should be added to the db.....

Hey, ed - although I can tell from your pic it was actually printed upside-down, I don't suppose you could re-post that photo of the back of the picture sleeve rotated 180 degrees??? :-) Although I never bought the vinyl 45 or cassette single, this was definitely my favorite SF song, lol...

Also, even upside-down, I couldn't help but notice the "RE" that appears after the "1006-7-J" catalog no. that is printed just to the right of the "Jive" logo on the back of your sleeve. So at the very least, your picture sleeve is a second printing (i.e., something was changed). Although I don't see a similar "RE" on the Side 1 label, could the 45 itself also be a second press??? (Perhaps the etching in the run-out groove gives some indication???) Do you possibly have the cassette single to compare either???

According to Charles Szabla's Goldmine book, "45 RPM Picture Sleeve Price Guide" the Jive 1006-7-J sleeve was a Poster sleeve issue. the "RE" was the regular sleeve.

Brian W. wrote: Interesting, this pic of the US picture sleeve on 45cat.com does not have the "RE," although there is another picture on there that does: http://www.45cat.com/imageview/11772F013DD4737F68C

Hmmm, if that's not actually the back of the poster sleeve that cmmmbase mentioned above, then I have no explanation at this time. I never pursued tracking down the 45 or picture sleeve after ed posted his pics more than five years ago (can't believe it's been that long!)... :-)

On this episode of "Unsolved Mysteries":

All CD versions I've found of "Touch Me" have a brief dropout in the right channel at 3:37. This dropout is NOT present on the 45.

I bought the original Japanese pressing of her "Touch Me" album from 1986, and, amazingly, the dropout is there. So it was there on the album version from day one.

All the so-called "45 versions" that I've found on CD so far, which only include the above-mentioned "Greatest Hits" and "Mystic Music Presents Red Hot," have the dropout, and also run one second longer than the 45 at 3:41. So neither of those are the "true" 45 version, just the LP version faded to replicate the 45. (The 45 ends with "This is the night," but those two CDs have an extra "touch me" after that line.)

So question: Does anyone own a CD that does NOT have that dropout at 3:37?