Sami Jo - "Tell Me A Lie"

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   Does anyone have a stereo version of Sami Jo's "Tell Me A Lie"?

Is it on any import CD?

Was the commercial or promo 45 stereo?

Did she have an album?

It really is a great performance & a fine composition (Janie Fricke took the song to #1 Country years later).

Andy

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AndrewChouffi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 24 September 2005 Status: Offline Points: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewChouffi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Sami Jo - "Tell Me A Lie" Posted: 21 January 2007 at 9:36pm
	Does anyone have a stereo version of Sami Jo's "Tell Me A Lie"? Is it on any import CD? Was the commercial or promo 45 stereo? Did she have an album? It really is a great performance & a fine composition (Janie Fricke took the song to #1 Country years later). Andy

Paul C Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 October 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 30	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul C Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 January 2007 at 6:34am
	The commercial 45 was mono. MGM seems to have stuck to mono for their 45s longer than most other labels.

AndrewChouffi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 24 September 2005 Status: Offline Points: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewChouffi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 January 2007 at 9:04am
	Thanks for communicating Paul. I thought it was funny that the vinyl dubs floating around on the 'net were mono! Does anyone out there have an LP or promo 45 to check? Andy

jrjr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 December 2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jrjr Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 January 2007 at 11:48am
	hey andrew... this is a hard one to find considering it was a big country hit and a moderate pop hit (#22) which probably got more regional airplay than national airplay (well at least here in central NY in '74)... since most MGM artists got scattered to various re-issue labels, i wonder where "tell me a lie" is, because i have searched and the only thing i have found is old vinyl LP's on MGM South...

AndrewChouffi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 24 September 2005 Status: Offline Points: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewChouffi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 January 2007 at 5:06pm
	Does anyone out here actually own the vinyl LP? Is it stereo? Andy

Pat Downey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 01 October 2003 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pat Downey Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 January 2007 at 7:57pm
	Yep it is stereo on the "It Could Have Been Me" vinyl LP MGM S3G 703.

AndrewChouffi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 24 September 2005 Status: Offline Points: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewChouffi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 January 2007 at 10:39pm
	Y'all wish me luck trying to find a clean dub... I'll check eBay. Andy

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 March 2007 at 3:04pm
	Both my commercial and promo 45s for this (both mono) have a listed time of (2:59), but an actual time of (3:22). My LP, stereo like Pat's, has a listed time of (3:27) and an actual time of (3:26). I wonder if MGM South simply sped the 45 up, possibly accounting for the :04 second time difference between the 45 and the LP?

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Online Points: 265	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 June 2007 at 4:24pm
	Jim, your suspicions are correct, for the most part, about the difference between the stereo LP and mono 45 versions. I just did an A/B comparision, and they stay together perfectly once you match the pitch of the LP version with the 45. There is one exception that I found, and it is at the end of the first chorus. On the word "tomorrow" in the line "you'll be long gone tomorrow," there was a drum beat that was slightly ahead on one of the versions. When I played them separately at this point, I noticed that there are a few acoustic guitar strums on the 45 that are not present in the stereo LP mix. Other than those few strums, everything else sounds the same to me. The 45 also starts fading earlier and has a nice smooth fade out. The LP sounds truncated at the end.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 June 2008 at 10:39pm
	Since this thread was started, has anyone been able to find "Tell Me a Lie" on CD anywhere? It's one of the few remaining Top 40 songs from the '70s I'm missing on disc.