Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues

Ron,

You missed a few things. As you'll see above Ed's
original 45 with green label does not have the echo on
the boss' voice and ends cold.

Ron Furmanek did NOT remix this track. There were NO
multi-tracks for this song. What Ron put out was the 1st
generation mono master which had no echo and had the cold
end. Obviously this original mono made it on to some
commercial pressings. We must not forget Ed's stock 45
(dead wax posted above).

The later with-echo, faded 45 I assume was the 2nd
pressing since the echo effects were added to it. I also
assume the with-echo 2nd pressing is the "hit" and more
common since THAT was the version I always got on vinyl
V/A comps back in the day. But both versions made it to
stock 45s.

MM

I'm kind of the opposite of most people in
this thread. To me, the no-echo, no-fade
version is the correct version; the echoed
vocals always sounded weird to me. That's
probably because my original 45, F-55144,
is the "dry" mix. I got my 45 used in the
1970s. It matches exactly the EMI Legends
of Rock 'n' Roll CD version, which I also
have.

The trail-off of my 45 is 45-LB-0859-1
(etched) C1 (stamped).

It appears as if four pressing plants made
original 45 rpm copies of "Summertime
Blues":
-- RCA Rockaway, NJ
-- RCA Indianapolis, IN
-- RCA Hollywood, CA
-- Monarch (delta numbers in trail-off)

(It also was pressed on 78, but I don't
know much about that.)

It seems as if the copies from RCA
Rockaway, which were distributed in the
Northeast U S. where I grew up, have the
no-fade, no-echo version. The 45s from the
other three plants have the echoed, early-
fade version. One way to distinguish the
Rockaway version is that "Vocal With
Orchestra" is on the left side of
the label. The Indianapolis version has
"Voc. With Orch." on the right side
of the label, and the West Coast copies
have "Vocal With Orchestra" on the
right side of the label.