Bette Midler - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"

Noticed the distinction between LP version and 45 version in the book, so listened to both on the Divine Miss M album and Experience The Divine GH CD.

(edited earlier post, twice)

The two are completely different recordings. It sounds like she rerecorded the track from scratch (for the 45? for the 1993 GH disc?), although the liner notes just note it as being from The Divine Miss M. The new recording is really polished and has a modern-sounding mix, but lacks the charm of the Divine version, which deliberately sounds like it was recorded in the '40s. (Mono, too!)

I have a narrow-stereo version of the Divine mix on an EMI Australian compilation - was the 45 in mono or stereo?

Edited by crapfromthepast

AM stations that I heard at the time played the mono DJ side which had shoe "taps" added to the single version. FM stations played the stereo 45 version. Stock copies were all stereo. As far as I know the mono DJ mix has never been issued anywhere else.   

Edited by Bill Cahill

My promo copy has the claps/taps (whatever they are) only on the mono side, stereo side does not have them. Stock copies which were stereo didn't have them either as far as I know.

I don't know of a stereo stock or stereo DJ with the claps/taps.

Also the mono DJ side has a noticable hum.


Edited by Bill Cahill

I picked up a Canadian stock copy. I listened to it carefully and ran it through some software to determine if is actually in stereo or not because I don't hear any real separation. At least on the copy I have, the label indicates stereo with the "ST" prefix on the label and on the run off groove says ST-A-26365-1E. But the only stereo effect I hear is more likely groove wear or a slight bass/treble electronic stereo effect, or they just didn't center the mono source exactly in the center, it's a little to the left. I phase reversed it and switched the result in mono to hear if there was any evidence of real stereo separation but I don't hear it. The Canadian single also has the same hum as the mono DJ 45. So I don't believe the Canadian copy is in real stereo, unless there is another mix. It's the American DJ Mono 45 mix.

Stereo side of the promo copy is definitely stereo, there are two sets of vocals which are separated. I believe that matches the US commercial 45.