Kathy Young - A Thousand Stars

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   Hi Pat, 

The database will need an update for this song. 

A friend with a really good ear pointed this out to me. I 

never once noticed myself. There are two versions of this 

song out there, and only one of them is the 45 version. 

I'm going to call the "other" version "alternate" for now 

because I don't know what it is but it is indeed a 

different mix than the 45 mix. It might be an LP version 

but I have no idea. 

All versions on CD are the same recording but here are 

some mix differences:

1) The 45 is pitched faster than the alternate. 

2) The 45 version has more reverb than the alternate. 

3) The alternate has an electric guitar overdub 

throughout that is not on the 45. It plays a melody 

during the 2 bridges that is not on the 45. 

4) The 45 has a bass guitar overdub that is not on the 

alternate.

5) The 45 has a different ending. When you speed up the 

alternate, it syncs with the 45 until the ending coda 

where they sing "i'm yours"...the 45 has that part 

spliced on from a different take and they finish in a 

higher key, and also it has extra guitar notes over the 

word "yours." The alternate only has a 3-note guitar 

finish there. 

Pat, if you're checking CDs, the easiest way to compare 

them is to go right to the ending word. You'll easily 

hear the different guitars.  But I can at least save you 

the trouble for the CDs I own:

(M) (3:14) Laurie 4098  Music To Relax By Volume One - 20 

Rock & Roll Classics (45 Version but way too slow, 

mastered from vinyl)

(E) (3:12) K-Tel 787  Girls Girls Girls (alternate)

(M) (3:10) Time-Life 2RNR-11  Rock 'N' Roll Era - 1960 

(alternate)

(M) (3:11) Rhino 71581  Billboard Top Pop Hits, 1960 

(alternate) 

(M) (3:08) Collectors' Choice 5189  I Wish I Were A 

Princess - The Great Lost Female Teen Idols (45 

Version) 

(M) (3:11) Varese Sarabande 302066477  Girls! Girls! 

Girls! (alternate) 

Good news is most of us who collect this era probably 

have the Collector's Choice CD above which is one of the 

very few that actually have the correct 45 version (from 

a master tape). 

Edit: the correct 45 version also appears on the Ace UK 

CD "Golden Age Of American Rock N Roll Vol 1"

I'm sure this "alternate" version probably is the album 

version (?) since the master for it seems so predominant 

in the U.S. But I have no idea.

MM 

Edited by MMathews

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	Hi Pat, The database will need an update for this song. A friend with a really good ear pointed this out to me. I never once noticed myself. There are two versions of this song out there, and only one of them is the 45 version. I'm going to call the "other" version "alternate" for now because I don't know what it is but it is indeed a different mix than the 45 mix. It might be an LP version but I have no idea. All versions on CD are the same recording but here are some mix differences: 1) The 45 is pitched faster than the alternate. 2) The 45 version has more reverb than the alternate. 3) The alternate has an electric guitar overdub throughout that is not on the 45. It plays a melody during the 2 bridges that is not on the 45. 4) The 45 has a bass guitar overdub that is not on the alternate. 5) The 45 has a different ending. When you speed up the alternate, it syncs with the 45 until the ending coda where they sing "i'm yours"...the 45 has that part spliced on from a different take and they finish in a higher key, and also it has extra guitar notes over the word "yours." The alternate only has a 3-note guitar finish there. Pat, if you're checking CDs, the easiest way to compare them is to go right to the ending word. You'll easily hear the different guitars. But I can at least save you the trouble for the CDs I own: (M) (3:14) Laurie 4098 Music To Relax By Volume One - 20 Rock & Roll Classics (45 Version but way too slow, mastered from vinyl) (E) (3:12) K-Tel 787 Girls Girls Girls (alternate) (M) (3:10) Time-Life 2RNR-11 Rock 'N' Roll Era - 1960 (alternate) (M) (3:11) Rhino 71581 Billboard Top Pop Hits, 1960 (alternate) (M) (3:08) Collectors' Choice 5189 I Wish I Were A Princess - The Great Lost Female Teen Idols (45 Version) (M) (3:11) Varese Sarabande 302066477 Girls! Girls! Girls! (alternate) Good news is most of us who collect this era probably have the Collector's Choice CD above which is one of the very few that actually have the correct 45 version (from a master tape). Edit: the correct 45 version also appears on the Ace UK CD "Golden Age Of American Rock N Roll Vol 1" I'm sure this "alternate" version probably is the album version (?) since the master for it seems so predominant in the U.S. But I have no idea. MM Edited by MMathews