12" Singles - Comments / Reviews by Jake Smarm

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Jake Smarm 2nd Dec 2023		12" Single Eric Clapton - Bad Love (1989)	B1 and B2 are a continuous song medley.
Jake Smarm 12th Oct 2023		12" Single David Grant - Where Our Love Begins (Extended Version) (1985)	Correct catalogue no. is GRANR 7 (on label). The other one is the other 12'' single version with 3 tracks.
Jake Smarm 30th Sep 2023		12" Single Gene Chandler - When You're No. 1 (1979)	Track A runs for approx 8.54, the 7'' being approx 4.03. However track B is the same on both releases, running at approx 3.45.
Jake Smarm 22nd Jul 2023		12" Single Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off (Extended) (1985)	After several shops complained about the title on the the cover it was repackaged and reissued here
Jake Smarm 22nd Jul 2023		12" Single Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To...(Extended) (1986)	this is a reissue of the original single here after several shops complained about the title. The music is exactly the same.
Jake Smarm 22nd Jul 2023		12" Single Stephen Duffy - Extended Play (1986)	does this exist or is it being confused with the 10'' Single?
Jake Smarm 12th Nov 2022		12" Single The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men / I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair (Special Version) (1984)	Mine has the green sleeve
Jake Smarm 9th Apr 2022		12" Single Paul Hardcastle - Rain Forest (1984)	My copy is different to this - It comes in a Bluebird Bag and has different labels. Scans added.
Jake Smarm 9th Apr 2022		12" Single Paul Hardcastle - Don't Waste My Time (1986)	pics added
Jake Smarm 9th Apr 2022		12" Single Paul Hardcastle - Just For Money (Extended) (1985)	added pics
Jake Smarm 8th Apr 2022		12" Single Paul Hardcastle - 19 (The Final Story) (1985)	I have this version of the 12'' but the A side actually has two versions of The Final Story, A1 at 5.20 approx and A2 at 3.00 Approx. Also the B Sides were originally meant to be B1 King Tut (US Remix) and B2 Rainforest (US Remix) The back cover of my copy has a sticker over Rainforest (US Remix) that reads Fly By Night. (Scan Added). Note how on my back cover the CHS is lined up with the rest of the catalogue number, unlike the back cover posted by Earthspark78. The B side label still reads Rainforest (US Remix), even though it plays Fly By Night. (Scan Added)
Jake Smarm 18th Mar 2022		12" Single Holly Johnson - Americanos (Megamix) (1989)	Note that although the cover lists the tracks as Magimix, the labels incorrectly use the word Megamix.
Jake Smarm 3rd Jan 2022		12" Single George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You (Extended Version) (1987)	Mine is in a standard 12'' WEA sleeve (black with white line and '12'' Single' printed on it.
Jake Smarm 9th Nov 2021		12" Single Julian Cope - Easty Risin' (East Easy Rider) (1991)	Mine is 6873. Approx timings - A - 8.10 B - 11.23
Jake Smarm 18th Oct 2021		12" Single The Black Crowes - Remedy (1992)	One of my copies of this comes with a different sticker on the tin - the record inside is identical - scan added.
Jake Smarm 11th Oct 2021		12" Single The B-52's - Roam (Radio Mix) (1990)	Approx timings are A1 Roam (Edit) 4.11 A2 Roam (12'' Remix) 8.18 B1 Roam (12'' Extended Remix) 5.24 Common sense would tell you that tracks A2 and B1 should have been reversed for better sound quality. The label on the linked release (below) calls track B1 Roam (Extended Mix). Note that it is the same record in a different sleeve.
Jake Smarm 11th Oct 2021		12" Single The B-52's - Roam (Radio Mix) (1990)	Note that the B side label lists the track as Roam (Extended Mix) whereas the sleeve calls it Roam (12'' Extended Remix)
Jake Smarm 1st Oct 2021		12" Single Amazulu - Too Good To Be Forgotten (1986)	Although the A side label says the track runs for 5.32, it only runs for 4.50.
Jake Smarm 20th Feb 2021		12" Single Junior - Mama Used To Say (American Remix) (1982)	How many of these had Fame as track B1 and how many had Mama Used To Say (American Instrumental Mix)? My copy had Fame as B1 but still lists Mama Used To Say (American Instrumental Mix) on the cover. Interestingly the B side label still gives the credit for the Instrumental Mix to Tee Scott even though the track does not appear! Fame would go on to appear on the B side of the Communication Breakdown.single.
Jake Smarm 27th Jun 2020		12" Single Alexander O'Neal Featuring Cherrelle - Never Knew Love Like (This Extended Version) (1988)	Tracks A1 and A2 are double grooved - You put the needle on and see which track you get!
Jake Smarm 31st May 2020		12" Single Mel And Kim - That's The Way It Is (House Mix) (1988)	Further to my above notes, Track B2 is a remix, different to the track on the original 12'' and the album.
Jake Smarm 31st May 2020		12" Single Mel And Kim - That's The Way It Is (1988)	Track B2 is an edited version of the LP track
Jake Smarm 9th Apr 2020		12" Single The Timelords - Hi! Here's The Remix Featuring Gary Glitter (1988)	My copy came in a plain black sleeve with a sticker and has 3 tracks (Mod. comment: listing corrected)
Jake Smarm 21st Jan 2020		12" Single Jaki Graham - Breaking Away [Extended Version] (1986)	Mine is in a thick black card sleeve with label showing, not a picture sleeve.
Jake Smarm 6th Oct 2019		12" Single Cathy Dennis - Too Many Walls (L'autre Mix) (1991)	Although Track B2 is said to be the 'Acapella Version', It is better described as the 'Vocal, Keyboard and Strings Version'
Jake Smarm 16th Sep 2019		12" Single Bros - I Owe You Nothing (Over 18 Mix) (1988)	Researched the 6 silent tracks called Nothing on the B Side. They are:- 1 - Nothing (LP Mix) 1.45 2 - Nothing (Karaoke Mix) 1.25 3 - Nothing (7'' Mix) 1.20 4 - Nothing (No Vocal Mix) 1.20 5 - Nothing (12'' Mix) 3.05 6 - Nothing (Dub Mix) 2.10 These are very rare tracks, seldom heard on the radio!!!!!!!!!
Jake Smarm 16th Sep 2019		12" Single Bros - I Owe You Nothing (Cut-Up Mix) (1987)	A Side 6.22 B Side 6.02
Jake Smarm 16th Sep 2019		12" Single Bros - I Owe You Nothing (Over 18 Mix) (1988)	When the B Side is quoted as 'Nothing' it does not mean a track called Nothing - It means nothing (as in no music). As the A side is over 18 minutes, putting any music on the B side would have broken chart rules at the time. Interestingly though there are 6 tracks of silence on the B side of varying lengths. Not sure why, will look into it.
Jake Smarm 17th Apr 2019		12" Single Yello - Of Course I'm Lying (1989)	Track A2 is best described as Oh Yeah (Dance Mix Edit), running for approx 5.10. This is to stop the total time for the record going over the 20 minute limit that existed at the time. (More than 20 minutes and it became an album for chart purposes) The full version of Oh Yeah (Dance Mix) on the 12'' of The Race (The Pits Mix) runs for approx. 6.24.
Jake Smarm 17th Apr 2019		12" Single Yello - The Race (1988)	Although the B side is listed as La Habanera (5.10), my copy (and presumably all the others) plays Another Race (3.42), which also features on the 7in version of this record.

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