Hush, hush voices carry!
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The song I always thought was called āYouāre So Scaryā 
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Great eclectic haul Wimm. In person or on-line haul?
Online.
Some twelve inches and Crawl File as well.
Iāve got another box waiting unopened as well, but Iām saving that.
Listening to this haul first.
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The What You Need 12ā is really, really amateurish and bad.
Which I kind of knew, I remember the kerfuffle at the time, butā¦goshā¦
Crawl file is a great compilation. Iām hunting down all their albums slowly.
I was never much sold on the 12ā thing but those who actually put effort into it were memorable. The Models -I Hear Motion being one standout- they actually gave a fark rather than some of the halfhearted dribble issued to tick a box and raise some cash. Collette Iām looking at you!
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Barbados and Out Of Mind Out Of Sight are superb 12ās because, as you say, someone has taken the time and clearly knows all the parts of the originals.
A little niche, but the Reels 12ā of Bad Moon Rising is quite good, too, because it gives three (four?) versions, each emphasising a different element of the song.
But What You Need is worse than just uninspired.
Thereās a female vocal on it that I can only assume is someoneās girlfriend.
The scratching sounds like when I tried to make extended versions using a double cassette deck.
The volume is all over the place.
Itās quiteā¦quite bad.
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Love that songā¦ copped a mauling when I played it in DJ Kingā¦ quite polarising apparentlyā¦ heathensā¦
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In a similar veinā¦ the 12" version of Real Lifeās Catch Me Iām Falling absolutely crapped all over the album version. So much so that they used a short edit of the 12" version for the video.
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Was the 7ā the same as the album? I canāt remember now, but remember not bothering to keep the album and just have the 7ās of that and Send Me An Angel.
Also, BIG BIG Yes for āVoices Carryā
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Wow, the 12ā of Big Love is really interesting.
Nothing like the original, and I can see how the miracle of getting a Fleetwood Mac song into the top ten on the club charts was achieved.
Buckinghamās live, guitar only version is probably my favourite.
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Yeah, the 7" was the same as the (completely unremarkable) album version. The Aussie 12" that I have (not sure if @btlnās is the same) has the excellent 12" version, and a shorter edit (which was edited even further for the video version) of it.
The label says running time 5.52
Ah ok, maybe I should seek that out.
I have that Real Life āCatch Meā¦ā tucked away. Loved them at the time. And maybe this should go in the Secret Shame thread but I also have (I hope) the Change in Mood 12ā by Kids in the Kitchen which was pretty good iirc.
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Yep, same as the Aussie release on Wheatley Records
12" version: 5ā52"
Edit: 4ā10"
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Ok, Iāve figured it out. Iāve never ever known the original 3:33 version, it seems it got subbed out pretty early and many releases worldwide in the same year got the single and album with the better 4:02 version. As a kid I only knew that longer better one, and even adding it to my vinyl collection later I managed to avoid the first version.