Disco 12" and LP Misprints

[Disco Funk]

After coming across another Philly International 12" with a different running time on the label compared with the actual song, I thought I'd start a thread about misprints on Disco era records. What have you guys come across?

Just off the top of my head:

Jean Carn - Was That All It Was 12" (label says 6:30 on 1979 pressing, but it's really 7 1/2 minutes)

Dynamite Band - She's Dynamite 12" (label says both sides are the same song, but the flip side has a cover version of the Star Wars Theme. I didn't measure the running time of the track, but it's longer than the 4 minutes of She's Dynamite)

O'Jays - Sing A Happy Song 12" (this was the other 12" I just discovered was wrong - 5:00 on the label, but the song is around 6:30)

Laura Greene - Let Me Blow Your Whistle 12" (an obscure 12" of this 1979 track, the label says it's 3:55, but it's actually over 8 minutes long!).

Any others?

Disco Funk

[Videoskooter]

I have this cult classic 12". The Sleeve is OK, the track is perfect but...the label says "Greatest Hits By Engelbert Humperdinck" BTW, this was very big in our clubs and was part of the new German dance wave in the mid 80's.

[KoolChris]

Originally Posted by Disco Funk

Philly International 12" with a different running time on the label compared with the actual song:

Jean Carn - Was That All It Was 12" (label says 6:30 on 1979 pressing, but it's really 7 1/2 minutes)

Disco Funk

Which one is that? There ARE 6:30 versions out there, and I know of the English PIR pressing (4ZP 80263), that states, and is 7:44.

I assumed (and found weird) that US PIR pressings had been limited to the 6:30 mix, maybe the 7:44 released on Hot Tracks or other mix, and that they'd chosen the 7:44 as the official mix to be released in the UK...

I've been wanting to acquire a US pressing of this track, but NOT the 6:30 mix, which seems to start fading out in the middle of the track...

To return to the general topic, there's lots of misprints on record labels, especially on foreign pressings. Here's a few:

-The Armed Gang: "Keep On Groving"
( Armed Gang Keep On Grooving b/w Everybody Celebrate (12") Disco Music.com )

-"New Paradise" LP, with track wrongly listed as: "Pick Up Me"
( New Paradise New Paradise (LP) Disco Music.com )

-Erotic Drum Band: "Action 78", with track listed as "Jerky Rythm"
( Erotic Drum Band Action 78 (Canadian LP) Disco Music.com )



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[Graham_Start]

In the pre-digital era, time info errors are quite common. Sometimes because the time given was only an estimate, sometimes because the track was edited at the last minute and it was too late to update the artwork/copy info, sometimes because someone made a typo.

Another bit of information that is often wrong is the mastering credits, especially on non US/UK pressings. Tom Moulton pushed labels to give mastering engineers credit, but that credit was usually only relevant for US pressings, and only first pressings at that. Foreign pressings still had the credit on them (because they just re-used the US artwork and changed only the legal info) even though they were mastered locally and sounded quite different. The mastering credit gets even more hilarious when you see it on cassettes... or CDs that were issued years after the original LP, and definitely not mastered by whoever was first credited.

[discokicks]

The one misprint that comes to mind immediately for me is the Canadian 12" release of the Three Degrees' Set Me Free!!! Seven minutes and twenty seconds?! Not even close ...it's the piddly album version (that I love but still...)

[Noman]

Columbus Circle If You Read My Mind (12") Disco Music.com

It clocks 8:46 but the time on the label 6:46.

Anyone seen or heard another mix of this great track?

[Disco Funk]

Originally Posted by KoolChris

Which one is that? There ARE 6:30 versions out there, and I know of the English PIR pressing (4ZP 80263), that states, and is 7:44.

The version I have is the grey and black pressing that you posted the photo of. I hope that helps!

Disco Funk

[disco-disc]

How about the Donna McGhee album - Make it last forever -
Sleeve tells us tracks are:
Side 1
do as i do
make it last forever
i'm a love bug
side 2
mr blindman
it aint no big thing

But that is NOT what is pressed on the vinyl.

p.s does anyone know how to distinguish between the REAL original pressing, and the re-issue copies of this disc ?

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Donna Summer's "Last Dance"
TGIF Soundtrack - 1st press: 7'10"
TGIF Soundtrack - Subsequent pressings: 6'58"
TGIF Promo 12" - 8'10"

Correction? They're ALL 8'10"

[Pierre Declercq]

Bonnie Pointer's «Heaven must have sent you» 12". A side is 7:15 and B-side 5:20.
Bonnie Pointer Heaven Must Have Sent You (12") Disco Music.com

[boogyjuice]

I once bought the italian album-press of "The New Harlem Funk" by the group Flowchart.

The first link below shows the frontcover of the album , which actually gives the impression of being a backcover :

http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildat...mnr=4039579477

In the other link you see a few examples of the blue-backsleeve with the photographed legs + album-title + tracklisting printed on one side ( ) :

popsike.com - flowchart - searchresults - rare vinyl records auction results

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

This may be true for every copy, but...

My copy of Andrea True's "More, More, More" LP Has the tracks listed on the back cover, incorrectly. Inside the cover is a 5x10 piece of paper that reads:

The proper sequencing is:

Side A
Party Line
Keep It Up Longer
More, More, More

Side B
Fill Me Up (Heart To Heart)
Call Me

P.S.: The physical record and label copy are correct.
Sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused
in your listening pleasure

Anyone else's copy have this, too?

[Cdnbob]

This seems to be a common problem across the board with material from all sorts of performers. One that comes to mind that has stuck with me for years is David Cassidy's Greatest Hits album released by Bell Records in 1974. On the liner notes and on the album sleeve, one of the cuts on side one is listed as being Could It Be Forever, but when you listen to the album, its Blind Hope from his Cherish LP. No idea if this was ever corrected.

[Graham_Start]

Originally Posted by STEPHEN L FREEMAN

This may be true for every copy, but...

My copy of Andrea True's "More, More, More" LP Has the tracks listed on the back cover, incorrectly. Inside the cover is a 5x10 piece of paper that reads:....

Anyone else's copy have this, too?

Nope, but I've only ever come across Canadian copies, and I guess they fixed this by the time Quality licensed it up here. I've been looking for a JR-mastered US copy for years (which shouldn't be hard to find, but I want one in good condition and cheap ;) )

What is the incorrect tracklisting?

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Originally Posted by Graham_Start

Nope, but I've only ever come across Canadian copies, and I guess they fixed this by the time Quality licensed it up here. I've been looking for a JR-mastered US copy for years (which shouldn't be hard to find, but I want one in good condition and cheap ;) )

What is the incorrect tracklisting?

I'm not sure the US LP is any better than the Canadian. It's mastered with shrill high-end, (earsplitting, if you turn it way-up) and no bottom. My vinyl is practically mint. But my cover's a wreck. You know...split seams, cheap paper. It's seen a lot of miles over 32 years.

The back-cover track listing is:
Side A
Party Line
Call Me
Keep It Up Longer

Side B
Fill Me Up (Heart To Heart)
More, More, More