Platinum Record [Level 8]
I just got the CD of the Three Degrees LP from 1973 and the bonus cut they had was Love Is The Message the single version. And it's different from the LP and the Tom Moulton mix from 1977! For me this is a cool discovery, because I always assumed the LP mix was just edited and released as a single, thus making the 45 redundant for collecting. It kind of reminds me of Bohannon's 'Pimp Walk', where the LP version was an instrumental, but the single release had female singers.
LP Mix (No vocals)
Single Mix (Vocals in intro and some chorus parts)
Tom Moulton's Mix (re-incorporates the vocals into the long mix, but it doesn't have the vocals in the intro)
Disco Funk
Underground Hit [Level 5]
That single mix was released (1974) as a follow-up to their #1 hit "T.S.O.P." which had The Three Degrees in it; so my guess is they (P.I.R.) didn't want to mess with a winning formula.
Where I spun it didn't make a difference cause the 45 didn't have the main groove parts we played most of the time.
We DID play the Quadrophonic version of the LP; even though we didn't have quad sound systems in the club. Just to have a different sounding version.
(not better; just different---LOL)
Platinum Record [Level 8]
That's interesting. So until the 45 was released, DJs were playing the LP version for about half a year? I'm giving that estimate, because TSOP didn't become a number one hit until April of '74, but I think the LP was released in late '73.
You'd think with that happening, they'd have focused on more of the second half being on the single, and shrinking the first half. Then again, the 45 was probably geared to consumers and radio play, not club DJs.
Disco Funk
Underground Hit [Level 5]
Most of the Record Companies at that time were not really listening to us.Originally Written by Disco Funk
Certainly not CBS Records!!
Like you said RADIO PLAY was the goal of all A&R departments at the time.
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