Do Wah Diddy Diddy Manfred Mann You Really Got me and All Day and All of the Night by the Kinks.
With the Beatles, DC5 and Stones switched to LPs
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45 Singles You Just Had to Buy
In the bad old days before the internet & streamingđ, what pieces of music did you have to purchase on a 45rpm single because there was no other genuine way of getting them home? The trouble was that more often than not, an album cut of a rock-and-roll hit would be a different version/take/mix of the one you loved hearing on the radio. Which means you just had to get the 45.
Here's a random handful of mine --
Hanky Panky -- Tommy James & the Shondells
Save the Country -- Laura Nyro
She Don't Care about Time and Change is Now -- The Byrds
Baby Please Don't Go -- Them
Candy Girl -- Four Seasons
The Battle of New Orleans -- Johnny Horton
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@lowrider57 technically, yes, but it kinda depended on which version of the albums one purchased. Viewing the âtrueâ release chronology, the âtrueâ catalog as being solely the UK one, then, yes, singles/EP releases and LP releases were often mutually  exclusive, song-wise.  |
@tylermunns  Thanks, great answer. I forgot how screwy song selection was between the UK and US releases. It makes me wonder if the band and UK label decided the format for the release. Then the US label and distributor decided what the Yanks should get. |
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