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45 Singles You Just Had to Buy

In the bad old days before the internet & streaming😀, 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

edcyn
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xcool
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Fond memories from high school days in the 70’s!

Most 45’s i own turned out to be one hit wonders

Here are a couple with naughty and fun lyrics😄:

  • Undercover Angel
  • Afternoon Delight

Couple of other ones i can think of

  • It never rains in Southern California
  • Walk away Renee
  • Love grows
charliech
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I remember buying the 45 of Come Sail Away by Styx.  Later, I got the album and learned that they cut songs down for the radio/singles so I never got another 45 again after that.  Back then, a 45 was $0.99 but an album was about $5 so I didn't want to get cheated out of music.  

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bdp24
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The B-side of The Band’s "Ain’t Got No Home" (from their Moondog Matinee album) is the previously-unreleased "Get Up Jake", a cool little song recorded during the sessions for their second album, I believe. That song later showed up on the Band’s live double-album Rock Of Ages.

I have quite a few promo-only 45’s which have the same song on both sides, one in mono the other in stereo.

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