Rare Earth I Know I'm Losing You album vs single version (1 Viewer)

[rob kilbride]

I have been trying to find out what exactly is the difference (besides running time of course), between the album and single version. Is it a completely different recording, a different mix, or do they have different overdubs etc? I get the impression from my largely unsuccessful attempts to find info on this on the net, that the single is not merely an edit of the album version.

 

[Rachael B]

Only their hairdresser knows for sure. I like the even longer live version on the backpack looking album.

 

[Marvin]

I don't think it's a different recording (I'm not their hairdresser) but you can't get the single just by editing out parts of the long version (I was hoping to do that when I made a 60s-early 70s compilation and had only the long version). As I recall, the beginning of the single isn't on the long version; most likely, it (the beginning) is an alternate mix (without the backing instruments) of a part of the long version, as best as I could figure out.

 

[rob kilbride]

Thanks for the info Marvin.