This has bugged me for so long, and nobody seems to know what I am talking about, but am I the only person who is aware of 2 versions of Love or $?

I have 2 copies of Kiss 12" and they are identical in EVERY way, except for the fact that one of them has a longer version of Love or $, which I still find really strange as there is no description saying it is any different.

Anybody?

Yep. There is a 7" edit and the long version on the 12", same with Alexa de Paris.

in the UK I was only aware of one 12", which has the extended version of love or $ which is what i have, and the short version on the 7". Did not know there are 2 different 12" singles around though. seems silly.

machinegun said:

That's my point, they are EXACTLY the same, even same cat.no. but there is no mention that the b-side is any different. Nothing says 7" version, extended version, edit, nothing.

bonedaddy said:

well, that's gotta be unintentional - you may have a valuable rarity there perhaps? A bit like the 4 track Paisley Park 12". I can't remember if my Kiss 12" actually says long version for Love or Money or not though I know it is. I'll check when I'm home.

how much longer?

machinegun said:

dag
i'm going to have to check mine now!

uh... mine's 12" extended.

; )

Giovanni777 said:

Mine too.

gemini13 said:

Me three.

As a standard, the extended version was on the US 12", while the edit was on the European 12".


Bonedaddy, are the two versions of the 12" you refer to European or US prints?

SquirrelMeat said:

I'll inspect them later, when I get home.

jess555ja said:

Who's isn't?

There is an version that says Love or Money 3:57 which is actually 7:16. It's from 1988 (UK)

http://sleevographia2.fre...0GBR31.htm

I love this song
ever since I heard it
in UTCM

for some strange reason
I always thought it
was on the album...

I need to find this ASAP
I thought I had all of the
bsides from that time

Right, I'm assuming this is a UK 12" version of 'Kiss - extended version' I'm saying 'this' as they both are identical, like I said. (W8751T, with 920442-0 underneath) if this is useful?
The covers are the same, every detail.
The vinyl label is the same, every detail. But on one version, Love or $ takes about 2/3 of the side and the other one takes up the whole playing side.
Just assumed it would say something different somewhere, at least give track lengths or something?

spaceboy said:

No, mines got white 'A' label, black 'B' label, and is 1986 WEA

^ has one got a pic of Wendy on the back, and the other one just have a plain black back with white writing?

BorisFishpaw said:

Indeed not! they are both the same, with Wendy

Right... they're both 1986 UK 12's.

There was actually a mistake with the pressing of this, hence the 2 versions.

The fist batches were pressed with the regular short version of Love or Money
on the b-side of the 12". This is the more common version. This was later
corrected to the Extended Version on later batches (which is how it always
should've been). The 1988 re-release (without Wendy on the back) was only
issued correctly with the long version.

So original 1986 UK 12"s with the long version of Love Or Money are slightly
rarer than the the versions with the short version. However, they never
corrected the labels, so the only way to tell is to play it (or look at the groove
length).

BorisFishpaw said:

Thanks, at last someone with an answer! I did try to find out, but not in the right places obviously. Well, this was the right place in the end.
Not particularly special then? Better than just having the one version though, I guess

Yes, not that special I'm afraid. Though a lot of people aren't even aware of
this particular dual pressing (even collectors!). So it's difficult to guage how
rare it really is.

It was a mix up that only happened with the UK pressing,. When it was
originally sent to be pressed, the extended version of the b-side had been
mislaid or hadn't arrived, and WB UK were unaware that they were missing it.
So they just pressed them up with the regular 7" version on the b-side. Only
after it had been in the chart for a while was the mistake spotted and corrected.

BorisFishpaw said:

A little off topic, but that ain't Wendy!

AdmiralAdama said:

I can assure you that it is....


[Edited 5/23/07 1:33am]

Oh yes! I remember when I got the Kiss 12" as a UK
import about 2 weeks before it was released here in
US. It even came with a poster of the cover picture.
It was the one with the short version of Love Or Money.
The funny thing is that I didn't know there was an
exteneded version until my friend Rev was singing those
lines about vasaline slide and mayonaise, Revolution
get on the bus. I'm like: what's that shit your singing
and he would say it was from the Love Or Money 12" and
I am like there is no Prince singing about mayonaise on
Love Or Money and he, of course having the US release with
the extended version insisting that was where he got it
from. He had to bring his record over to my house and play
it for me
Then I went out and got that one

BorisFishpaw said:

Always assumed it was Wendy but Sussanah is also an option:-)

spaceboy said:

one word 'mole'

BorisFishpaw said:

That's WENDY...

chewymusic said:

only prince... mayonaise