What Was That Song?

[SteveOrdinetz]

rogerkirk wrote:


>I wish they could distinguish special [re]mixes (i.e. not on the artist's 
>CD and not available for the listener to buy) and state so.  Total legal 
>unavailability of the "Good Version" of a song still drives people to 
>download illegally.  And IMHO, I can't fault them.  If the listeners can't 
>buy it, then the record company (and artist) can't claim lost sales.


Of course, this goes back many years to the mid-late 60s even when radio 
stations started playing promo-only versions of songs that were unavailable 
to the public.  I remember being disappointed as a teenager when I'd buy 
the 45 of a song only to find that it was different than the version being 
played on the radio.  At least buying the single was an option back then.