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What's the significance of the H818 on the original Tamla release label and the H909 on the Tamla reissue label?

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  • Nick Soule
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    It was the only other visual difference between the two labels. H### is a master number numbering sequence that Motown used for a brief time starting in 1961, I think. H909 is a later master, and

  • Nick Soule
    Nick Soule

    I listened to both copies/versions and timed them. 

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H818 has the incorrect running time. H909 has the correct running time of 2:30. If there's an actual difference in the mastering, I can't hear it. 

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Thanks guys. Where did you find this out? What's your source?

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PS - Have you tried locating a reissue copy of this record with 'square' Tamla design? They seem very hard to come by?

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4 hours ago, Nick Soule said:

I listened to both copies/versions and timed them. 

Yeah but what made you think the H number had anything to do with the timing of the record?

4 hours ago, Denbo said:

Yeah but what made you think the H number had anything to do with the timing of the record?

It was the only other visual difference between the two labels.

H### is a master number numbering sequence that Motown used for a brief time starting in 1961, I think. H909 is a later master, and you would assume there would be audible differences, but I don't hear any. And according to both Reginald Bartlette's book and the Don't Forget The Motor City site, both masters/versions were released at the same time.

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