TMG 555 - A 45 that refused to go away Just how many copies of the Isley Brothers "This Old Heart Of Mine" ended up being sold in the UK.

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There's a couple of mistakes in the above ... should be being corrected.

But my main reason for posting is ... IN THE US, "two different mixes of "THIS OLD HEART OF MINE" were put out (copies pressed up). Both had the same Tamla label release number (54128) but their different mix numbers are shown on the 45 labels (173323 & 175313). #3323 was the 1st version. They had printed up lots of the original labels (with mix 3323 being listed as the one used) but I'm told that many actually feature the later mix. Perhaps they needed (a few months down the road) new stampers & used a different master tape / acetate to make these. I wonder how many of each of the 2 different mixes on the US Tamla 45's ended up over here in collections (seems copies made of one version far outnumber those of the 2nd version).

The Canadian 45 copy (on their Tamla Motown label) used the #3323 mix (the rarer one).

ALSO it's worth noting that the Irish issue of the 45 also utilised the TMG 555 number, as did the Norwegian & Finish versions of the single.

Edited Sunday at 09:302 days by Roburt

I just checked on 45cat & the Aussie version of the 45 uses the 2nd US mix (75313). I'd guess they sourced this via the UK (being an EMI Australia release), so that seems to indicate that the version used in the UK would have been 75313.