I've got another question on the same song, actually. SPG's
Classic Alternatives 4 and the six-disc box that includes it both have a 5:30 mix that's definitely based on the 1990 re-record for
Pillow Lips, but which doesn't seem to match any of the 1990 releases on discogs in length, and which doesn't seem to be an edit of any of the longer ones as it opens in a way that none of the 1990 remixes I've found on YouTube do:
- Toke's Rock the World Mix (5:45 - John Potoker) starts with handclaps and acapella vox (some with "reverse" effects), then dumps into the jangly guitar.
- Carl's Stop the World Mix (7:27 - Carl Segal) starts with four lines acapella, then a drum breakdown and starts into the jangly guitar.
- Bass Meltdown Mix (6:02 - Carl Segal) starts with two bars of snare/kick drum, then the drum breakdown and into the jangly guitar.
The Classic Alternatives version starts with FOUR bars of the snare/kick drum, the last of which has the drum breakdown, then three bars of the snare/kick drum with synth bass, then one bar of just synth bass, then into the jangly guitar. I'm assuming from its resemblance to the Bass Meltdown mix that it's another Carl Segal mix.
TVT issued three other 1990 mixes -- Stop the Radio Mix (3:58), Rock the Radio Mix (4:15) and the promo-only Carl's Clubs the World Mix (4:46) -- but they're all obviously way shorter than the CA version and the first two seem from the names to just be edits of the Potoker/Segal remixes.
There's also a comp called
Can't Get This No More! with a 5:21 mix labeled "Toke's Rock the World Mix" but with the remix credited to Carl Segal instead of John Potoker (?). No idea if this is the one on CA or an edit of the actual Potoker mix or something else entirely.
Was the Classic Alternatives version actually released commercially at the time, or is it something that just slipped out later on?