Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" and its intro "Henry" - why is latter omitted on radio?

[bienville]

@kunilou

I just checked my original 1971-vintage copy of the album Every Picture Tells a Story.

There is no selection listed as “Henry.” Maggie May is the first song on the second side. It’s length is listed as 5:46, which would be the right length to include the Henry guitar solo.

However, I was a certified Radio DJ in 1971, and I can attest that the single version indeed did NOT have the instrumental opening. If you think that’s totally castrated and cheapened, blame Mercury Records for releasing it that way.

The minutiae of songs, when it’s in your posts, really shows your age.