When a 45 is not a 45

I just got my copy of the 7 inch single of Okkervil River's Will Sheff covering The Wren's song, "Ex-Girl Collection" with the B-side of The Wren's Charles Bissell covering Okervil River's "It Ends With A Fall".  Back in the day, I woulda called this a "45", however, this is a 33 1/3.  Like they say, if it looks like a 45, walks like a 45, is little like a 45, and has two songs like a 45, it must be a duck. It's not a 45, or a duck, as I found out without reading the fine print.  Will Sheff ended up sounding like Alvin (my favorite Jonas Brother. . . oh wait) as I had the record on the wrong speed.  Okay, so I'm not the first person to do that but isn't it a shock to the system when you forget to change the settings from 45 or 33 (or 78) or vice-versa?

So once I got the record on the right speed the Sheff cover of one of my favorite Wren's songs of all time is outstanding.  Sheff enunciates some of the lyrics I couldn't understand from the original, though the original is better.  Bissell does a good job with "It Ends With A Fall" but at this point I'd rank the Sheff cover a little higher.