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#276880 - 04/06/10 02:47 AM
Re: What are you listening to right now?
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Gilles C.
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I love vinyl too and still have my complete collection. My 1983 JVC turntable, amp and speakers are permanently set up in the lounge. I also collect 78rpms.
My favourite LP is the MONO version of the Beatles' 1967 Sgt. Pepper album, which I believe was never issued on CD. Some of the sound effects are different and some songs have a completely different overall sound (Lucy in the sky with diamonds). The mix is somewhat different too. According to Mark Lewisohn's book on the Beatles' recording sessions, the stereo versions were a rushed job and more care and attention was put in mixing the Mono versions, which were regarded by EMI as being the real deal.
I must get a new stylus and belt for the turntable and transfer it to CD some time.
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#276883 - 04/06/10 03:27 AM
Re: What are you listening to right now?
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english_bob
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My favourite LP is the MONO version of the Beatles' 1967 Sgt. Pepper album, which I believe was never issued on CD.
According to Mark Lewisohn's book on the Beatles' recording sessions, the stereo versions were a rushed job and more care and attention was put in mixing the Mono versions, which were regarded by EMI as being the real deal.
True- for the most part the stereo mix was for the technophiles with their cutting-edge hi-fi gear, although the emphasis shifted over time so that by the end of the 60s the stereo mix was the "real deal" and the mono mix was there as a concession to the luddites. I don't like a lot of those 60s stereo mixes where they'll have half the band in one channel and the rest in the other.
It is surprising what a difference a stereo vs a mono mix makes to the sound of a record, and also how stereo, while technically "better", doesn't always sound better.
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#276886 - 04/06/10 04:05 AM
Re: What are you listening to right now?
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stickyfiddle
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I love vinyl too and still have my complete collection. My 1983 JVC turntable, amp and speakers are permanently set up in the lounge. I also collect 78rpms. My favourite LP is the MONO version of the Beatles' 1967 Sgt. Pepper album, which I believe was never issued on CD. Some of the sound effects are different and some songs have a completely different overall sound (Lucy in the sky with diamonds). The mix is somewhat different too. According to Mark Lewisohn's book on the Beatles' recording sessions, the stereo versions were a rushed job and more care and attention was put in mixing the Mono versions, which were regarded by EMI as being the real deal. I must get a new stylus and belt for the turntable and transfer it to CD some time.
The remastered mono records were released in the boxsets that came out last November. I got the stereo set and it's phenomenal, but I'd love to hear the mono as well, not least because the only record the Beatles actually had a say in the stereo mix for was Abbey Road- they all had an input into the mono mixes, but never the stereos until the end
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#276893 - 04/06/10 06:00 AM
Re: What are you listening to right now?
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#276936 - 06/06/10 09:57 AM
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