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| From | ronald and karen sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net> |
| Subject | Re: The Beatles' Helping 'HAND' |
| Date | Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:52:31 -0800 |
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Oh no, I remember $1.79 for mono, and $2.50 for stereo. I was shocked that
Electric Ladyland was $3.79 for a double album!!!
RS
"Barry S." wrote:
> My recollection is that, in the 60s, a stereo LP was one buck more than
> mono. $3.95 for mono, $4.95 for stereo.
>
> --- Barry Schlom
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Billy G. Spradlin [mailto:bgspradlin@cablelynx.com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 1:46 PM
> > To: president@bullseyecanada.com; audities@smoe.org
> > Subject: Re: The Beatles' Helping 'HAND'
> >
> > Stereo albums in the 60's cost a few dollars more than the mono
> albums.
> > Rechanneled stereo was a cheap easy way for record companies to sell
> mono-only
> > recordings at stereo prices.
> >
> > Most of the big companies mentioned "Duophonic", "Rechanneled for
> STEREO
> > Phonographs", "Mono reprocessed for Stereo" or "Simulated Stereo" but
> smaller
> > companies who needed the cash just used "STEREO" to fool anyone into
> buying
> > what they thought was a true stereo album.
> >
> > The English practice of leaving the singles off their albums created
> many USA
> > albums with a mix of fake stereo and true stereo tracks. It was a real
> pain to
> > find the best quality versions of classic hits before CD's came along
> and
> > remastering engineers like Bill Inglot, Steve Hoffman, Dennis Drake
> and Bob
> > Irwin took the time to find the best quality mono master tapes.
> >
> > Billy
> >
> > At 11:49 AM 1/23/2004 -0500, Jaimie Vernon wrote:
> > >At Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:48:44 Billy wrote:
> > >
> > >>Imperial did that too - they added some nasty slapback echo onto
> several
> > >>early
> > >>tracks on the "Greatest Hits" album. Reprise made the Kinks sound
> like they
> > >>were recording in a high school gym with the fake stereo on
> "Kinkdom", and
> > >>Epic
> > >>gave the DC5 some of the muddiest fake stereo I have ever heard.
> > >>
> > >>Thank goodness most of the kids were buying the mono albums!
> > >
> > >I've always wondered about this practice.....has there ever been a
> > >logical/official explanation why they did this? No one could have
> thought
> > >this actually sounded good!!!
> > >
> > >Jaimie Vernon,
> > >Bullseye
> > >
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> > Billy G. Spradlin
> > http://listen.to/jangleradio
-- Ronald Sanchez
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