At Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:45:59 Billy wrote:

>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.

Billy, thanks for explaining the rechannelling vs. true stereo. My question 
was about the saturation of reverb on every release that came out in the USA 
(I should have been more specfic).

I also noticed on The Beatles "FIRST U.S. Visit" documentary that Murray The 
K's radio show was always bathed in unbelievable echo and reverb as 
well...making it sound like he was broadcasting from the bottom of a deep 
grotto.

Who the hell thought THIS was a good idea....no one thought it *sounded* 
good, so why did they bother?

Jaimie Vernon,

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