Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones In Mono at Discogs. These sub-mixes were intended to be “folded down” to produce the more important mono mixes, so most of the time, in order to produce the stereo mixes, voices and instruments were placed haphazardly left, right and center in what’s best described as “three-track mono” or as was the case with early Beatles albums two track “left/right” mono with the instruments on one side and the vocals on the other, which produced a totally unnatural perspective. If I have to change something... don't work in my ears. That is, making sure the sound level was the same between tracks, the volume knob will most likely need to be adjusted between versions since the reissues are more dynamic so in turn don't sound as loud at the same volume level on any system. Or fake news? On December’s Children (and everybody’s) engineering credits go to Dave Hassinger (Hollywood), Ron Malo (Chicago) and Glyn Johns (London). The point I was also making was when Mikey did his radio show where people didn't know which version was which in almost every case people were picking the reissue as the one they preferred. That being said, the original sounds more alive to me.
This set, nope, I'll pass. Under assistant was cut at Chess, so sounds great. Ironically, I prefer the compressed original because this sonic artifact is not noticeable on the original. I'm obviously not alone in preferring the original. You compare Beatles Box with this one, but Beatles box is really from the original analog master tapes. In fact EMI had an employee whose only job was to play test pressings on all of the “kiddie phonographs” of the day to be sure they would play without skipping. Who knows how many generations down were these tracks used to produce this “master tape”? The other thing is, you don't say what about the new one you prefer. Thanks. It’s the first Stones album with identical covers for both sides of “the pond”, though there were track differences with the singles “Ruby Tuesday” and “Let’s Spend the Night Together” appearing only on the American version. This is very few copies. Is that the one you’d want as a vinyl reissue? Also, not one bit of echo was added to anything, ever!! Along with the odd decision to have the CD sleeves be slightly larger than a mini-LP replica (they're as big as a jewel box, so they're larger than a shrunk vinyl sleeve, a size that's rarely seen in other releases), this is the only quibble on what is otherwise an excellent set. At the time I bought these, I was running Magnepan 1.6 QRs in the main system with Krell KAV amplification and CD player (no vinyl at the time, alas). Instead, Andrew Loog Oldham, having learned the independent game from his mentor Phil Spector, licensed to Decca the Rolling Stones’ recordings, while maintaining control over the content, the production and probably the cover artwork as well (though I don’t claim to know the precise relationship between Decca UK and it’s London American subsidiary). I completely disagree! Throughout most of the Beatles’ recordng career, there were but a few of them: Norman Smith, then Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott, though it got more complicated towards the end. Unlike The Beatles’ relationship with EMI, UK Decca Records did not “own” The Rolling Stones. We have two Out of Our Heads and two two Aftermaths, why not two Buttons? The transferred files were then sent to Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering for final mastering. These do sound better in stereo. I may be in the minority here but I think the rest of BB sounds great in mono, too, even if folded down. ", Not quite identical - "Mona" although on the 1st UK album, was replaced by "Not Fade Away" on the US "England's Newest Hitmakers", and "Mona" appears for the first time in the US on "Now!" For me 12X5, Aftermath and Between the buttons sound's really better in mono, the first one and second are already in mono in 2003. With the reissue I just loose a little interest. Of course in the case of The Rolling Stones, the early albums were never released in “stereo”. I have had plenty of back and forths with Michael Fremer and Art Dudley and the like. We won't go into the 1964 Chess tracks on 12X5 which were all recorded and mixed to stereo by some of the greats in the business. It’s said to be the group’s first psychedelic outing but the songs really don’t really sound so. Maybe compared to the recent Bowie boxes. I ordered mine the other day and from what you've said here I'm sure glad I did. AND...what qualities in the music are important to you may be not as important to me. So I've downloaded the high res. The reissue is flat and has much less life than the original. But yes, it was Songistix, then maybe Level 9 Sound Design. 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The albums with no stereo versions were released back then in vinyl cut by Don Grossinger and then again by GZ for the 64-71 box in 2011. You can create a setup from Radio Shack (which is what I did, though now I have a standalone mono cartridge). Everybody Needs Somebody to Love [Version 2], Everybody Needs Somebody to Love [Version 1], The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man. First of all thanks for getting me to buy this set in Europe Michael, because on vinyl it is phenomenal! I just ordered the vinyl set from amazon and noticed it says it is an Amazon exclusive. 01) The Rolling Stones + 8 Bonus: CD Maximum: CDM 1202-1036/01 : The Rolling Stones (Vol. Us young teenage Mods gathered round a Dansette or some such player. When original Beatles or Stones albums were released over the better part of a decade, you can be sure the mastering chains used changed over time. A fabulous box set! I have an original unboxed UK Decca and that tune rocks lots harder in mono -- both the bass and the piano are far higher up in the mix and overall it's significantly louder and more percussive. Sound is excellent, surpasses any stereo mixes I've heard. But Capitol also changed the sound, adding echo and shifting the equalization, as well as producing “fake” stereo versions of some tunes for which Capitol had only been sent mono versions. Not to mention that in most cases (yours may be different) you just can't set them up properly in the room for proper acoustics.
Key is the tambourine which just gives it greater drive to these ears. I'm quite certain it was taken from the same DSD transfers that this mono box was taken from. The final song, “Something Happened to Me Yesterday” is a quaint, old fashioned thing more associated with Paul McCartney than with Mick Jagger. It's a shame they are not being made anymore. Where did you hear that single was done all analog? Anyway, moving ahead, I am not sure that Decca's/Oldham's original thought for the second album was necessarily 12x5 as Decca sent a truck load of the second album (UK version) to the docks for shipment to the USA. People have complained on Amazon that it was cheap. I find that suspect to say the least. Now for the others I already said my thought. Aftermath released in April, 1966 in the UK and June 1966 in America was the first Stones album featuring only originals and it was also the first since the debut to be recorded in one studio, in this case RCA Hollywood where Dave Hassinger gave the group a pristine, echo-laden sound, similar to Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow. If he says I can't see anyone thinking the originals are better- he is right- you ain't. I still give it 5 stars because the music is essential, it's wonderfully remastered, and the artwork doesn't really detract from the experience, it would just have been nice if they handled it with more care. Assuming both the CD box and LP box, released at the same time, use the same DSD masters, might it make sense for those who are budget minded to buy the CD box of this? The production chain here started with Restoration Producer Teri Landi, who supervised the sound restoration by The Magic Shop’s (RIP) Steve Rosenthal and Ted Young. I have a pair. The newest (2016) Pink Floyd reissues sound great, far superior to the ones did a few years ago and in many cases give the originals a run for their money.
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