Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 8 July 2023 CE

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garerama G
garerama Jul 9, 2023 18:18:10
Replying to Monganaut

Monganaut wrote:
garerama wrote:
The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (mono)
This may sound daft, but does it sound different in mono, and do you have to just stick it through one speaker (else I suppose it'd be stereo?)
It is a dedicated mix - not a fold down. Some of it sounds very different esp. A Very Cellular Song - OTT reverb on backing vocals and editing making it slightly shorter. Elsewhere things like Jewish harp come through more in places and "Three In A Green Crown" is lovely in mono. To be honest, I only came by it the other week - second-hand - and was so curious as it is one of my desert island discs. It is only available in mono via the UK 1968 press.

M Monganaut
Monganaut Jul 10, 2023 01:39:13
Replying to garerama

Thanks for the break down, sounds an interesting listen. Deffo one of my top 20 albums too, played it a few hundred times at least. It's innocent other worldliness has saw me through some tough times I have to say. I'm curious enough to have a look over on discogs to see if there are any going at a reasonable cost.

I've got a coupla mono mix CD's Pink Floyd 1st album, coupla Beatles and some Kinks reissue stuff that all came as twofers. Stereo and Mono together. Only one I've played through is the Floyd mono and it just seemed like a pseudo stereo affair, with various instruments hard panned either left or right. If I hard panned left or right, half the Mix was lost.

Guess You'd have to find an old mono Dansette style record player with mono switch needle to get the full period effect :)

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