Taping Project: "Possibles" 1963, Please Vote! Mono v. Stereo (9)

Grant,

Now, you are pulling my leg!

Bob

 

No, i'm not. I have neither heard of it or seen it.

 

Grant,

See the discography!

Bob

 

Well, fat chance i'll ever see it anyway...

 

Grant,

I cannot remember the track line-up (I am at work). I know that it contains the Mono mix of Charlie Brown by the Coasters. I'll do a search here.

Bob

 

Grant,

Too Cute also contains a re-mix from the original three-track of Chapel Of Love by the Dixie Cups.

Bob

 

You won't find it if you don't look...

http://www.dccblowout.com/product.asp?pf_id=077

 

Luke,

Thanks! I looked but could not find the exact track line-up anywhere. You did!

Bob

 

Steve,

I had read that in the threads! but, the sound, Wow! It is fantastic, great low-end, by the way!

Bob

 

Steve,

Neato! My guess is that there is some 50hz (or so) bass on that track! No EQ at all, I am impressed. It is really interesting that the Stereo mixes of this track that are present on other comps are missing that ultra low-end information. Most likely, snipped off!

Bob

 

Friends,

One more for my own list:

Till Then--Classics (Mono)

Bob

 

Suggestions for 1963 - Part 1 ... I didn't have time to double check for repeats, so I offer apologies in advance:

I'm Afraid To Go Home - - Brian Hyland

What Will Mary Say - - Johnny Mathis

500 Miles Away From Home - - Bobby Bare (Steve's stereo master - I ckd this time)

18 Yellow Roses - - Bobby Darin

Talk To Me - - Sunny & The Sunglows

Little Town Flirt - - Del Shannon

You Can Never Stop Me Loving You - - Johnny Tillotson

My Coloring Book - - Kitty Kalen

Everybody Loves A Lover - - The Shirelles

I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight - - Barry & The Tamerlaines

Cast Your Fate To The Wind - - Vince Guaraldi

Sutters & Boards - - Jerry Wallace

Days of Wine & Roses - - Andy Williams or Henry Mancini

Hey There Lonely Boy - - Ruby & The Romantics

Saturday Night - - New Christy Minstrels

Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts - - Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans

(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Mary - - Darlene Love

Puddin N' Tain (Ask me Again, I'll Tell You The Same) - The Alley Cats (Spector Box)

When A Boy Falls In Love - - Mel Carter

Summer's Comin' - - Kirby St. Romain

Two Kinds of Teardrops

 

More suggestions for 1963 - Part 2

Sufer Joe - - The Surfaris

Jack The Ripper - - Link Wray & His Ray Men

Land of 1000 Dances - - Chris Kenner

These Arms of Mine - - Otis Redding

Got You On My Mind - - Cookie & The Cupcakes

He's A Bad Boy - - Carole King

Baja - - The Astronauts (stereo) (Great surf instro from the best Colorado '60s surf band ... IMHO)

 

Are you planning on taking the Peter, Paul & Mary songs from CD? Peter Yarrow remixed their 60s work for the CD reissues in the late 80s. They transferred the 3 tracks to digital, then did all the remixing in digital.

The sound is quite a bit different than the original vinyl (they definitely added reverb). I don't think you can get the original mixes on CD.

 

Steve,

How about the Ten Years Together CD?

I don't have this, but my guess would be that it MAY be a flat transfer put out during the "early days" of CD.

The vinyl DID always sound pretty good though. I can picture those Gold (Stereo) and Gray/Grey (Mono) originals right now!

 

The AAD CDs of Peter, Paul & Mary are original mixes, not the Peter Yarrow remixes, besides the LPs, which do sound nice. BTW, I do have a Reader's Digest 4 CD compilation which does use the original mixes, remastered by Ted Jensen with liner notes written by the group.

 

All CD versions of If I Had a Hammer use the stereo LP version and not the mono 45 version. The mono 45 version does have more energy than the LP version does.

 

Jack the Ripper

Someone had mentioned Link Wray's 'Jack the Ripper'. The original Jack the Ripper came out in 1961 on the rare Wray family Rumble label (top left). It was a minor regional hit but did not get much airplay. It was discovered a few years later by a New York DJ and was eventually re-released by Swan Records in 1963 (top right) where it had better success. Shown in the photo is the Great Britain version (lower left) and the Australian version (lower right).

 

hmmm...here's the photo for the above post

 

To my knowledge, ALL the PPM CDs are the Peter Yarrow remixes, not the original LP mixes. I only have the first couple of albums on LP, so I can't vouch for the later 60s material. But an A/B comparison of Peter, Paul & Mary and Moving against the CDs (including Ten Years Together and the Readers Digest box) sure sound like remixes to me. They all have that echo, not the nice, dry vocals of the original LPs.

 

Chip,

Sorry, I have been away from my computer for a couple days--all good suggestions. I have many including the Spector box tracks. Little Town Flirt was an oversight, so, thanks!

Bob