Sinatra / Capitol Sound Quality and General Discussion: "All the Way" compilation LP, released 1961

I picked up a beautifully clean stereo copy of "All the Way" last weekend cause it was for a few bucks and my 2 copies are just "OK" sound-wise. This one takes the cake!

It's a 12 o'clock label (of course) and the reverb goes away from the listener instead of coming out toward you. In other words, I was sitting dead center across the room from my speakers and the sound was coming out of them and seemed to go up and back over the top of them and into the wall!!!! Very, very wonky. I immeditely grabbed my other copies and played a track from each and they sounded OK. But this pressing is a real doozy.

Anyone else experience this type of sound. I know these Capitol 12 o'clock LPs are like succatash. "Reverse reverb"?????

 

Sorry, no mono button on my Yamaha.

 

The originals are "9 o'clock"/logo on left.

Can you reverse the phase on one channel - maybe by switching the +/- on one speaker and see what happens with this effect (vs. other copies)?

 

I'll remember to try that this weekend.

 

Remember the old song "Time on My Hands"?????

 

Frank looks very Neapolitan in that 1980s rear cover photo.

 

I have to check back which changes happened (or not), though I remember for sure having 1960's copies with/without the grey-out part of the back cover.

 

...also this one:

 

No info on the cover whether it's Mono, Stereo or fake stereo. Having 3 copies already: Jap Stereo, British Mono and British WRC with songs in slightly different order I'm not willing to pay to find out. The British original as well as the WRC versions have notes on the back covers.

 

This may imply that it is Mono, like my original US Capitol W 1538 LP, bought in 1961 (rainbow label with 9 o'clock logo, N2/N1 stampers). Like Ron, I'm not inclined to buy this one to find out. I'll probably stop by Barnes & Noble today, to check out the dates in the fine print on the back, if no one else beats me to it.

 

I think it's the original photo (although I'm not sure what was cleaned up in later releases). The back cover looks just like my 1961 mono LP, with advertising for nine previous Sinatra albums in its lower half... EXCEPT that the catalog numbers of those other LPs have been deleted, along with the note that (S) denotes those with stereo releases.

Nope: "Originally released in 1961 by Capitol Records, ℗ © 2016"

No mention of stereo anywhere. It comes with the usual USA "Sinatra 100" sticker on the front and "Made in Netherlands" on the back.

 

Aha! I'd forgotten that discussion. I didn't take notice of those back cover details, and I'm not going back to B&N to find out. I trust you'll let us know tomorrow, Matt. I also didn't notice if Jim Jonson's signature survived on the front, but I think it was covered by the Sinatra 100 sticker. I believe it has the cream-colored background?

 

[Added:] I believe this is an accurate repro of the new front cover, showing the off-white background and artist's signature:

 

Tell me Matt, as I only have the 1998 UK CD version of this album, should I pick the 1988 up? Is it a better sounding digital version?

 

Looks more like Montgomery Clift than Frank.

 

Many think it looks like Henry Fonda, but that's what it was—55 years ago.