Sinatra / Capitol Sound Quality and General Discussion: Come Fly with Me (recorded 1957)*

Be that as it may...it's Capitol, and we know they only specialize in audiophile wonderment (said with tongue firmly in cheek). It was just a question. I thought I detected a slight bit used but I could have been wrong.

 

Does he make a pizza at some point?

 

Better that than cutting songs into two parts with terrible fade-out and fade-in. HATED 8 tracks!!!!

 

"French Foreign Legion" exists in stereo...they would have a stereo mix of it at least from the ALL THE WAY compilation.

 

Yes, a much better mix from what I remember, though I don't recall if that was released in the UK.

 

The “E” is not for “electronic;” my best guess is that it stands for “England” or “English.” EDIT: maybe “EMI”? Either way, this would show up on vintage (pre-Dell/1984) UK pressings of CFWM containing a different track than “On The Road To Mandalay,” due to a copyright issue with the Kipling estate, right? My UK mono LCT 6154 LP has “EW1-920” on the Side 1 label and in the matrix, and contains “It Happened In Monterey” in place of “Mandalay.” You’ll notice that Side 2 contains familiar/expected info on the labels and in the deadwax. The differing track between mono and stereo makes sense to me from the standpoint that the UK LPs’ compilers would likely have wanted to substitute a true mono/true stereo, roughly contemporaneous track with a “world” theme in place of “Mandalay.” I’m sure there wouldn’t be any “enhanced” (another “E” word!) or electronic re-channeled stereo stuff on any issue of SLCT 6154.

 

Just to be clear…

On original UK issues of the album, “On the Road to Mandalay” was replaced due to legal issues with Rudyard Kipling’s estate. On the MONO LP, the replacement track was “It Happened in Monterey”; on the STEREO LP it was “French Foreign Legion.” (In Australia, the replacement was “Chicago.”)

See my SFF post: Replacements for "On The Road To Mandalay"

 

The Cat# SLCT means it's stereo, if it were mono the cat would hust be LCT

 

Playing a gang of mono LPs today using my mono cartridge and put the 2014 Ume release of this gem on.

Had not heard this in a while - this is a great sounding LP. Ume is to be commended on this one (again).

If you like FS and don't have this release - buy now!

 

I've been addicted lately to the 2014 mono HD download. I was always a "stereo guy" on this one -- the widescreen spread goes so well with the theme. But something happened ...and now I'm hooked on the tight punch and dreamy clarity of the mono.

Love it!

 

If only the reverb weren't so "soupy"...

 

yeah, that was one of my big hang-ups as well -- too much reverb on Frank with the mono. But I had a change of heart recently . In lieu of that big widescreen space we get on the stereo mix... the decision to give Frank extra scale and dimension with the reverb may have been the right decision for the mono. I don't think a close, warm Wee Small Hours sound would have worked. Though, I love and prefer that approach by default. I think the concept of moving the audience away a bit, fits.

 

I can't listen to the mono with all that reverb- just drives me up the wall. I love the Walsh stereo version (even with the problem on a number of the stereo tracks). Personally, I believe the Walsh stereo mastering sounds about as good as you can get.

 

The drums on “Isle of Capri” kill me every time. And they’re glorious on the mono mix. So much punch!

 

Love the marimba on the mono "Brazil"!

 

I think it might have been Road to Mandalay that sold me on the mono. Wow.

 

The Ume Mono is my go to version. Love it!!!