I wish I had three ears* so I could listen to the mono and stereo pressings simultaneously, and pick out all the subtle differences which are reported to exist between the two mixes!
*One in the middle of my forehead perhaps? OK I'm being silly!
It's just clicked, are you referring to the astoundingly left field Arthur Salvatore? Who rates music entirely on sound quality and sod the performance?
Arthur is fun, I enjoy reading his stuff and he likes some interesting music, I have two of his divinity LP's that I use as references for sound in spite of performance.
You guys are quazy, I still like to watch "Yellow Submarine" over the built in TV speakers once a year but NS10's drive me out of the room.
I find it hard to believe anyone still has interest in the Beatles solely for the music.
There's a vast difference between NS10s and TV sound! Try one in the corner, it props up the bottom end nicely and lovely in the mids where the action is anyway, very detailed and natural. Depending on how big the room is, to be really authentic a vintage Tannoy will do it. The concentrics, 12", big box, nice corner speaker.
Thing is, mono in the corner is prob how producers/artists anticipated such stuff to be listened to mostly. The idea of two spatially separate speakers with mono in each isn't right for the time, or only just. Re-creating it (and by deduction since I'm too young to have been there), it is certainly different and worthy of a try. Better is in the ear of the beholder, but for sgt pepper I think so. Legend has it far more effort went into to the original mono mixdown, and IMO that shows.
A friend of mine tells a story about his uncle who at that time bought better quality mono equipment (Quad II or Williamson? and Tannoy) rather than significantly lower quality stereo for the same money. And this persisted, with some people still preferentially buying mono well into the 70s if they could, afaik.
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Thing is, mono in the corner is prob how producers/artists anticipated such stuff to be listened to mostly. The idea of two spatially separate speakers with mono in each isn't right for the time, or only just. Re-creating it (and by deduction since I'm too young to have been there), it is certainly different and worthy of a try. Better is in the ear of the beholder, but for sgt pepper I think so. Legend has it far more effort went into to the original mono mixdown, and IMO that shows.
A friend of mine tells a story about his uncle who at that time bought better quality mono equipment (Quad II or Williamson? and Tannoy) rather than significantly lower quality stereo for the same money. And this persisted, with some people still preferentially buying mono well into the 70s if they could, afaik.
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Actually, stereo took quite some time to really catch on in the UK; this I know from looking at many record collections which hadn't changed to stereo until the mid 60's. I would say that those who liked to buy a lot of records continued to do so rather than make another big investment in equipment-78's weren't long gone. The gentlemen of the press here were also not that taken with stereo initially.
I just finished restoring a Dansette Bermuda. Update to the rectifier, re-cap, re-lube and sort out the pointy bit. Yes, by modern standards it doesn't ventilate well, and when left on does indeed get hotter and hotter!
Very nostalgic sound, and I'd completely forgotten the unique smell I should add. It belongs to my brother, so just having a listen before returning it.
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+1 I find my ex-favourite Beatles outdated and boring, except their LP Abbey Road, which I can listen to over and over especially side B.
I tried to watch "A Hard Days Night" with my daughter and her reaction was WTF you actually liked this when you were a teen.
Was just going to post that there is no mono of Abbey Road, only for fact checking to find on ebay there are some pressings from remote parts of the globe that appear to be so...……
The monos that float my boat are sgt pepper and revolver, totally different presentation and examples of fine art IMO.
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I saw this again just recently. It's very uk niche I think, and nostalgic of the time as I best I remember it as a kid growing up. The trains, milk dispensing machines, all manner of trivia. Wilfred Brambles...….
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I don't remember what my teenage transgression was, but I watched in disbelief as my father dragged the family 'Dansette' from under my bed, and proceeded to 'dismantle' it with his bare hands!
My reaction was to go to the radio surplus store and buy a little Garrard SRP 10, fitted with a crystal cartridge. This I wired to the volume control of our wartime civilian receiver. The radio section didn't work, but the amplifer section sure did!
I really have to thank my father for his act of wanton vandalism, since it sparked off my lifelong love of all things audio related.
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