Originally Posted by
soulster
Can you take a look at your CD and tell us what company made it? Can you read the liner notes and see if there is any comments on the mono issue? By 1968, Atlantic Records were issuing only stereo, so this has me curious. However, the 45 RPM singles were still mostly mono.
It's a personal thing, but I usually go for the mono versions, not necessarily because I heard them first, or what I am used to, but because I like to hear how [[up to 1968) the mono sounded, and mono mixes is what the producers, engineers, and artists always went for. The mono mixes are usually more solid with clearer drums and vocals, and less reverb.
The problem is that the stereo mixes of this are are often bad. Sometimes the vocals and drums are all panned to one side and the music is panned to the other, or some unnatural set up. Or, the sound is so washed out in reverb that it doesn't sound anything solid. The bass is lacking, or something. There are elements that the producer never intended for the listener to hear. That's why they preferred mono.
I grew up with both stereo and mono, but, I like to hear how the hit singles sounded. Most of the time, when you hear the stereo, you just don't have the "hit".
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