Quote Originally Posted by Sotosound View Post
Me too. Because we got a fold-down of the stereo mix, Dennis Coffey's wailing guitar solo, which runs through all of the verses on the stereo mix, was blasted across the airwaves in the UK. In the mono mix, however, it's so far back in the mix as to be largely inaudible, and this detracts slightly from the musicality of the track. [[To my ears.)
I always believed they tamed the lead guitar because they were worried that the Black or R&B audiences wouldn't like it, that it would be too close to rock music, hence the Jimi Hendrix thing.