Quote Originally Posted by Philles/Motown Gary View Post
Another example of a Motown Mono version being far superior to the Stereo version is Gladys Knight & The Pips' "It Sould Have Been Me" in which the soulful string passages of the Mono version are removed and sorely lacking in the Stereo version. I remember like it were yesterday, when I first bought Gladys' "Feelin' Bluesy" [[Stereo) LP in 1968 and was playing it for the first time, I thought that one of the channels on my Stereo system had temporarily cut out, taking "It Should Have Been Me's" strings with it! When I figured out that my stereo was playing fine, I couldn't imagine why Motown would intentionally do that. It's like purposely leaving out an important ingredient of a beloved family recipe which makes no sense whatsoever.
Love stuff like this. Here's the family recipe without :