Originally Posted by
Sotosound
I have the UK Tamla Motown mono album, and my guess is that it's the same as the US mono.
I purchased it in 1970 when EMI were deleting the mono editions of albums and selling off the remaining stock cheap. I think that I paid the equivalent of 17.5p for my copy in WH Smith.
If only I knew then what I know now. I'd have asked for a decade's advance on my pocket money, securitized my parents and emptied the store.
All of the mixes are genuine mono, which is especially to the benefit of the title track and "Bah Bah Bah". In both of these cases we get Jack Ashford's tambourine in glorious, full effect.
In fact, all of the non-filler tracks sound brilliant. That means that side one is non-stop brilliance and "Then", "Misery Makes My Heart Its Home" and "Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things" are all brilliant.
The remaining filler tracks are what they are, however...
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