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Nap Time and I Dreamt of Two Bullets and a Transistor Radio (1 Viewer)

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I shook and awoke in a sweat, relieved for a moment then disappointed that the water wasn’t a baptismal river and there was nothing but my cell phone in my hand.

When my breathing returned to normal, I got to thinking that these things are transistor radios in our hands and there should be a corresponding emphasis on monaural recordings and the restoration and availability thereof.
 
For those of us who grew up listening to rock in the 60's and much of the 70's, the hit songs we heard were on AM stations and was pretty much all broadcast in Mono only and most car radios only had one speaker. That changed in mid-late 70's as FM started to dominate the airwaves, but I digress.

If you became accustomed to hearing a song in Mono. it can be disconcerting to hear it now in Stereo. In many cases I prefer the Mono version, as the separation of left and right channels I can find distracting and irritating.

Here is an example:

Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day (Mono version 1968)

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Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day (Stereo version 1968)

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Another example, not quite as extreme, but I vastly prefer the Mono "hit: version over the LP release.

The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park & Other Things (Mono version 1967)

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If you became accustomed to hearing a song in Mono. it can be disconcerting to hear it now in Stereo. In many cases I prefer the Mono version, as the separation of left and right channels I can find distracting and irritating.
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I'm with you. I try to buy or hear recordings from '67 and earlier in mono because rock n' roll in stereo was new and not always done well. The dynamic was new to the genre and the engineers didn't always get it right.

This excludes the Beach Boys and most of their recordings excepting Today! and Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), which sound better in mono. Brian Wilson sat with engineers for the earlier recordings and apparently, by most accounts, got the stereo aspect right, but not on those two. Pet Sounds is also said to sound better in stereo than mono even though it was '66.

But now I digress. Pre-'67, I try to purchase the mono versions because the most care and the truest sound comes from those recordings. Plus, I think mono is better regardless of the year if given the choice because of the nature of sound. Stereo seems artificial, whereas mono is how the ear hears music played live.
 
Actually there were a few true Stereo songs of the 60s that worked and I can listen to.

Here is one of them, a mix of Sunshine Pop and Psychedelia with a killer Fuzz Guitar thrown in.

Fun Fact: this group had three future members of the band Starbuck (of "Moonlight Feels Right" fame).

Maybe it the bird chirping in the left channel that I find oddly charming, plus the stereo mixing is not overdone.

Eternity's Children - Mrs. Bluebird (Stereo 1968)

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Mrs. Bluebird - Stereo

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The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb (Stereo 1966)

Producer Andrew Loog Oldham's stereo mix is pretty well done here. Mick Jaggers' vocals are placed dead center, along with allowing the listener to hear the interplay between Brian Jones' marimba and Keith Richards' guitar in the left and right channels at the intro and again during the instrumental break.

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Under My Thumb

The Rolling Stones · Aftermath · Song · 1966
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I wish I had a couple of bullets every time I hear the 1-800-7CARS4KIDS commercial on the radio.
One to shoot the radio and one in the chamber for myself if I miss the radio. That stupid jingle can continue on a continuous loop in my head all day.
 
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