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The retro chic of vinyl (this package of John Coltrane's pivotal sessions for Atlantic in 1959-60 is released as seven vinyl discs or six CDs) seems now to be joined by an appeal to the marketability of stone-age mono recording.
And then there's the shimmering beauty of Lennon and McCartney's vocal performance on "She's Leaving Home," which Martin shifted a half-tone up in accordance with the latter's longstanding intentions, as well as with the sound palette of the original mono recording.
And we felt this box set would call more attention to that". The package, which will sell for about $60, includes the first-ever stereo mix of "Pet Sounds," alternate mixes and takes, vocals- and instruments-only versions of the album and a remastered version of the original mono recording.
The album's pristinely remodeled ambience is no more a purely vintage style than the stereo (rather than mono) recording is.
The mono recording was made using a single microphone and handed to Pavarotti on an open-reel tape.
Enthusiasts swear the higher acoustical "resolution" of a mono recording allows individual instruments to be discerned more clearly, despite the paucity of location cues in the sound picture.
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There are books, a mono record player, a piano and several paintings of strange-looking cats on the walls.
For a start, the groove in a mono record is cut like a snaking, spiral trench.
No wonder unadulterated mono records from a more innocent age resonate so profoundly with enthusiasts.
I remember one night we went back to his place in the Village and he played all these amazing singles on his little mono record player.
Popular stylus makers like Grado and Ortofon continue to produce a range of magnetic pickups suitable for mono records.
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