[78-L] Story of the LP (queries)

[David Lennick]

I was referring to LPs. But 45s continued to be mono for quite a while (as per 
my previous e-mail). Then we got promos with mono on one side and stereo on the 
other, often a different mix or edit.

dl

William A Brent wrote:
> I believe that Three Dog Night's "Shambala" was the last charted single to be
> mastered in mono only (to date no true stereo version has surfaced)
> 
> 
> At 07:36 PM 11/23/2008, you wrote:
>> 1968 was the year American companies stopped issuing new recordings in mono.
>> There are some exceptions, and there were a couple of labels that merely
>> printed mono labels and mono jackets but pressed from only one set of masters
>> (aside from those that proclaimed "compatible mono-stereo"). Some very late
>> mono issues are rare because of the artists (I think the Elvis "Speedway"
>> soundtrack is valuable in mono).
> 
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