[78-L] A "Goons" 78...?!

[Royal Pemberton]

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have that stereo Angel LP.  Boy, when Capitol wanted to screw up
> mastering, they did it well!  Both sides of my copy are miles off azimuth.
> I think 'I'm so ashamed' is really a mono track; either channel alone sounds
> much the same, but it sounds phasey when summed to mono.  (I'll copy it to
> Audacity and see what results from re-synchronising the two channels.)
>
> Are YEX.17 and YEX.18 the matrix numbers for Parlophone PCS 3003, or would
> those be for PCS 3009?
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:03 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>
>> Martin Fenton wrote:
>> > I forgot this one:
>> >
>> > David Lennick wrote:
>> >
>> >> came "Songs for Swinging Sellers", which as far as I know was also only
>> mono on
>> >> Parlophone but which was obviously recorded in stereo, since (a) it was
>> >> reissued in stereo later as EMI NTS 136
>> >
>> > Issued in stereo simultaneously with the mono. PCS 3003.
>>
>> I found that out when I checked the booklet in the big CD box, which
>> listed the
>> original issues (but not the Angel versions).
>> > I had it on
>> > gold label (a friend had the later yellow/black label, so it was in
>> > catalogue for a while.) I sold it when I got the CD - none of that
>> > horrendous end-of-side distortion there!
>>
>> Ever have any of the Angel issues? Wow, distortion, tape stretch (like,
>> right
>> in the middle of "Peter Sellers Sings George Gershwin"). We were delighted
>> to
>> pick up the Parlophone LPs even if the stereo versions weren't distributed
>> over
>> here.
>>
>> >
>> > "Best of Sellers" stayed in catalogue as a 10" for many years, too - I
>> > have it with both black/gold and black/yellow labels.
>> >
>> >
>> >> The ten-incher was reissued as a twelve-incher, still in mono, as
>> Starline MRS
>> >> 5157.
>> >
>> > Parlophone Australia issued it in 12" first time around, I believe. (At
>> > least I've seen it with their variant of the black/gold label in 12".)
>> >
>> > Hope this helps,
>> >
>> > Mart.
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