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

[David Lennick]

Is there a response or missing attachment anywhere in this message? And the 
stereo versions on Parlophone and Angel have different matrix numbers. Higher 
numbers and an extra X in the prefix.

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 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.
>>>> _______________