A Mark In Time

General Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Spiritinthesky on November 28, 2016, 06:18:51 PM

Title: Stones in Mono
Post by: Spiritinthesky on November 28, 2016, 06:18:51 PM
Interesting podcast on the Stones in Mono:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/this-day-in-music-radio/id1122649580?mt=2

Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Gerard Mankowitz (Stones photographer), Youth, Andrew Loog Oldham, Carmine Appice, Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode), Johnny Marr, Tim Burgess, (The Charlatans), Fyfe Dangerfield (Guillemots) and Florence Welch, all talk about The Stones recordings and influence in the late 60's.
Title: Re: Stones in Mono
Post by: Pottel on November 28, 2016, 09:23:27 PM
why mono?
don't get it.....
and i refuse to reinstall that moloch called Itunes. ever again.
Title: Re: Stones in Mono
Post by: Fletch on November 28, 2016, 11:24:36 PM
All the old stuff in the UK till about 1968ish was mixed properly for mono - to sound good through a dodgy one speaker radio on the kitchen bench. Its why Sergeant Pepper sounds amazing in mono and kind of odd / lackluster in stereo. But by The White Album they did a proper job on stereo too. Most stereo mixes were just rushed and done with no vision that this would be the dominant listening experience of the future.
So early Stones in mono makes sense - I was once in a recording studio in Sydney (how important do i sound already?) and the engineer put on Sympathy For The Devil - when he unpressed the 'mono' button the piano is out of phase in each channel and cancels itself out - you cant hear it! Quite amazing.
Title: Re: Stones in Mono
Post by: dustyvalentino on November 29, 2016, 08:30:28 AM
Seems you can get it without the dreaded iTunes

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com

Thanks SITS!
Title: Re: Stones in Mono
Post by: Jules on November 29, 2016, 12:22:51 PM
Quote from: dustyvalentino on November 29, 2016, 08:30:28 AM
Seems you can get it without the dreaded iTunes

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com

Thanks SITS!

Any good alternative to iTunes? I like to have all my CDs sorted Aa iTunes does and it's useful if you have an iPod but...
Title: Re: Stones in Mono
Post by: dmg on November 29, 2016, 03:07:39 PM
Quote from: jbaent on November 29, 2016, 12:22:51 PM
Quote from: dustyvalentino on November 29, 2016, 08:30:28 AM
Seems you can get it without the dreaded iTunes

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com

Thanks SITS!

Any good alternative to iTunes? I like to have all my CDs sorted Aa iTunes does and it's useful if you have an iPod but...

Another one on board the I can't stand iTunes either bus here.  Every version seems to get worse in terms of it's user friendliness.  Or maybe I'm getting older.  Yes, it's definitely the former. ;D