Hello
I had read that almost all the master tapes before Aftermath are in mono but some tracks are fold down to mono or stereo?
Can someone share some lights; which master tapes us or uk, are real mono and real stereo (or fold down tracks) before Aftermath?
Regards
thank you very much peanut; but it seems your link is broken, i could not open, but i guess i found it anyway:
Good Afternoon
I had been reading over many places in the internet, and my conclution (that can be wrong?) is this:
The Rolling Stones (UK)Released 16 April 1964 Decca Records UK (MONO)
1.Route 66
2.I Just Want To Make Love To You
3.Honest I Do
4.Mona (I Need You Baby)
5.Now I’ve Got A Witness
6.Little By Little
7.I’m A King Bee
8.Carol
9.Tell Me
10.Can I Get A Witness
11.You Can Make It If You Try
12.Walking The Dog
Not Fade Away
1Route 66
2 I Just Want To Make Love To You
3Honest I Do
4 Now I’ve Got A Witness
5 Little By Little
6 I’m A King Bee
7 Carol
8 Tell Me
9 Can I Get A Witness
10 You Can Make It If You Try
11 Walking The Dog
12 x 5 US Released 17 October 1964 London Records US ** (MONO some tracks in stereo)
(SOME TRACKS ARE STEREO, TAKEN FROM CHESS OR RCA (3-track at RCA, and 4-track at Chess)MASTER TAPES FROM USA, THE OTHERS TRACKS ARE TAKEN FROM THE MONO MASTER TAPES, BUT COULD HAD BEEN PRODUCED IN FAKE STEREO?)
1.Around And Around stereo
2.Confessin’ The Blues stereo
3.Empty Heart stereo
4.Time Is On My Side
5.Good Times, Bad Times
6.It’s All Over Now stereo
7.2120 South Michigan Avenue
8.Under The Boardwalk
9.Congratulations
10.Grown Up Wrong
11.If You Need Me stereo
12.Susie Q
The Rolling Stones No. 2 Released 15 January 1965 Decca Records UK (MONO)
1.Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
2.Down Home Girl
3.You Can’t Catch Me
4.Time Is On My Side stereo
5.What A Shame
6.Grown Up Wrong
7.Down The Road Apiece
8.Under The Boardwalk
9.I Can’t Be Satisfied
10.Pain In My Heart
11.Off The Hook
12.Susie Q
The Rolling Stones, Now! Released 13 February 1965 Label London Records US (MONO) some tracks in stereo
1.Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
2.Down Home Girl
3.You Can’t Catch Me
4.Heart Of Stone stereo
5.What A Shame stereo
6.Mona (I Need You Baby)
7.Down The Road Apiece stereo
8.Off The Hook
9.Pain In My Heart
10.Oh, Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin’)
11.Little Red Rooster
12.Surprise, Surprise
Out Of Our Heads (US) Released 30 July 1965 London Records US (MONO)
1.Mercy Mercy
2.Hitch Hike
3.The Last Time
4.That’s How Strong My Love Is
5.Good Times
6.I’m All Right
7.(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
8.Cry To Me
9.The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
10.Play With Fire stereo
11.The Spider And The Fly
12.One More Try
Out Of Our Heads (UK) Released 24 September 1965 Decca Records UK (MONO)
(play whit fire mono here)
1.She Said Yeah
2.Mercy Mercy
3.Hitch Hike
4.That’s How Strong My Love Is
5.Good Times
6.Gotta Get Away
7.Talkin’ ‘Bout You
8.Cry To Me
9.Oh, Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin’)
10.Heart Of Stone
11.The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
12.I’m Free
December’s Children (And Everybody’s) US Released: 4 December 1965 London Records US (MONO)
1.She Said Yeah
2.Talkin’ Bout You
3.You Better Move On
4.Look What You’ve Done the only track in stereo here
5.The Singer Not The Song
6.Route 66
7.Get Off Of My Cloud
8.I’m Free
9.As Tears Go By
10.Gotta Get Away
11.Blue Turns To Grey
12.I’m Moving On
Aftermath (UK) 15 April 1966 Decca Records UK (STEREO) and MONO
1.Mother’s Little Helper
2.Stupid Girl
3.Lady Jane
4.Under My Thumb
5.Doncha Bother Me
6.Going Home
7.Flight 505
8.High And Dry
9.Out Of Time
10.It’s Not Easy
11.I Am Waiting
12.Take It Or Leave It
13.Think
14.What To Do
Aftermath (US) 20 June 1966 London Records fold-down in mono
ps. song Get Off of My Cloud " stereo (not released)
Regards
Hello there;
do the stereo tracks exist also in genuine mono tracks(not fold down)?
I mean if they used a 3 or 4 track master tape to record these stereo tracks, do they also had a mono master tape running simultaneously?
Regards
During this era the multi-track was mixed down to mono, stereo, or both. A mono track would not be recorded separately from the multi-track.
The mono was typically viewed as more important. For example, the Beatles would attend the mono mixing sessions but left the stereo sessions to others.
Thanks Elk how did they mixed down to mono, stereo or both from the multi-tracks?
I didnt mean a mono recorded separately from the multi-track, but something similar Miles Davis:
2 or 4 reels to reels:
1 stereo + one stereo backup
1 mono + one mono backup
master tapes
ps. Aftermath exist in mono and stereo, right? then it means there are 2 master tapes?
I do not know how the Rolling Stones recorded.
Michael Fremer discusses Aftermath here in his article about the sound of the Rolling Stones.
great article thanks
i will read it
ps. i must say that these 3 channels tracks, sound so great in mono, even a fold down sound better for example paint it black. The mono is the best version ever!!