Rock 'n' roll No. 2 - Mono II Stereo

[John]

You can hear samples here. They sound mighty good to me, but I hope the sleeve does not say So Glad Yourre Mine, or miss those other apostrophes out on Hows and Dont.

https://www.rdm-edition.fr/en/cd-vinyl/ ... results=52

[Nolan Truth]

You can hear samples here. They sound mighty good to me, but I hope the sleeve does not say So Glad Yourre Mine, or miss those other apostrophes out on Hows and Dont.

https://www.rdm-edition.fr/en/cd-vinyl/ ... results=52

Ronnie Tutt is missing too, but they did spell Presley correctly.

[John]

You can hear samples here. They sound mighty good to me, but I hope the sleeve does not say So Glad Yourre Mine, or miss those other apostrophes out on Hows and Dont.

https://www.rdm-edition.fr/en/cd-vinyl/ ... results=52

Ronnie Tutt is missing too, but they did spell Presley correctly.

Using AI, can we dub Ronnie on?

[Colin B]

You can hear samples here. They sound mighty good to me, but I hope the sleeve does not say So Glad Yourre Mine, or miss those other apostrophes out on Hows and Dont.

https://www.rdm-edition.fr/en/cd-vinyl/ ... results=52

They show a pic of the rear of the sleeve, listing the tracks, & the errors are gone.

[John]

You can hear samples here. They sound mighty good to me, but I hope the sleeve does not say So Glad Yourre Mine, or miss those other apostrophes out on Hows and Dont.

https://www.rdm-edition.fr/en/cd-vinyl/ ... results=52

They show a pic of the rear of the sleeve, listing the tracks, & the errors are gone.

Yes, I knew they wouldn't be there given that Tony is keeping a close watch on this.

[Nolan Truth]

You can hear samples here. They sound mighty good to me, but I hope the sleeve does not say So Glad Yourre Mine, or miss those other apostrophes out on Hows and Dont.

https://www.rdm-edition.fr/en/cd-vinyl/ ... results=52

They show a pic of the rear of the sleeve, listing the tracks, & the errors are gone.

No theyrre not.

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[Colin B]

You can hear samples here. They sound mighty good to me, but I hope the sleeve does not say So Glad Yourre Mine, or miss those other apostrophes out on Hows and Dont.

https://www.rdm-edition.fr/en/cd-vinyl/ ... results=52

They show a pic of the rear of the sleeve, listing the tracks, & the errors are gone.

No theyrre not.

Yes they are:

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[Mister Moon]

The song "Love Me Tender" was already available in original stereo...

[Richard]

I went to the RDM site and tried to buy the two volumes. It says €15 each with €7 postage, and I thought "Ok, I can afford that" but when I went to checkout the postage rocketed to something stupid like €25 so I came off the site.

[John]

I went to the RDM site and tried to buy the two volumes. It says €15 each with €7 postage, and I thought "Ok, I can afford that" but when I went to checkout the postage rocketed to something stupid like €25 so I came off the site.

I'll check this out.

[Richard]

I went to the RDM site and tried to buy the two volumes. It says €15 each with €7 postage, and I thought "Ok, I can afford that" but when I went to checkout the postage rocketed to something stupid like €25 so I came off the site.

I'll check this out.

The other strange thing is that it was originally showing the price for each as €12.50, then it went up to €15.00, and now they're back to €12.50. All in the space of a day.

[John]

I went to the RDM site and tried to buy the two volumes. It says €15 each with €7 postage, and I thought "Ok, I can afford that" but when I went to checkout the postage rocketed to something stupid like €25 so I came off the site.

I'll check this out.

The other strange thing is that it was originally showing the price for each as €12.50, then it went up to €15.00, and now they're back to €12.50. All in the space of a day.

I've sent you a PM.

[Colin B]

It would seem that the entire catalogue of Elvis' mono recordings could be given the 'stereo' treatment !

Can't wait !

[John]

It would seem that the entire catalogue of Elvis' mono recordings could be given the 'stereo' treatment !

Can't wait !

Oh yes. The sooner, the better.

[John]

This is a beauty. I'm enjoying the mono to stereo tracks here. It sure shows you how simple these recordings were. Old DJ keeps such a steady beat, hardly ever introducing anything innovative, with the exception of the machine gun on Hound Dog. That track in itself is amazing as you can clearly hear all the different components and Elvis pronouncing Cryin' as Crahin'. I've never noticed this on the mono version, although I hear it now, as it exposes a slight flaw of some kind on Elvis' vocal at 1'41" on "well that was just a lie". I'm not sure what it is. There is a very slight difference in the volume of his voice, which is hidden on the original mono version. Maybe he just moved away from the microphone for a second.

So Glad You're Mine is great and DJ comes a bit alive on this, but mainly sticks with a straightforward beat. I still can't identify that squeak on So Glad You're Mine, and I'm even more convinced that that's a sloppy splice on How's The World Treating you where the vocal comes back in after the instrumental.

You can certainly hear one or two mistakes that were covered up by the mono versions.

Quite a few of these were released on "Mono to Stereo - The Complete RCA Studio Masters 1956 (MRS)", and it's interesting to compare the differences and how the songs have been treated. The MRS versions are heavier, louder and often have a very different mix to the RDM versions. I guess it will be down to your own preference which version you'll go with. The main point for me is the advance in the technology. It's a million miles away from the reprocessed rubbish we had from whenever it was. These now sound like they were recorded as stereo tracks and aren't drenched in echo.

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