Yes indeed, it was a shame and there was no indication on it that they had
done this dastardly deed. Its not too bad if played with channels summed,
but still seems a waste of time and money.
Its a cd so I have no idea if its an original master made back some time
ago somebody got hold of or was created for the CD There is a lot of hiss on
some tracks and the sound does seem compressed in a similar way to similar
age stuff, was, so my suspicion is it was done some while ago as noise
reduction is better nowadays without affecting the frequency responce of
the music.



Which reminds me. Many of the Beach Boys stuff was in mono but the other
day a radio station played a track from Pet Sounds and it was in real
stereo, so it has me wondering.
Mind you people would be forgiven for thinking the Christmas Album by Phil
Spector was mono for its cd reeleases all are in that mode, yet I have it on
a stereo Vinyl.

I do also think that companies like EMI have been going back where old
recordings exist and attempting to remaster in decent real stereo. some work
better than others of course!
Brian

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One of the worst recent examples of attempting to do stereo was rather
ominously called the very worst of Spike Jones.
The content was as witty and daft as expected but spot effects massively
filtered pan potted all over the place was completely ridiculous.
Brian

I would be interested to know how recent.

In analogue without LTC (time code) to synchronise,
it would have been extremely difficult. I can visualise
say five tracks on a multitrack recorder: L, LC, C,
RC, R, with the original mono on track 3 (C)

Then you would have to copy just the spot effects
and spin them in wth "finger sync" on the periferal
tracks to make a LR soundstage. With timecode
the task would have been easier. With a DAW
*much easier* but still time-consuming.
Worth doing? Naaah. But obviously someone
thought they could make a few quid.

In my view recordings such as Spike Jones are
sacrosanct, and anyone found violating them should
be locked in a room with Honey G playing on endless
loop very loud:-)

Iain