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Bill Cahill
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As recently noted in the 1972 stereo/mono thread, the 45 issue of "It Never Rains in Southern California" by Albert Hammond is in Electronically Simulated Stereo. It actually sounds like a mono fold down of the stereo LP version faded early, and for some reason the record label didn't have the stereo mix, so they ran it through the simulator. Reverb was added, enough to be fairly noticeable on the solo drum hits.
So this creates an actual "single version" as that reverb is not heard on the LP version or the mono side of the DJ 45. (I don't have a stock copy but from the 1972 thread I assume that's the "E" version, someone else will need to verify.)
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Pat sent me his stock copy. It's in real stereo, same as the album version but an early fade. So it looks like the single had two issues, one with electronic stereo and another issue in true stereo. If anyone has a copy of the song and wants to compare, My DJ copy's etching on the stereo side (with electronic stereo) is AE-257-6011-3. Mono side by the way is AF-257-6011-1.
Maybe the notation should be "some stereo 45's were electronically simulated stereo, some were real stereo".
Since all issues of the song in the database are noted as (S) it should be obvious that no issue of the (E) made it to CD.
The mono side of the DJ 45 by the way sounds like a simple fold down of the stereo version.
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