https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:18:56 +0000 Mon, 26 May 2008 17:35:24 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2733 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16607&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16607 Author: sriv94
Subject: 2733
Posted: 26 May 2008 at 5:35pm

eriejwg wrote: Listening to Landecker now, they just played the 45 version of "Roundabout." I hate to say it, been a Landecker fan since the 70's, but 'Records' is sounding all of 61 years old.

Which is still better than many DJs sound at 35.

Full disclosure--have always loved Landecker, and I've had the pleasure of talking with him a number of times over the years (last saw him in November).]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 17:35:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16607&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16607 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16606&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16606 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 2733
Posted: 26 May 2008 at 5:28pm

Listening to Landecker now, they just played the 45 version of "Roundabout."

I hate to say it, been a Landecker fan since the 70's, but 'Records' is sounding all of 61 years old. ]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 17:28:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16606&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16606 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16597&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16597 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 2733
Posted: 26 May 2008 at 12:50pm

Wow! I just heard the original 1973 45 version of Aerosmith's "Dream On" on the WLS Rewind. I haven't heard that on an AM radio station since college.

Gary, I have two unplayed promo 45s of "China Grove," and since I'd never heard the mono side before, I gave 'em both a spin. Both copies had a swath of crackles in the right channel that played all the way through the song. These are normally-dependable Columbia Santa Maria pressings, so I was surprised and disappointed. But I certainly echo your comments about those lost mono mixes.]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 12:50:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16597&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16597 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16588&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16588 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 2733
Posted: 26 May 2008 at 9:47am

Thanks for the additional history notes, Gary and KentT. And, KentT, welcome to the board!]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 09:47:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16588&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16588 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16584&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16584 Author: KentT
Subject: 2733
Posted: 26 May 2008 at 7:43am

Hi,

Mono DJ promos began to fade out around 1980. AM Top 40 formats were beginning to fade into history then. AM Radio had special issues on it's music content (music had to collapse well to mono to sound good on AM Radio. Some mixes had to be re-done to sound OK on AM)

Edited by KentT]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 07:43:20 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16584&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16584 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16515&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16515 Author: Gary Mack
Subject: 2733
Posted: 24 May 2008 at 6:37am

Through most of the 70s, the radio stations with the most influence on Billboard charts and sales of 45s were the AM Top 40s such as WABC/New York, WLS/Chicago, KHJ/Los Angeles and many, many others. It was in the record companies' best interest to provide stations with the mono mix and/or length that was most likely to get played and would sound best. It's a shame that music listeners since then have rarely, if ever, heard the terrific mono mixes of such great hits as Born to Be Wild, China Grove, and many more.

GM]]> Sat, 24 May 2008 06:37:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16515&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16515 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16514&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16514 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 2733
Posted: 24 May 2008 at 5:52am

Jody:

My understanding is that by 1978, Top 40 commercial singles were almost exclusively issued in stereo and a growing majority of Top 40 listeners were switching to hearing their favorite new songs on FM radio. That said, I can only conclude that the mono side of promo 45s were tailored to the remaining AM Top 40 radio holdouts. Of course, I was only about five-years-old then, so I invite anyone with a better recollection to set the record straight if necessary. :-)

Welcome to the message board, Jody!]]> Sat, 24 May 2008 05:52:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16514&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16514 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16513&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16513 Author: Jody Thornton
Subject: 2733
Posted: 24 May 2008 at 12:13am

Were the mono cuts just for AM Top 40 in mind?

]]> Sat, 24 May 2008 00:13:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16513&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16513 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16425&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16425 Author: MCT1
Subject: 2733
Posted: 21 May 2008 at 9:28am

Hykker wrote: By the early 80s most had transitioned to stereo/stereo promos, but there were still mono/stereo 45s around even well into '82.

The WEA/Warner Music family was among the last holdouts, if not the last. I think all of their promo singles were still mono/stereo until late 1982.

IINM, I have a promo 45 of "The One Thing" by INXS (which was released in late '82, but didn't hit the Top 40 until early '83) which is mono/stereo. It is also on a promo version of the old "trumpet" Atco label, which they had apparently continued to use for promos even after switching to the gray label for commercial releases in the late '70s (as with Atlantic promo 45s from that era, it does not preserve the coloration of the commercial version of the label, but is white on the mono side, light blue on the stereo side). It is very strange to see an INXS 45 in mono and on that style of label...      ]]> Wed, 21 May 2008 09:28:20 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16425&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16425 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16422&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16422 Author: Hykker
Subject: 2733
Posted: 21 May 2008 at 8:02am

Todd Ireland wrote: It's interesting to see mono promo 45s were still being released in 1978.

Actually, most promo 45s were still mono/stereo in 1978. By the early 80s most had transitioned to stereo/stereo promos, but there were still mono/stereo 45s around even well into '82.]]> Wed, 21 May 2008 08:02:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2733&PID=16422&title=exilekiss-you-all-over#16422