https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 04 May 2026 08:30:39 +0000 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:30:06 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=365 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=365&PID=61117&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#61117 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 365
Posted: 21 June 2022 at 4:30am

Hi People,

I'm still left confused about "Woman From Tokyo".

Was the 45 edit of "Woman From Tokyo" EVER released
COMMERCIALLY in the US in MONO? (caps for emphasis)

My limited research seems to indicate all commercial
releases on 45 were stereo; the promo 45 on one side
featured the edit folded-to-mono and rolled-off at about
7k...

Andy]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:30:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=61117&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#61117 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=61115&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#61115 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 365
Posted: 20 June 2022 at 7:01pm

Thanks for revisiting this one, David. I took out the mono
fold I did and put the stereo 45 version of "Woman From
Tokyo" in my library.

So was Smoke On The Water their only mono single? I have a
Highway Star 45 that's stereo and Might Just Take Your Life
is stereo.]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2022 19:01:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=61115&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#61115 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=61106&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#61106 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 365
Posted: 19 June 2022 at 6:05pm

davidclark wrote: So, it seems from the above info, the first "Woman From Tokyo" 45 was stereo. So this talk of "mono 45"...what is that? The DJ 45 had a short mono side. Or was there a stereo and mono 45?

Good question, David. The dub I have from Jim (RIP) is
mono, yet John Pratt says there were stereo copies.]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:05:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=61106&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#61106 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=61104&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#61104 Author: davidclark
Subject: 365
Posted: 19 June 2022 at 5:07pm

So, it seems from the above info, the first "Woman From Tokyo" 45 was stereo.

So this talk of "mono 45"...what is that? The DJ 45 had a short mono side. Or
was there a stereo and mono 45?

Edited by davidclark]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:07:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=61104&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#61104 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55778&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55778 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 365
Posted: 11 September 2020 at 11:42am

Regarding Smoke On The Water, there is a tape glitch at
3:29 on the live 45 version. That glitch also appears on
the live LP version so it must have been on the master
tape.

Regarding Woman From Tokyo, the mono 45 appears to be a
fold down of there stereo 45 version. You'll need to slow
down the stereo 45 version by 1% to run 2:56 like the true
45.]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2020 11:42:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55778&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55778 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55776&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55776 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 365
Posted: 11 September 2020 at 10:53am

Hykker wrote: Were commercial copies of "Woman From Tokyo" stereo? Scans on Discogs show a V1S suffix on the matrix # for it. The short version on my promo (which is mono) has a V1 suffix. I thought I had a commercial copy of this, but it seems to be misfiled.

I have a 45 dub of Woman From Tokyo from Jim (RIP) that
is mono. John Pratt posted back in 2010, "John, my
commercial copy, which is stereo, has a listed time of
(2:56) on the label. This is the original 45 issue on
Warner Brothers 7672, with the olive green label, which
peaked at #80 in April, 1973.

I don't have the September '73 reissue on Warner 7737
which peaked at #60, but since that one followed "Smoke
On The Water," it would have been on the "Burbank" palm
tree WB label.

Just gave it a listen, and although the truncated fade
seemingly ends at (2:55), the song continues at a barely
audible level until (2:56)."
]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2020 10:53:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55776&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55776 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55775&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55775 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 365
Posted: 11 September 2020 at 10:26am

garye wrote: The edits were done in stereo when the songs were released in their respective years. All commercial copies were stereo.

This is not correct. All U.S. stock 45s of "Smoke On The Water" were identical to the U.S. promo 45: in mono on both the studio and live sides. I have both Santa Maria vinyl and Terre Haute styrene stock 45s and they are all mono. The same song pairing remained in mono throughout SOTW's entire run in the WB Back To Back reissue 45 series.

eriejwg wrote: Is it possible that import 45's were stereo? The reason I ask is that I had an import 45 of Highway Star that was stereo yet everything released in the U.S. around that time on 45 for Deep Purple was mono.

John, I can't speak for SOTW import 45s, but oddly enough, the U.S. WB stock 45s of "Highway Star" actually were stereo. "Lazy" had also been issued earlier in stereo on U.S. stock 45s.

Hykker wrote: Were commercial copies of "Woman From Tokyo" stereo? Scans on Discogs show a V1S suffix on the matrix # for it. The short version on my promo (which is mono) has a V1 suffix.

Yes, they were in stereo, at least as far as the original Warner Brothers 7672 release. I don't have the second issue (WB 7737) from later on in 1973, but the stock 7737 labels on 45cat do carry the the same stereo V1S suffix.

garye wrote: Possibly the first label for Deep Purple, Tetragrammaton Records might have released the band's singles in mono, but have no way confirming that.

DJ and stock copies of the five U.S. Deep Purple 45s released by Tetragrammaton mirrored each other:

"Hush": mono
"Kentucky Woman": mono
"River Deep-Mountain High": stereo
"Emmaretta": mono
"Hallelujah (I Am The Preacher)": stereo
]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2020 10:26:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55775&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55775 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55770&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55770 Author: Hykker
Subject: 365
Posted: 11 September 2020 at 4:38am

eriejwg wrote: I had an import 45 of Highway Star that was stereo yet everything released in the U.S. around that time on 45 for Deep Purple was mono.

Were commercial copies of "Woman From Tokyo" stereo?
Scans on Discogs show a V1S suffix on the matrix # for
it. The short version on my promo (which is mono) has a
V1 suffix.
I thought I had a commercial copy of this, but it seems
to be misfiled.
]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2020 04:38:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55770&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55770 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55759&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55759 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 365
Posted: 10 September 2020 at 11:37am

Is it possible that import 45's were stereo? The reason I
ask is that I had an import 45 of Highway Star that was
stereo yet everything released in the U.S. around that
time on 45 for Deep Purple was mono.]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:37:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55759&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55759 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55758&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55758 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 365
Posted: 10 September 2020 at 11:23am

In the list of stereo and mono 45's thread for 1973, Smoke
On The Water is listed as MONO. If there had been stereo
pressings of the 45, I would think it would have been
listed there with a STEREO and MONO notation as it has for
other songs.

The Digital 45 that's been online for years also is mono.

Paging John Pratt! Do you have a stereo pressing?]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:23:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=365&PID=55758&title=smoke-on-the-water-deep-purple#55758