https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 04 May 2026 11:08:42 +0000 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:01:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8728 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=8728&PID=60450&title=mono-45s-after-1975#60450 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 8728
Posted: 14 March 2022 at 6:01am

To AutumnAarilyn:

I remember when the promo 12" of that special remix was
serviced to clubs quite a while after it was already a
dancefloor smash. I thought it was very good, but I of
course noticed it was monaural and curious as to why.

When it made the 'Funk Essential' series I was hoping it
would show up in stereo, but then again no...

Andy]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:01:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=60450&title=mono-45s-after-1975#60450 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=60449&title=mono-45s-after-1975#60449 Author: VWestlife
Subject: 8728
Posted: 13 March 2022 at 9:41pm

"I Melt With You" is not mono. It does have a little bit of stereo separation, especially during the bridge where they sing "the future's open wide". Eric Records' "Hard to Find 45s on CD, Vol. 16" has a wider stereo version of it, and the later re-recordings and remixes of it are full stereo as well.

Wham!'s "Freedom" (not to be confused with George Michael's "Freedom '90") is also nearly mono, but has a bit of stereo separation on the drums. Same thing with Billy Joel's "My Life" -- it's almost mono except for the drums and a little bit of reverb.

The version of Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" (not in the database, but it was a Top 40 hit in 1999) that is on the U.S. "NOW 2" CD is 3:24, is purely mono, and starts with a vinyl crackling effect. It's the same way on the Top Hits USA T466 radio CD. But if you look it up online now, the "Radio Edit" of it you can find is 3:47, in stereo, and lacks the vinyl surface noise during the intro. Maybe that was the UK radio edit, but it's not what I recall hearing on U.S. radio.
]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2022 21:41:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=60449&title=mono-45s-after-1975#60449 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=60448&title=mono-45s-after-1975#60448 Author: AutumnAarilyn
Subject: 8728
Posted: 13 March 2022 at 8:38pm

"Get down on it" popped up on Kool and the Gang's 12"
Collection and More compilation in mono. It was put out on
Mercury's Funk Essential series in 1999.]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2022 20:38:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=60448&title=mono-45s-after-1975#60448 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=60441&title=mono-45s-after-1975#60441 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 8728
Posted: 13 March 2022 at 9:47am

EdisonLite wrote: Other than '80s hits that were re-releases of '60s hits (usually when '80s movies came out that used them), are these the last 2 mono top 40 hits (in terms of single versions): Rock This Town- Stray Cats I Don't Know Anybody Else- Black Box Were there any other 1976-1979 singles that haven't been listed here?

I could be wrong but didn't Exile's Kiss You All Over have a mono radio edit?

https://www.discogs.com/release/8901370-Exile-Kiss-You-All-O ver ]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2022 09:47:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=60441&title=mono-45s-after-1975#60441 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=60440&title=mono-45s-after-1975#60440 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 8728
Posted: 13 March 2022 at 9:37am

The U.S. Radio Edit of the Ting Ting's That's Not My Name is mono. It can not be recreated from the LP which is in stereo.]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2022 09:37:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=60440&title=mono-45s-after-1975#60440 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=47767&title=mono-45s-after-1975#47767 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 8728
Posted: 22 July 2017 at 4:53pm

crapfromthepast wrote: If I remember right, the album version was the same as the 45, except for the very tail of the fade, where the 45 extended longer than the album version. Both had the same mix, which was essentially mono.

No, the differences in the album version were at the
beginning, not the end. The album version started out
with a portion of the beginning the extended 12-inch mix,
then it switched over to the single version, with
"you bet" from the intro overlapping the first note of
the single
version.

The 12-inch version also cut out the "why waste time with
other guys part" in favor of a ridiculous spoken part
with George Michael's pitched down (and pitched up) voice
having a conversation about getting into a "magic car."
It's stupid.

The album version, as I recall, switches over to the
single version once the main part of the song kicks in.

However, the single version on "The Final" is not mono...
it's just very narrow stereo.

Edited by Brian W.]]> Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:53:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=47767&title=mono-45s-after-1975#47767 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=47764&title=mono-45s-after-1975#47764 Author: JL328
Subject: 8728
Posted: 22 July 2017 at 5:58am

"Hey Mr. DJ" by Zhane was mono in 1993. At least the LP and 45 versions.
Were the dj promo versions also in mono?]]> Sat, 22 Jul 2017 05:58:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=47764&title=mono-45s-after-1975#47764 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=47592&title=mono-45s-after-1975#47592 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 8728
Posted: 15 June 2017 at 2:18pm

If I remember right, the album version was the same as the 45, except for the very tail of the fade, where the 45 extended longer than the album version. Both had the same mix, which was essentially mono.

I don't have the credits handy, but I think this is one of the songs that George Michael played drums on. (Real live drums, not a machine.) It could be that they chose to not call attention to the drumming, and buried the drums in the mono mix. That's pure speculation on my part, based on how prominent the drums are in "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Careless Whisper".]]> Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:18:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=47592&title=mono-45s-after-1975#47592 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=47590&title=mono-45s-after-1975#47590 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 8728
Posted: 15 June 2017 at 1:09pm

Strange that a single released as late as 1986 would be virtually mono. Much of Wham's material from that era had a '60s feel to it, so maybe that was the reasoning behind making this mono. Was the album version near-mono, too?]]> Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:09:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=47590&title=mono-45s-after-1975#47590 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8728&PID=47588&title=mono-45s-after-1975#47588 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 8728
Posted: 15 June 2017 at 7:05am

Wham's "The Edge Of Heaven" was essentially mono. The guitar solo had a minuscule amount of panning, but everything else in the song was dead center.

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