"Ain’t Nothing You Can Do" - Bobby Bland

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   I have a reissue vinyl LP of the album "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" which is on the ABC/Duke label with catalog number DL-78 and even though the label states stereo, at least the track "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" is mono.  Kent, can you confirm that the track is really stereo on your vinyl LP and that your stereo vinyl version is the same as what is appearing on the stereo compact disc issues of this song? 

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Pat Downey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 01 October 2003 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pat Downey Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 February 2013 at 9:15am
	I have a reissue vinyl LP of the album "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" which is on the ABC/Duke label with catalog number DL-78 and even though the label states stereo, at least the track "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" is mono. Kent, can you confirm that the track is really stereo on your vinyl LP and that your stereo vinyl version is the same as what is appearing on the stereo compact disc issues of this song?

KentT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 25 May 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote KentT Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 February 2013 at 4:24pm
	I'll dig this LP out of the archives and take it home for comparison with my 45 on the next trip. Sometimes the later ABC/Duke repressings had mono content where there had been Stereo previously, "The Best Of Bobby Bland" being a major example.
	I turn up the good and turn down the bad!

KentT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 25 May 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote KentT Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 February 2013 at 5:27pm
	The original Stereo issue of Duke DLPS-78 has the same version of "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" as the Stereo version you hear today on CD. The Mono LP has the 45 single version. Two different recordings. I now own a DLPS-78 pressing which is pre ABC/Duke but has the title song in Mono. It is a thinner pressing than the WFLI Stereo original. And was cut by a different engineer. So, the title song in Stereo may be first pressings only. Edited by KentT
	I turn up the good and turn down the bad!