bobby darin splish splash

PopArchivist wrote: Ron, There is a hum on many of the recordings in mono (I would suggest to avoid), I agree and second your choice of Hit Singles 1958-1977 for the 45 version. However Eric Records (Hard To Find Jukebox Classics The Fifties: 31 Amazing Stereo Hits) would be my go to for the stereo version (even if it is DES) as it contains the bubbling sounds at the end, correctly matching the mono 45. Every version in stereo was either re-recorded after it became a hit or has the missing bubbling sound effects at the end.

Richie, the version I created for the Hit Parade CD is
not DES. I used an existing source for the very-dry
stereo mix and that CD was the Atco 91794 CD "Splish
Splash" (a best of) which has the bubbles at the end. I
then re-created the heavy 45 reverb and mixed it in.
That is why it sounds like the mono hit.

MM

crapfromthepast wrote: The stereo mix first appeared three years after the song was a hit, in 1961 on the album The Bobby Darin Story, as David reported above. If you're looking for whatever the "hit" stereo mix was, there wasn't any. All the stereo mixes were done years later.

I generally avoid versions that Pat labels that are missing stuff or not accurate. Pat's database notated that many versions were missing the bubbles at the end. I never said I was looking for a "hit" mix in Stereo. I actually said of all the stereo versions, Eric Records was the one I would go with and Mark explained the very reason I did.

Thanks Ron for your clarification.

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