Exile-"Kiss You All Over"

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

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.

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).