Chubby Checker-The Twist

A few questions about this huge hit:

1) Was the 1960 and 1962 versions that hit #1 exactly the same recordings or were there slight differences or words that differed?

2) Why are all recordings in stereo re-recorded?

3) If it's available in stereo somewhere in its offical 45 version on CD is it available without being re-recorded on a CD?

If anyone can shed some light, much appreciated. I didn't see anyone posing this particular question before. For a hit so huge not to have a stereo release somewhere on CD that is not re-recorded and on some compilation surprises me.



Edited by PopArchivist

Oh, and to answer your #1 question, the 1960 and 1962 45s are the
same version. Come to think of it, I'm not certain I have ever heard a
true stereo version of the original hit. Even TM Century GoldDiscs use
the mono with some light stereo reverb added, and they tried to avoid
mono whenever possible on those discs.

Allen Klein kept the original Cameo-Parkway stuff off the
reissue market for several years. That's why Chubby had to
do re-recordings of his hits.

Original recording on Cameo here is mono only. 1960. and
1962 same performance. Cameo/Parkway was mainly a mono
only label save for a very few titles. All Stereo
recordings are re-recordings.

jebsib wrote: Are there any vocal (note/ pitch) changes or instrument alterations to differentiate the 1960 and re-recorded Twist versions? They all seem to sound tin-y on Youtube (i.e.: hard to detect whether original stereo or remastered from mono) and I don't trust what random Youtube posters label the clips as. Really trying to get the original, pure version.

Well, all stereo versions are re-recordings, recorded
for other labels, so if you want the original version,
go with the mono from one of the official ABKCO CDs.