Frankie Valli-"Can’t Take My Eyes..."

My commercial 45, which is mono and confirmed as Philips 40446, has a listed time of (2:58), but an actual time of (3:20).

I think all sources for any stereo mix that Rhino has
released since the 80s stem from a stereo vinyl dub.
Could be a tape that got misfiled or junked somewhere
along the way. From what I understand, The Four Seasons
Partnership only owns the master tapes to Seasons and
Valli solo works and not the multi-tracks (if those even
still exist, which I assume they don't or else they would
have made an attempt to acquire them). This is why all
the Four Seasons Rhino discs
generally use all the same digital transfers give or take
a few tracks. They were one of the few acts that didn't
get the Bill Inglot remix treatment off the multis in the
Rhino glory days of the mid to late 80s.

Edited by LunarLaugh

One more small observation. The CD version seems to have a small amount of reverb and compression added to it that the stereo Very Best Of LP does not have. I also pulled the mono 45 and compared it to the stereo versions. The mono version is a fold-down of the stereo version that's on my MCA vinyl Very Best Of LP. The 45 doesn't seem to have the extra reverb, but it does have a heavy dose of bass added to it.

I've read about that box set, which has been in the works since 2018. It keeps getting pushed back, although I can't say I'd spring for a 40-disc box set of the 4 Seasons. With any luck, maybe the masters they uncover will be used for other smaller "hits" projects and/or digital download.

I noticed the song (as famous as it is) doesn't appear domestically on CD in MONO.

Is the MONO a fold down of the STEREO? The mono I have suffers from the same distortion everyone is talking about.

Edited by PopArchivist