Dave Clark Five original albums on iTunes

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   The idea of one-track mono is cool (i.e., the exact same 0's and 1's in both channels), but doesn't really add much over what you have now.

If given a choice, I wouldn't sum to mono, but would instead leave them as they are for two reasons.

First, if the left and right channels are out of synch (which could happen if the tape playback heads don't exactly match how the heads were aligned when the track was recorded), then summing could introduce a little warble in the high frequencies.  That sounds awful.

Second, if there are any edits that were originally done incorrectly (such as by cutting the tape at a 90 degree angle instead of 45 degrees - yay, splice block!), then summing to mono will likely emphasize the edits, rather than mask them.

Just my opinion.

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	The idea of one-track mono is cool (i.e., the exact same 0's and 1's in both channels), but doesn't really add much over what you have now. If given a choice, I wouldn't sum to mono, but would instead leave them as they are for two reasons. First, if the left and right channels are out of synch (which could happen if the tape playback heads don't exactly match how the heads were aligned when the track was recorded), then summing could introduce a little warble in the high frequencies. That sounds awful. Second, if there are any edits that were originally done incorrectly (such as by cutting the tape at a 90 degree angle instead of 45 degrees - yay, splice block!), then summing to mono will likely emphasize the edits, rather than mask them. Just my opinion.
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ChicagoBill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 November 2019 Location: Utah Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote ChicagoBill Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 February 2021 at 2:36pm
	In 1993 when 'The History Of The Dave Clark Five', a 2 CD set, was released on Hollywood Records, Dave Clark also released 'Glad All Over Again' a single CD on EMI with a different track listing that reflected more of the hits they had in the U.K. after 1968. The strange difference I found is that the U.K. set has a stereo 'You Got What It Takes' and the U.S. set has it in mono. I think there is a slight difference in the vocal, but I will leave that up to the experts that can A/B them! -Bill.