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Yes, I owned a copy of the long/short promo at one time and both sides were treated to that godawful Haeco-CSG system -- where the commercial 45 & the commercial 12' were NOT Haeco-CSG processed.

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Andrew, I just read up on the Haeco-CSG processing that you mention. Given that it was developed by A&M, I think that is exactly what I was hearing on the Carpenters' "Calling Occupants..." promo 45. It sounded like things were out of phase. Totally sucks!
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Originally posted by Yah Shure Yah Shure wrote:

Originally posted by bwolfe bwolfe wrote:

My PD told me that the version of "Pop Muzik" he remembers playing when it was current had both the long and short on the promo single.
Can anyone confirm this one?


Exhibit "A"

Exhibit "B"


May I ask a technical question here? I noticed that Exhibit A showed a 45-rpm disc that was "stereo-compatible". The opposite of this was when records used to be labeled as stereo - but playable on mono equipment.

Now how can one stereo groove be any less susceptible to damage than another, when both are played with a mono cart? If the mono cart is made to not respond to vertical movements on a stereo groove, would it not damage both of them equally?

Just when anyone has time, I'd love to hear the answer.
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To Jody:

The "Stereo-Compatible" designation on 'Exhibit A' meant in this case that the tape had been ran through the Haeco-CSG System. CSG stands for "compatible stereo generator' (NOT "compatible stereo groove").

The Haeco-CSG System pretty much shifted the left/right channels 90 degrees out-of-phase so that when the record was played on a mono system or broadcast the center-channel information wouldn't be 3db louder in respect to the hard left & right information.

Problem was, it sounded terrible in stereo with no distinct center-channel.

The old 'stereo--playable on mono equipment' designation really didn't mean much (other than the record company was trying to phase out mono records).

Andy

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Originally posted by AndrewChouffi AndrewChouffi wrote:

The Haeco-CSG System pretty much shifted the left/right channels 90 degrees out-of-phase so that when the record was played on a mono system or broadcast the center-channel information wouldn't be 3db louder in respect to the hard left & right information.

Using today's digital editing tools, is there a way to undo that phase shift, or did it involve "re-mixing" the channels after the phase had been tampered with?
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The 45 version sounds great on Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 2 (1994), with differently EQ'd digital clones on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 39 Pop Nuggets Late '70s (1995) and Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 6 The '70s (1999).

The 45 version on Sire's Just Say Yesterday (1992) has a tape azimuth alignment error between the L and R channels, which screws up the soundstage and sounds terrible when summed to mono. Avoid.

The LP version is pretty hard to find on CD. I only have it on one disc, swaitek's 50-CD The A List Disc 6 (1994), where it's taken from vinyl.

The Ben Liebrand Remix was a UK hit in 1989 - that's what's on Priority's Mega-Hits Dance Classics Vol. 10 (1991).

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