List of mono and Stereo 45s - 1972

eriejwg wrote: Do the stock and promo copies of "Diary" contain a dedicated mono mix as earlier Bread recordings did?

John, I can't speak for the stock mono copies, since mine is stereo. I didn't think I had a promo, but one was lurking on the shelves.

Yes, the DJ 45 is a dedicated mono mix. The Moog flourishes are noticeably more prominent on it than they are when the stereo stock is reduced to mono.

Curiously, the lone Terre Haute stereo styrene stock 45 isn't a rogue Columbia mastering: both it and my Philips Recording Company (later PRC) vinyl mono DJ 45 were cut by the same mastering engineer.

PopArchivist wrote: If anyone knows this answer to this: Butler, Jerry, and Brenda Lee Eager - "Ain't Understanding Mellow" (mono) Thats what it says on the list for 1972, but there is a stereo radio edit of the song on discogs. Does that mean the 45 is stereo also? Brenda-Lee-Eager-Aint-Understanding-Mellow-Windy-City- Soul/release/12401760 "> https://www.discogs.com/Jerry-Butler-And-Brenda-Lee- Eager-Ai nt-Understanding-Mellow-Windy-City- Soul/release/12401760

No. But there could be some commercial pressings of
the 45 that were stereo. Unfortunately whoever posted
that entry didn't provide the matrix.

EDIT: Actually, the topic of the stereo promo was covered in this old thread about the song:

http://www.top40musiconcd.com/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2066

That "2-49344" number is for the stereo pressing. If you can find a commercial pressing with that number, then that should be the stereo edit. If it's the normal "1-47771" number, then it's mono.

Edited by Brian W.

PopArchivist wrote: I am taking it Convention 72 never was released in stereo, correct? Anyone know the answer?

I've only heard it in mono.