Patsy Cline - 12 Greatest Hits pressings

Hi all,

Sorry if this adds any confusion to the search... but MY copy of the CD pictured above is in STEREO, entirely.
It is the 1988 MCAD-12 issue, with the photo shown above.
(this of course was fine with me since stereo is what i wanted).
But those wanting the *mono* issue, beware, obviously can't just go by the cover art above, or year, or catalog#.

Since there may be no other way to differentiate this pressing, the #'s on the inner ring are:
MCAD12 S8A14A

Hope this helps. Just FYI.

MM

You want MCAD 12 R with the LP cover art. It was mastered by Bob Ludwig and all Stereo. And a superb sounding CD. The older one is mono but this was pulled and some Stereo tracks are on that secret remaster. Record club copies of MCAD 12 are mono and the original Owen Bradley approved CD.

The Ultimate Master Disc version is a gold remaster by Glenn Meadows, Milan Bogdan, Jim Loyd and Benny Quinn. The disc, MCAD-10952, bears a 1993 copyright notice and all tracks are stereo, including the newer version of Walkin' After Midnight. Sounds quite nice!

GM

Gary Mack wrote: The Ultimate Master Disc version is a gold remaster by Glenn Meadows, Milan Bogdan, Jim Loyd and Benny Quinn. The disc, MCAD-10952, bears a 1993 copyright notice and all tracks are stereo, including the newer version of Walkin' After Midnight. Sounds quite nice! GM

This reply is a bit off topic, but I didn't know there were two versions of "Walkin' After Midnight." Until today, I assumed there was only a single version.
In fact, they are two completely different recordings. I had always thought the version that appears on my Time-Life Legendary Country Singers disc was the only version.

I'm guessing there was a second recording made for crossover audiences?

I Googled it but didn't find any references immediately. Maybe there's a post here that discusses it?

The original "Walkin' After Midnight" was recorded for
Four Star, but leased to and issued on Decca. The track
was re-recorded for Decca proper in 1961 due to Stereo.
And in her newer style. Before Patsy Cline signed to
Decca
Records proper in 1961, she recorded for Four Star, and
was forced to record only their material. When she
signed
to Four Star in the 1950's, Decca leased those
recordings
and recorded them for Four Star and issued them on
Decca
before her contract ran out with Four Star.


To get the original MCAD 12 mostly mono Greatest Hits,
the BMG Music Service or Columbia House CD versions are
most likely to have this disc pre secret remasters.
Because MCAD 12 was secret remastered a year or two
later on, and more Stereo tracks replacing mono.

Edited by KentT