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Topic: Velvelettes - "He Was Really Sayin’..."
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Subject: Velvelettes - "He Was Really Sayin’..."
Date Posted: 13 November 2007 at 12:05pm
Hi people,

I know this great song only reached #64 in Billboard, but could anyone tell me where the best sounding STEREO version of this song is (I.E. closest to the 45 mix but in stereo)?

Andy



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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 13 November 2007 at 3:37pm
Andy, to me, asking for quality stereo for 60's Motown songs is like asking where all of the sexy 900-pound women are hiding!!!! :) Is/are there any? NO U.S. label cared less about stereo in the 60's than Motown did. Still, within my collection, I thought my two best bets would be "20 Hard To Find Motown Classics, Vol. 2" (it is one of the few tracks on there in mono), and the more recent "Motown Year-By-Year" series. The Velvelettes 1964 hit, "Needle In A Haystack" appears on this volume in great stereo (they went back and re-did most of these, from the original multi-tracks.) But, Andy, this series wasn't done for EVERY year. It started with 1964, SKIPPED 1965 for some reason, and then resumed with 1966. Unfortunately for you, Andy, "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'" was from 1965! Truly a shame, because the song WOULD have been on there in stereo. Why don't you check the "Both Sides Now" Board. (The name of the Board is a play on words for this mainly "stereo version worshippers" Board.) If anyone can help you out with this, they would. Happy hunting!


Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 13 November 2007 at 6:13pm
He Was Really Saying Something was on the Motown Stereo box in great sound.

Of course, if you want to try to make your own stereo mix, you can do so utilizing the 2-track stereo mix (isolated lead vocals) and the backing track minus the lead vocals, as found on this karaoke cd:

http://www.usa-karaoke.com/display_details.asp?productCode=C DSM8854

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Live in stereo.


Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 14 November 2007 at 2:09pm
Hi Tom,

Thanks to you I just manufactured a great stereo version from that karaoke CD which I owned!

However, i also own that Motown Stereo Box, but I can't find it on there; perhaps you have a different edition--details please!

Andy


Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 14 November 2007 at 2:25pm
Andy, it isn't on my copy, either, which is why I didn't bring the "Motown Stereo Box" up in my earlier post.


Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 14 November 2007 at 7:46pm
My apologies -- it was on the PBS version of Disc 4 of that box set.

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Live in stereo.


Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 15 November 2007 at 12:46am
Originally posted by TomDiehl1 TomDiehl1 wrote:

Of course, if you want to try to make your own stereo mix, you can do so utilizing the 2-track stereo mix (isolated lead vocals) and the backing track minus the lead vocals, as found on this karaoke cd:

http://www.usa-karaoke.com/display_details.asp?productCode=C DSM8854

Are you saying that this karaoke CD has the true instrumentals of those Motown hits, and they're not re-recorded by a generic band?


Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 15 November 2007 at 2:55am
Yeah, you didn't know that, Aaron? All those "Motown Original Artist Karaoke" CDs are the original vocal tracks and the original backing tracks.

They're so cool to listen to, especially the vocals alone. The one with the Diana Ross "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" actually has her "one more time" ad lib, missing from all stereo mixes of the song. You can ALMOST get an accurate stereo 45 version out of that one, though there are some slightly differences in the vocal on the fade out.


Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 15 November 2007 at 5:35am
Originally posted by aaronk aaronk wrote:

Originally posted by TomDiehl1 TomDiehl1 wrote:

Of course, if you want to try to make your own stereo mix, you can do so utilizing the 2-track stereo mix (isolated lead vocals) and the backing track minus the lead vocals, as found on this karaoke cd:

http://www.usa-karaoke.com/display_details.asp?productCode=C DSM8854

Are you saying that this karaoke CD has the true instrumentals of those Motown hits, and they're not re-recorded by a generic band?


Yes. The absolute original backing tracks to the hits you heard on the radio, as well as 2-track mixes.

However, Shop Around by the Miracles is a mono backing track, and the 2-track mix is an alternate vocal take. Do You Love Me by the Contours is also the alternate lead vocal version that is out there....and the backing track alone reveals quite a bit of bleedthrough of the original lead vocal.

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Live in stereo.


Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 15 November 2007 at 10:51am
No kidding! I had no idea. Are there other karaoke discs that you've found true instrumentals or just the Motown ones?


Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 15 November 2007 at 6:39pm
Just the Motown ones, they were a special series, there were supposed to be more cds but i guess the 16 or 18 or so that they released didn't sell enough (of course, i've only located 8 of them in actual stores and haven't ordered any of the cds online).

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Live in stereo.



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