Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Fire"
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Topic: Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Fire"
Posted By: Brian W.
Subject: Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Fire"
Date Posted: 21 May 2008 at 12:17pm
| The database specifies "U.K. mono mix" on the album "Crazy World of Arthur Brown." What is the difference between the British and U.S. mixes? I would assume the U.S. single was mono. |
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Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 21 May 2008 at 2:42pm
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Brian,
The U.K. mono mix is drier, has less instrumentation (no horns), has some noise over the intro and ends different (with an electronic sound and a gong!). Would you like an MP3 to take a listen to it? ------------- dc1 |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 21 May 2008 at 5:21pm
My (promo) copy is stereo. Dunno about the commercial single. |
Brian W. wrote:Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 21 May 2008 at 7:29pm
| My U.S. commercial 45 is mono. |
Posted By: Gary Mack
Date Posted: 21 May 2008 at 7:45pm
I assume your Atlantic promo 45 is stereo/mono, but is the stereo side speeded up as the mono side was for the US 45? GM |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 22 May 2008 at 5:38am
No, it's stereo A & B sides. "Rest Cure" on the B side. As far as being sped up, I don't know. This is the only copy of the song I have. |
Posted By: Gary Mack
Date Posted: 22 May 2008 at 6:08am
I don't know about the UK or other releases, but in the US, Atlantic speeded up the album version for the 45. I assume your promo 45 has both mono and stereo versions speeded up, but does anyone know? GM |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 22 May 2008 at 7:02pm
Awesome, thank you! The reason I thought it was mono was because it seems like most stereo 45s back in the late '60s specified "stereo" on the label. |
Posted By: Steve Carras
Date Posted: 15 July 2015 at 12:26am
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My US MP3 from "Ultimate 60s Colleciton" is 2:54 and sound stereo, with lots of instrumentation, while what I downloaded from Soulseek from someone, the UK single DOES sound mono and is 2:45..less instrumentation, so I go with davidclark's answer..:) ------------- You know you're really older when you think that younger singer Jesse McCartney's related in anyway to former Beatle Paul McCartney. |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 01 December 2024 at 2:19pm
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Oddbjørn sent me a dub of the UK 45, and it sounds just like the US 45. Both are mono. Both sound like a fold-down of the common stereo version, but I can't confirm.
The mono version from the 1991 Polydor CD is indeed missing some instrumentation, compared to the stereo mix. (Listen for the absence of horns around 1:05.) Unless this mono mix was on a mono LP in the US or UK, it's likely a "previously unreleased mono mix" or something to that effect. ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 01 December 2024 at 8:11pm
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I folded "Fire" from The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
album from Qobuz and added a little more compression. But, the mix has the trumpets at 1:05. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |