Stephen Stills - Love The One You’re With

Over on the BSN board there is mention of the new Carry On box containing
the single mix of this track? Anyone heard it and can comment? Database
does not indicate any info for existing entries.

Bill,
When i saw David's post i was curious about this one,
since most of the CSN singles sound about the same to me
in stereo or mono..but i never compared this one before.
   
I had an mp3 45 dub tucked away, so last night i compared
them, with the stereo mix folded to mono.
I did indeed hear some mixing differences..minor things
here and there, but enough to show they are aren't
exactly the same.

A few things i noticed are:
-The percussion/bongos are turned up a little louder in
the mono mix, with the acoustic guitars a little lower -
this is reversed in the stereo.

-His lead vocal has slightly more reverb in the mono mix,
and is mixed a bit louder.

-Near the end, when he sings little ad-libs, his vocal is
right up front in the mono, and his last bit right before
the "doo-doo-doot" ending, is a loud and clear "Alllll-
right" ... but in the stereo mix his vocal is lower, and
they turned down his final ad-lid in the stereo so you
don't here him finish that part, you just hear "All...."
then nothing more.
I haven't synchronized them, so there could other little
things but those things were enough for me to deem it a
dedicated mono mix.
Hope that helps!
MM




Edited by MMathews

I noted the difference in reverb but I don't hear anything in one that's not in the other, the "version" designation usually goes to something that's more significantly different, but I'll let others judge whether or not it should be noted.

Then I may have to take back my comments as I have always compared the stereo and mono versions to the stereo mix on the DJ side.

I wonder now if the DJ stereo mix does not match the original stereo LP mix.

Thanks guys. Amazing just how many differences there are and when
pointed out (courtesy Markie) they do indeed stand out. But all these years
hearing the LP mix I guess most of us "forgot" the 45 mix.

Since this was at the time Atlantic and other companies were switching over
to stereo commercial 45s, perhaps the song was considered for stereo single
release and a mix was done (which showed up on the promo) but they opted
for mono on the commercial 45, and, it being a fold-down of the stereo
promo side.

Edited by davidclark