tracking a difficult song

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OMG, I just pulled a very nice looking mono pressing of More of the Monkees on the original Colgems label and played a track that has been a real problem for me in recent years. The song is On the Day We Fall in Love where Davey Jones semi whispers/sings the entire song.
It used to be just fine but some years ago, probably a decade or so now, it developed a raspiness in the vocals and even the Ortifoon Super OM-10 could not fully rectify it but did make it somewhat better.
Well, with speakers on, 'phones clamped to my ears, I just played that track and there was no mistracking whatsoever while playing said song. Non and I was listening for the sections that were really bad. Nada, clear and clean all the way through. I could actually make out virtually all of the lyrics sung too.
Now to pull out the Monkees LP that contains Shades of Gray, I think off of Headquarters?. Without the LP at hand, I don't recall. And I think it's also a mono pressing too.
And I've never had an issue with this on Mono pressings but I think it is more of an anamaly with these two for how the song was cut than anything else and possibly some dirt got into the grooves but the vinyl looks very black to me (and shiny too).
When you guys have indicated the Shure is a great tracker, you guys is right. :-)

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Topic - tracking a difficult song - John-from Seattle 09:03:24 09/14/06 (9)

Better watch it, dude...mention the Monkees around here - olddude55 14:57:03 09/14/06 (0)

The Monkees???!!! - Muzikmike 09:58:44 09/14/06 (3)

Re: The Monkees???!!! - John-from Seattle 10:00:47 09/14/06 (2)

I LOVED Nesmith's first (I think) LP, "Magnetic South" - Muzikmike 10:14:01 09/14/06 (1)

one of the all time great songs...nt - musiclistener 17:17:18 09/14/06 (0)

that is their (Shure's) forte in the past, now guys... - docw 09:39:49 09/14/06 (3)

Shure V15VxMR is discontinued...where did you find one? - Marshall W 10:59:02 09/14/06 (2)

I got one in 2004, never mounted it on my Linn (yet)... - docw 11:33:29 09/14/06 (1)

Hmmm, mine has been opened, but not removed from the box. Hmmm. )MT( - J. S. Bach 12:16:08 09/14/06 (0)

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