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Does anyone know when Impulse stopped releasing records in mono?As far as i have been able to tell from my own collection & some online searches, all (?) records prior to 9139 (inclusive) were released in mono. I know at least one record after 9140 (#9161) that was released in mono. It seems like the key date was around 1967/68 for the switch.
Does anyone have knowledge of how much attention was paid to the stereo releases? If not at first, does anyone have any knowledge or opinions of when they started to pay more attention to stereo releases than mono recordings?
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Looking at what's still floating around on vinyl it looks like at least buyers prefered the Stereo issues by '67. (Although this seems to vary by artist to some extent)The later stereo issues seem to sound fine. (Perhaps for lack of comparison) I don't have any examples of transitional LPs in both but I do have 9103, John Lee Hooker, It Serves You Right To Suffer ('66)in both Mono and Stereo. The Stereo seems an afterthought. Too much seperation expecially for such a sparse LP, instrumentally wise.
i think 9140 may have been issued in mono, too.
Everything I've seen seems to substantiate what you've found. I may have to do some digging but I believe Impulse, like many labels, continued to issue Mono Promos for AM radio stations into the early 70s.
any comments on the mono vs stereo mixes and when a transition started to occur (as in stereo = preferred to mono)?we've heard from the horse's mouth (RVG) that for blue note releases he basically never listened to the stereo recordings at all, so it stands to reason that the monos (if we're talking original LPs here) represent more of what he wanted. on the other hand, his newer CDs supposedly elevate the stereo releases to what he wanted to achieve (but didn't at the time).
Looking at what's still floating around on vinyl it looks like at least buyers prefered the Stereo issues by '67. (Although this seems to vary by artist to some extent)The later stereo issues seem to sound fine. (Perhaps for lack of comparison) I don't have any examples of transitional LPs in both but I do have 9103, John Lee Hooker, It Serves You Right To Suffer ('66)in both Mono and Stereo. The Stereo seems an afterthought. Too much seperation expecially for such a sparse LP, instrumentally wise.
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