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 Post subject: Surrealistic Pillow in Mono?
PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:12 pm 
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The more I listen to it over the years, the more I love Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow. I have the original RCA CD and the remaster, but I've never picked up the version that includes the whole album in mono. Is it worth it? This is not a really great recording to begin with, but if the mono version offers anything over the standard stereo, I'm in.

Anybody have the stereo + mono version? What do you think?


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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:42 pm 
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IMHO the mono is not essential unless you collect mono.

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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2012 7:38 pm 
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JohnG wrote:
IMHO the mono is not essential unless you collect mono.


Thanks, John.

Anybody else have an opinion on the Mono Surrealistic Pillow?

Anybody?


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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 6:59 am 
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The Only Ja that I know that is significantly different in mono is Baxters, & that's mostly for the alternate Martha that's on the expanded Baxters stereo.

Unlike some of the Brits, the JA were very much a stereo band.

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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 7:13 am 
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i have the gold disc with both stereo and mono, and i never listen to the mono version.

but i am not a mono person, i have the DCC "pet sounds" and i listen to the stereo sampler disc from the box set more than the DCC.

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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 7:26 am 
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I agree on Pet even though Wilson obviously mixed in mono. Especially on the dvd-a, where Capitol went nuts with the compression, the stereo is better. The Hoffman mono isn't bad, though.

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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 10:26 pm 
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There's notably less reverb on the mono Surrealistic Pillow, so it's kinda interesting to hear for that reason. Some people complain the stereo mix is too echoey, but I like it myself.


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