Hello all, thank you for letting me join.
I discovered the site/forum while searching for information on Judith Durham's A&M releases, circa 1970-1971.
I recently read a thread about a guy who wanted to send out his Carpenters 45s to have then digitized - I could totally do that, as I routinely turn any vital old vinyl I have into WAVs for easy listening. Anybody want to send me their Judith Durham 45s? JK.
I wanted to ask a couple of questions if I may, mainly about Judith Durham on A&M. I enjoy her stereo mix CDs, and just wanted to see what else might be out there. Her first A&M LP was Gift of Song, 1970, and Discogs lists several of the various issues. For the Australian A&M stereo release SAML 933702 (SP 4240), there are photos of the back cover which clearly indicate the existence of a Monaural version AML 33702. It does seem kind of late for a mono LP, but does this record exist? Or any other mono release of this 1970 on A&M or an associated label?
If the mono LP does not exist, I will be even more interested in the singles. Judith's A&M singles labels don't seem to indicate one way or another, but is it quite likely that those in the 1970-1971 era will be mono? For the most part I am looking at UK A&M, plus one US A&M single that while promo does have the usual A/B sides. Amazingly none of these seem to indicate mono or stereo, so I have come to ask the A&M experts what you think?
And finally, are Judith Durham mono issues that I find from 1970-1971, based on usual A&M practice that that time frame, are they likely to be dedicated mono mixes, folded down from the stereo mix, or is there just no basis to predict one or the other. I have read with interest here on the site yesterday about a weird process whereby - if I have this correct - some stereo singles on A&M were made so that they could more easily be folded to acceptable mono for broadcast? But that compromised the stereo sound quality? I think I read this regarding the Carpenters particularly, but could it come into play on these 1970-1971 Judith Durham releases as well? Are records suffering from this process always marked as such?
Thank you in advance!
Judith Durham @ Discogs
I discovered the site/forum while searching for information on Judith Durham's A&M releases, circa 1970-1971.
I recently read a thread about a guy who wanted to send out his Carpenters 45s to have then digitized - I could totally do that, as I routinely turn any vital old vinyl I have into WAVs for easy listening. Anybody want to send me their Judith Durham 45s? JK.
I wanted to ask a couple of questions if I may, mainly about Judith Durham on A&M. I enjoy her stereo mix CDs, and just wanted to see what else might be out there. Her first A&M LP was Gift of Song, 1970, and Discogs lists several of the various issues. For the Australian A&M stereo release SAML 933702 (SP 4240), there are photos of the back cover which clearly indicate the existence of a Monaural version AML 33702. It does seem kind of late for a mono LP, but does this record exist? Or any other mono release of this 1970 on A&M or an associated label?
If the mono LP does not exist, I will be even more interested in the singles. Judith's A&M singles labels don't seem to indicate one way or another, but is it quite likely that those in the 1970-1971 era will be mono? For the most part I am looking at UK A&M, plus one US A&M single that while promo does have the usual A/B sides. Amazingly none of these seem to indicate mono or stereo, so I have come to ask the A&M experts what you think?
And finally, are Judith Durham mono issues that I find from 1970-1971, based on usual A&M practice that that time frame, are they likely to be dedicated mono mixes, folded down from the stereo mix, or is there just no basis to predict one or the other. I have read with interest here on the site yesterday about a weird process whereby - if I have this correct - some stereo singles on A&M were made so that they could more easily be folded to acceptable mono for broadcast? But that compromised the stereo sound quality? I think I read this regarding the Carpenters particularly, but could it come into play on these 1970-1971 Judith Durham releases as well? Are records suffering from this process always marked as such?
Thank you in advance!
Judith Durham @ Discogs
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