beatcomber
Well-Known Member
It was an often used technique in 45 mastering to juice up the record a bit for mono AM stations to give it a bigger sound. This was accomplished by techniques of audio compression and a bit of reverb.
On a related note, I recently had the opportunity to compare a west coast Monarch 45 pressing - which would have been likely cut from the 1st generation master - of the TJB's "Flamingo" and another pressing that I can't recall the details of (Columbia?). I was surprised to find that the Monarch 45 was cut much hotter, with gobs of tube compression, whereas the other 45 was way cleaner sounding.