I believe that our current theory about why the What Now My Love album appears in several different 'mixes' is that there were at least two different stampers created to master the album, perhaps an East coast and a West coast version, if you will.
The two main iterations are:
- The echoey version. On this one, "What Now My Love's" main lead trumpet track has a reverb to it. Same with the whistling on "So What's New", and "Brasilia" has the full trombone part in it. "Plucky" is short in this version, without the strip-tease middle section.
- The non-echoey version. On this one, "What Now My Love's" main lead trumpet is more forefront, without reverb. The whistling part of "So What's New" is not reverbed, and "Brasilia" is missing a trombone part in the mix. "Plucky" has a strip-tease middle and is longer.
We've learned that while Larry Levine mixed the mono versions of the albums, Herb himself would do the stereo mixes. I submit that Larry Levine, a known lover of bigger, reverby sound, may have mixed the echoey version of the stereo album, while Herb mixed the plainer one.
Harry
...just a theory, online...
The two main iterations are:
- The echoey version. On this one, "What Now My Love's" main lead trumpet track has a reverb to it. Same with the whistling on "So What's New", and "Brasilia" has the full trombone part in it. "Plucky" is short in this version, without the strip-tease middle section.
- The non-echoey version. On this one, "What Now My Love's" main lead trumpet is more forefront, without reverb. The whistling part of "So What's New" is not reverbed, and "Brasilia" is missing a trombone part in the mix. "Plucky" has a strip-tease middle and is longer.
We've learned that while Larry Levine mixed the mono versions of the albums, Herb himself would do the stereo mixes. I submit that Larry Levine, a known lover of bigger, reverby sound, may have mixed the echoey version of the stereo album, while Herb mixed the plainer one.
Harry
...just a theory, online...