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The chief reason for mono mixes of pop music was radio. It was for the most part, mono. Radio stations broadcasting over the AM band that played pop music were all broadcasting in mono.
It's an entirely different world today.
Yes it is a different world today. The chief reason for mono mixes of pop music at the time the Beatles were recording their music was not just radio, it was because music in general was presented in mono. Stereo existed, but was brand spanking new and very few people had the technology to play it, least of all the younger market that the Beatles were appealing to. At the time stereo and mono were not compatible, and mono was the universal standard.
The Beatles in mono are different mixes than the Beatles in stereo - sometimes significantly so. Of course there's a market for them - some people prefer the mono mixes - if I'm remembering correctly, those were the mixes that they spent the most time on on the early stuff.
Indeed they are very different (often featuring entirely different takes). The Beatles or George Martin were barely involved in any of the stereo mixes until around about Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. This was part of the reason why George Martin remixed Help and Rubber Soul in 1987 for their original CD release (this mix is included in the stereo version; the original 1965 stereo mixes are preserved in the mono box set following the respective original mono program).
As for Spartacus: it's a gargantuan release. I can't wait to hear it in good sound at last!
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I like how every message board argument of the past five years eventually devolves into accusations about who's a "true fan" and who isn't. The Internet, the ultimate evolution in communications technology, has devolved us all into a bunch of tribal cave men. That's a science fiction story right there...
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People who are waiting for a less expensive reissue will probably be disappointed since I have never seen reissues of club releases.
From the old CD Club days (incl. Mr. T.'s own speciality label FMS something...), a couple of titles have been reissued:
- The boys from Brazil
- The wild geese
- Cherry 2000
- The reivers
- Obsession
- Flesh + blood
- The howling
Red Sonja is coming soon.
It's only a matter a time and then we'll see Predator and Die Hard restored and reissued.
This will also happen to Spartacus. Unless, Mr. T. holds and sits on the licence for another 20 years = until his retirement.
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I am SPARTACUS! no it's me , no it's me...
WELL, crucify them all...
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Jun 29, 2010 - 3:01 PM
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Whatever one makes of the love theme "interpretations" by contemporary composers, their existence does constitute a remarkable tribute to Alex North. Has anything similar been done for any other composer? Can you even imagine such a thing? The absence of a version by John Williams does stand out, however, since Williams has made arrangements of material by Steiner, Korngold, Rozsa, Young, etc., for his Cinema Serenade 2 album with Itzhak Perlman. (I don't have no. 1. Did it include anything by North?)
On many occasions and to a greater degree. Body & Soul, Invitation, Stella By Starlight and a more modern tune Exodus main theme. I don't think the Spartacus love theme is a standard for improvisers? Still it's a good one worth checking out.
I'm looking forward to the hyped mono quality, as I've already heard a near complete stereo version from who knows where.
Finest score of Hollywood must be bought in every instance of publication, in my book anyway.
I'm not talking about pop versions of movie themes, which have of course been legion (and largely loathsome). What is extraordinary here (like it or not) is the number of present-day composers taking up the special challenge of doing a "tribute" version to honor a particular score of a colleague.
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This sounds exhausting!
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Whatever one makes of the love theme "interpretations" by contemporary composers, their existence does constitute a remarkable tribute to Alex North. Has anything similar been done for any other composer? Can you even imagine such a thing? The absence of a version by John Williams does stand out, however, since Williams has made arrangements of material by Steiner, Korngold, Rozsa, Young, etc., for his Cinema Serenade 2 album with Itzhak Perlman. (I don't have no. 1. Did it include anything by North?)
"one cd of interprations of the "Love theme' from SPARTACUS is one cd too many!"
-Sen. Joe McCarthy
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I am going to wait until LALALAND releases their version - "for the first time the complete score of SPARTACUS in stereo"!
bruce
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I like how every message board argument of the past five years eventually devolves into accusations about who's a "true fan" and who isn't. The Internet, the ultimate evolution in communications technology, has devolved us all into a bunch of tribal cave men. That's a science fiction story right there...
I've started to grow weary of this myself. Who here has the right to decide whether I'm a fan or not .......?
OTHER THAN me, NO ONE has the right
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