The Mono 45 and Radio Edits Appreciation topic

[Vince Evert]

Hello and welcome to a thread for historians & Mono medium purists.

I'm a regular contributor and researcher on a similar topic over on the Steve Hoffman forum.

With this one , i'll just be focusing on 45's and promo's prepared for the then AM Radio mainly 1960's to 1980's timeframe.

Hope you enjoy it

 

[Vince Evert]

Good song to start up the thread! People out there turnin' music into Gold, indeed !​

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John Stewart - Gold 1979 (mono radio promo 45--short version) -​

 

[Vince Evert]

1974 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet (mono radio promo 45--short version)​

 

[Vince Evert]

Great sarcasm and true-story lyrics here. George wrote "This Song" immediately following losing a 4 year lawsuit filed against him over rights on "My Sweet Lord" by the owners of "He's so Fine" a 1963 Chiffons hit record.

 

[Vince Evert]

1975 Ringo Starr - No No Song (mono radio promo 45)​

 

[Vince Evert]

1971 HITS ARCHIVE: Mother - John Lennon (mono 45 single version)​

 

[britbox]

Do you collect Vinyl Vince?

 

[Vince Evert]

Do you collect Vinyl Vince?

When I was younger man during the 1990's Yes, mainly Beatles and Elvis records.

I phased out collecting around 2005.

There's folks out there to this day, that still do and you get endless and very deep threads , mainly Beatles fans over on the popular Steve Hoffman forum on what they're really worth, their sound qualities, etc.

Part of the problem these days is finding good quality stylus/needles for turntables.

 

[Vince Evert]

Look at this ​

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That Technics turntable in the next vid, resembles my old faithful !!! I use it sparingly (because it costed me a fortune back in 2004) and have done so for a number of years since in order to preserve it and the needle.​

The BEATLES - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away /UK original mono​

 

[Vince Evert]

The Knack - My Sharona from Radio Station, Mono Edit Tape, 1979 Capitol Records.​

quote VinylOldiesJukebox The Mono 45 record in the photo might show a different song time length than the actual song length in the video, that is because the radio station that put the tapes together did not always use the edited version and the reason I still use the 45 record in the photo is because it depicts the "MONO" logo that relates to how the song was transferred to the tape in mono by the radio station, or service that prepared the mono mix tapes for the station.Track was taken from a AM Radio Station, DJ Edit, Mono Mix, Reel To Reel Tape and was put together for the station on November 18, 1979. The tape is 3M Classic, CL-7R120 on 7 inch reel, running at 7.5 I.P.S. and transferred to home recorded CD some years back.The mono mix is unique in the way it was processed from stereo fold down for mono AM playback as it sounds like more was done than just flipping on a mono switch, since most of the mono mixes on these tapes have more punch in the sound than would normally have by turning the mono switch on the stereo versions of these songs. There are more tracks from this tape and the other mono tapes from the radio station that I might eventually add later on. From the peak era of AM rock stations in my area just before FM drove many out of the music play business and into mostly talk radio formats like today.
These tapes were found at a thrift shop in my area back in the late 90's.Transferred with stereo components shown on channel background photos and featured channel video.

 

[Vince Evert]

1979 Blondie - Heart Of Glass (mono radio promo 45)​

 

[Vince Evert]

1979 Blondie - One Way Or Another (mono radio promo 45)​

 

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[Vince Evert]

look at that.

Even in 1982, the record companies was still producing mono 45s and mono radio edit 45's, these are in the main, collectors items nowadays.

 

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[Vince Evert]

I Can See For Miles - The Who (mono 45 single version)​