Are these mono CD bootlegs fold downs or needle drops?

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I would assume these are all actual MONO since they were mixed that way.Of course I've been told that the Beggars was a fold down other than "Sympathy' but I dont know. Check out the Flowers here.
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The question probably is wether the bootleg CD are an actual rip of the mono vinyl or simply a foldown of the stereo cd.

I know the Flowers and Beggars sound good to me. For Aftermath I just listen to my 1966 original London issue.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-12-24 00:44 by scottkeef.

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Britney
The question probably is wether the bootleg CD are an actual rip of the mono vinyl or simply a foldown of the stereo cd.

That's what I meant
needle drops = vinyl rip.

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scottkeef
I would assume these are all actual MONO since they were mixed that way

Not necessarily though, I think there's a Russian label that does the mono CDs with fold downs.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-12-25 04:29 by GetYerRocksOff.

can you explain the difference between fold downs and needle drops?
I realy don't know what you're talking about.

From Wikipedia:

"A needle drop is a common term used to describe a version of a music album that has been transferred from a vinyl record to digital audio or other formats.Needle drops are sometimes traded among music collectors, especially when the original vinyl recording has not been released officially on a subsequent consumer format."

"Downmixing is a general term used for manipulating audio where a number of distinct audio channels are mixed together to produce a lower number of channels. Also known as fold-down."

thanks for the info, now I see.

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scottkeef
For Aftermath I just listen to my 1966 original London issue.

How much is the 1st press mono worth? I found a copy on ebay:

[cgi.ebay.co.uk]

Is it too steep?

I honestly have no idea.

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scottkeef
For Aftermath I just listen to my 1966 original London issue.

How much is the 1st press mono worth? I found a copy on ebay:

[cgi.ebay.co.uk]

Is it too steep?

That copy is too expensive, IMO...

Is there an official cd-release that includes the mono version of Down The Road Apiece?



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Is there an official cd-release that includes the mono version of Down The Road Apiece?

No - never heard of any.