Track 31 Old Shep (Alternate Version, Take 5) (Red Foley)
Complete RCA Studio Masters 1956
Deluxe Digibook
Double CD - Both CD's Have Same Track Listing
CD One, Stereo (using DES Digitally Extracted Stereo)
CD Two, Mono
I was exited when I found the advert in Record Collector.
I could not find a track listing so I assumed both Discs would be Stereo, no
Disc Two has the original mono tracks which I could really have done without
Having said that, it does give you the chance to listen to how they should sound, plus it makes you appreciate nothing has been added to the Stereo Mix to 'make' them sound better.
The booklet more or less qualifies this in stating the engineers attempted not to take away any of the original mono in the stereo mix. in my opinion they missed the point.
The point being, we buy a stereo record with the intention of it not sounding like the mono release. I do not want anything adding to a track, but I do want to sound superior.
Seven stereo Elvis tracks are already available on the Canadian, Hit Parade Series, produced the same way,.. maybe The Memphis Recording Service should have taken advice from them.