A FEW WORDS ON COLLECTIONS AND SAMPLERS

I don't collect singles, but will go for a good collection or sampler anytime. And with a good one I mean having the correct original mixes, mono or stereo. Unfortunately there are lot of bad ones out there - using re-mixed monos, stereo reductions, reductions of fake stereo or, worst of all, unsensitive digital re-mixes (allthough I admit there are a few fine digital mixes out there). These are all exemples of historical falsification. Some of those songs, as presented today in altered versions, are not even close to the artists original intentions, or the way they were heard and appreciated then. Maybe I'm just old and can't appreciate this brave new music world, but to my ears those treasures are better left untouched than being tampered with by greedy and meddlesome record companies. Still there are good ones out there you can own and enjoy without paying a fortune. Below five notable exemples on rather cheap buys to get rare mono mixes. And there are more all over this blogg. Decca "World of..." serie(mono has "PA" prefix) issued true mono mixes on a lot of their stuff up to mid 1970, though not all is on the spot. They can be hard to locate, but when you do they wont cost You a fortune. (SÄM*)