San Francisco based psychedelic blues band. Inspired by Hendrix and admired by Jim Morrison, they were among the loudest and rawest on the scenes back then. Some have seen this debute as inspiring coming genres as heavy metal, doom, punk and experimental rock, but that has been said about many of their contemporaries too. Yet a few tracks on this may be first of its kind - their cover of "Summertime Blues" is elaboratedly raw and the intro to "Doctor Please" fits any modern doom or death metal epic. And it all comes together a lot better with the mono. This mix has been called bulldozer, more primal and fuzzier...so in a way it also sounds more modern than the typical sixties stereo. US mono issue on Philips (PHM 200-264). This mix was also re-issued on Sundazed 2010 (or so I thought when first posting this, but lately I've seen on Steve Hoffman that isn't from the original tapes, which apparently are lost, but a mix of folds and needle drops). First UK with label as shown here and laminated cover.(YMÖ*)
Question for you: does your UK mono LP have the differences between the stereo like the US mono does?
Does it have the reverb at the end of "Second Time Around"? Does it have the tambourine continuously throughout "Out of Focus", or does it drop out shortly after the intro like the stereo? And is Dickie's mumblings in the intro of "Rock Me Baby" audible, or is it inaudible (like the stereo)? I'm really dying to know here.
Having not heard the UK mono myself, I can't say for sure, but based on what you said, I think it definitely means your UK mono has the real mono mix like the US mono.
No the guitars are not too loud on this, but comes through well balanced. So I guess this UK is the real thing then. Good to get it confirmed once and for all :)
Question for you: does your UK mono LP have the differences between the stereo like the US mono does?
SvaraRaderaDoes it have the reverb at the end of "Second Time Around"? Does it have the tambourine continuously throughout "Out of Focus", or does it drop out shortly after the intro like the stereo? And is Dickie's mumblings in the intro of "Rock Me Baby" audible, or is it inaudible (like the stereo)? I'm really dying to know here.
-Vic
Hi Vic.
RaderaVery curious myself, but never had a 1st press stereo to compare with so this is interesting.
1) There is a slight reverb at the last guitar note of STA.
2) Tambourine can be heard all through OOF.
3) Not exactly sure what you mean on RMB, but you can clearly hear him saying "Oooh...that's all right...anything you say baby" if that's it.
Does this mean the UK mono is the real thing? Please confirm ASAP.
Kindly/Erik
Having not heard the UK mono myself, I can't say for sure, but based on what you said, I think it definitely means your UK mono has the real mono mix like the US mono.
RaderaFWIW, I got most of the differences from this post: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/blue-cheers-vincebus-eruptum-in-mono.49423/ The guitar track's also better balanced in mono, whereas on the stereo it's too loud to the point of overwhelming everything else.
-Vic
No the guitars are not too loud on this, but comes through well balanced. So I guess this UK is the real thing then. Good to get it confirmed once and for all :)
Radera