LOVE SCULPTURE/BLUES HELPING UK MONO PMC 7059 VS. STEREO PCS 7059

Another format comparison, this time on one of the classic guitar albums. My ears are getting too old and my patience too short for doing a track by track mono-stereo collation, so here I'm just pointing out the most facile signs. This time the stereo is a close to perfect compatible, but obviously they made a separate mono anyway. Some of the cuts differ in fadeouts but then only by a second or so. The most notable would be "3 O'Clock Blues" where the stereo has a seven seconds longer fading with a couple more guitar notes at the end. No much to go on though enough to know that the mono isn't a straight fold. Most of the rest sounds about the same, but overall the mono has a somewhat clearer and more dynamic audio than a fold. Makes me happy...even if there was a very good compatible that would have produced a totally ok mono they still bothered to remake for an even better result. The two-channel itself is great - big, strong and balanced with tons of overlapping. My heart is with the mono, but both are audiophile killers for their time and the stunning guitars come out equally good. Even race. This stereo copy lacks the "Sold In UK..." text, but still has the first -2/-2 matrixes and early 1M/1P mother/stampers, so either a mispress or they didn't press enough 1968-69 to endorse much change in equipment. (PÖX*) (DÄWÄ*) (CPYC*) (MÅW*)