DEEP PURPLE/SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE UK MONO PMC 7055 VS. STEREO PCS 7055

A comparison I wanted to do for a very long time. Had the mono for decades     https://monolover.blogspot.com/2012/05/shades-of-deep-purple-pmc-7055-68.html , just waited for a first press stereo to show up. Though the one here is an early seventies it still has -1/-1 matrixes and 1GO/1T mother/stampers in an original sleeve , so in a way more a prolonged 1st press than a 2nd and well up for the task. Not doing a thorough investigation, just enough to decide if the mono is valid. I've seen on the net this mono is called "a simple fold-down", but I wanna know for myself. The stereo is an ok compatible and the differences aren't huge, but at least two things tell the formats were treated separately - "Hush" mono starts with two howls while the stereo has three. Then in general the mono comes out clearer and better separated than what you get when connecting the channels on the stereo. Not much, but taken together with the number of howls enough to convince me that the mono isn't a straight fold. Then in 1968 almost all UK EMI monos were separate mixes, but it's best to be sure in each case. (DHÄ*) (PÖX*) (CPYC*) (MÅW*)