Zakary Thaks confusion

[Hallucalation]

As i understand, Big Beat finally used correct mono single mixes of everything on It's The End anthology.

What's the deal then with Sundazed "Form The Habit" then? It is a mono remixes? If so, which songs was remixed? What's the point of remix this stuff in mono then? Are original single tape reels was lost?

Also, it seems that Cicadelic remixed their stuff into stereo for the first time and put that into Passage To India, correct?

 

[Don Julio]

Everything was recorded in mono. The tape would be mixed to stereo if the label wanted a stereo LP, but of course Thaks was singles and therefore no reason for a stereo mix. (Later people started mixing singles in stereo.)

The same is true for most '60s bands.

Cicadelic's stereo mixes are awful and yes they were created with current software, not by anybody in the '60s.

Most (but not all) of the original master tapes exist. Big Beat used as many as they could locate and didn't tamper with them in any way.

 

[Hallucalation]

I know about mono being mono for singles and stereo was only saved for LPs. The most interesting question is why Sundazed feel the need to remix mono singles stuff back to mono again and pass it as original "mono 45' mixes"

 

[Don Julio]

I know about mono being mono for singles and stereo was only saved for LPs. The most interesting question is why Sundazed feel the need to remix mono singles stuff back to mono again and pass it as original "mono 45' mixes"

Sundazed likes to remix stuff. Of course, every digital transfer from tape (mono or stereo) is really a "new" mix, even if the engineer does nothing.

 

[gregk25]

Sundazed likes to remix stuff. Of course, every digital transfer from tape (mono or stereo) is really a "new" mix, even if the engineer does nothing.

Some people do like remixing, even w/o mastertapes. I remember sitting with a guy in Christchurch, NZ one night listening to music, chatting and after a while he solemnly passes me a CD-R. The scribbled title read "Piper at the gates of dawn - mono!". "Thanks, but I have a copy of that", I said, to which he replied "Yes, but I enhanced it with a new mix". Not wanting to sound rude I took it home, along with the "enhanced" version of "Revolver". Needless to say, both sounded atrocious.