1960s Blue NOte Mono vs. Stereo pressings.

[Dmitry]

Maybe I am wrong but I see substantially more Blue Note Mono 4000 series pressings on eBay than Stereo pressings. Does that justify saying that BN pressed fewer Stereo Lps before their sale to Liberty?

Also, I have read somewhere that from the early 60s on BN recorded in Stereo, then down-mixed to Mono in post-production. Is that true?

[Teasing the Korean]

Mono pressings on most labels in the US outnumbered stereo at least through 1966. Mono copies of US albums from 67 and 68 are much harder to find, because they were pressed in fewer numbers.

As far as I know, all those RVG recordings were done to 2 track and mixed to mono from there. I think when confronted with choices, getting the right balance for the mono mix was his priority. The bass and piano tend to have more presence on the mono versions than they do on the stereo.

[Daniel A]

I happened to read a lot of old threads on BN LPs recently, so I know where to find some anwers to this one too.

>Here<

[jazzhound]

at some point in the sixties the stereo blue note's just sounded better than the mono's to my ears.