Stereo Re-Recordings
I'm a fan of all kinds of music, including music from the '50s and '60s that was originally produced and recorded in mono. There are two methods commonly employed to bring them to modern stereo formats: frequency separation (separating instruments by their frequencies) and re-recording (taking the band back to the studio and recording the songs again). Unfortunately, most decade collections on CD and airplays on the radio use the stereo re-recordings rather than either the original monophonic recording or the frequency separation.
The re-recordings showcase different ages of the band members, so their voices are sometimes far different than in the original recording, and they often play the instruments like they would at a live show, leaving out the original timbre.
Of course, nowadays, you can hunt down the original recording (with enough searching) on iTunes or Rhapsody, but that's not always as easy as it sounds, either.
Does anyone else wish the original recordings were used more often?
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