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During the sessions, the producer, an avid record collector like myself, treated me to a listen to a two-track master tape of several Rolling Stones songs in glorious wide-stereo mixes! Needless to say, I nearly loaded up my "Depends" at what I was hearing.
To help out a little, I've put together a list of stereo tracks and where to find them.
This is still under construction, my goal is to collect as much stereo versions from this period in this playlist,, more to be added in some time....
The Rolling Stones were recorded in multitrack stereo in early recording sessions at Chess Studios in Chicago and RCA Studios in Hollywood. Tracks for Decca #2 and "Rolling Stones Now" have the earliest true stereo material.
Hi-Rez & CD Quality downloads of long-lost MONO mixes, BBC compilations, Spectral Remixes and other curiosa, all meticulously restored from the best sources. Hendrix, The Who, Beatles, Love, Mothers, Stones, Them, The Dead, etc. Free for All!
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of "Stereo" on Discogs.
People are still trading around crappy old bootlegs made from multi-gen cassettes and there is no reason for it! So here is everything in one place and sounding better than ever. This release was carefully compiled from the best available sources. All tracks have the cleanest sound and widest stereo image possible.
More of the 1960's material could be stereo, but it's up to whether ABKCO & The Rolling Stones want it to be. This much I know. The pre-1966 material from UK studios was probably not multitrack, and can't be presented in stereo.
During this era the multi-track was mixed down to mono, stereo, or both. A mono track would not be recorded separately from the multi-track. The mono was typically viewed as more important. For example, the Beatles would attend the mono mixing sessions but left the stereo sessions to others.
Mostly the songs that are not on cd's in stereo and some very rare officially released stereo mixes including a few official ones aswell as some unreleased s...