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Posted By: Jim Liddane on: 06/28/2010 20:19:34 EDT
Subject: RE: Paul Anka - Tonight My Love, Tonight - 1961

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John - a fascinating discovery, but to be honest, a bit of a mystery too.

Up to this, I was fairly sure that the 1957 and 1958 Anka hits on ABC were never released on vinyl in "true" stereo.

However, I now see that this same album you have found, is available on CD on Paul Anka's own site, with the phrase "digitally remastered" on it, so I have to presume that it must be in true stereo.

Or at least the CD must be - but I am still not sure about the vinyl, the reason being that back in 1960, ABC released an album titled "Paul Anka Sings His 15 Big Hits" ABC 323.

That was available in both mono and stereo versions and I bought the stereo release.

However, more than half the tracks on that LP (including "Diana") were in rechanneled stereo - but there was nothing on the LP cover to suggest this.

As you know, the liner notes sometimes gave it away, in that although I have rarely seen the full phrase "Rechanneled Stereo" or "Electronically Reprocessed Stereo" used, I have seen quite a few with the tell-tale word "duophonic" (presumably as opposed to monophonic!) in very small print on the back cover.

But on my LP, it has the single word "Stereo", and nothing else, and contains all the hits, but half them are definitely not in true stereo.

What I do not get is this.

When Paul Anka purchased the masters in 1962, they must therefore have been in stereo, so how come he went and re-recorded them all over again for RCA that same year, on the grounds that he wanted to be able to have all his hits in stereo?

What was the point if he already had them?

Oh well - I guess we will never know unless he tells us!

Funny isn't it? One's most treasured convictions are over-turned forty-eight years later by a discovery on eBay!

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