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Originally posted by vlmagee:
The first 3 albums were released in both monaural and stereo (UASxxxx were the stereo, UALyyyy the mono). I now seem to think that I may not have DSMMN in mono. Oh no! Jenney?
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I have mislaid my vinyl copy of DSMMN.
but spot on Val.
I recall that when I left the UK in 1964 LPs with tax were either 30 0r 35 bob (shillings) (now £1.50 or £1.75)
at a time when £1 was worth 3 Canabux, so it was a welcome discovery to find that in canada they were usually just over C$3.00.However I also clearly recall that the record companies, ever eager to extract the maximum from record buyers,illogically initially were charging more for the stereo version than the cooking mono or High fidelity version despite on the face of it identical costs for production,artists' royalty and resellers profit.
The premium was not great possibly around a dollar but I certainly bought a few mono LPs to save money.In my minds eye I thought that applied to my 1967 purchase of Lightfoot! but no
my original Canadian copy
Cuomposite scan of the back of the UK "Early Lightfoot" issue showning that it had a different number than the original
Canadian release, and that I seemed to have had some doubt on whether I actually bougtht it in 1966 or as late as April
1967. I really cannot now remember although I suspect it was indeed 1967
The back of the original reveals that this was actually produced in the Montreal suberb of Lachine (near the St Lawrence
River's rapids
and
a short drive from my workplace at Rolls-Royce Canada and the Dorval store where I bought it. (the LP I mean not my life!!)
and yes the mono/Hi Fidelity and stereo issues carried different numbers as in the case of The Way I Feel
in fact all five UA albums I bought in Canada were the stereo version
for example
"Bach Here On Earth"
John Fowles Bt