Little White Gardenia, A (24 Original Mono Recordings 1929-1952) - Carl Brisson

Advantages: A good all round mix
Disadvantages: You may end up getting off your bum and jiving!

............THE GAP BAND 5. THE BIRDIE SONG..........THE TWEETS 6. CHA CHA SLIDE..........DJWHISPER 7. THE KETCHUP SONG..........CATS UP 8. LOCOMOTION..........KYLIE MINOGUE 9. SUPERMAN..........BLACK LACE 10 TRAGEDY..........STOMPS 11 SATURDAY NIGHT.........DANCEFLOOR DIVA 12 THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG..........CHER 13 KUNG FU FIGHTING..........CARL DOUGLAS 14 DO THE CONGA..........BLACK LACE 15 ACHY BREAKY HEART..........LINE DANCE COWBOYS 16 THE TIME WARP..........THE HORROR CREW 17 THE TWIST..........THE FAT BOYS AND CHUBBY CHECKER 18 LETS TWIST AGAIN..........CHUBBY CHECKER 19 SWING THE MOOD..........JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS 20 JUST A LITTLE..........LIBERTY X 21 TWIST AND SHOUT..........CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS 22 WOULD YOU...?..........TOUCH AND GO 23 THAT'S WHAT I LIKE..........JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS 24 FAST FOOD SONG..........FAST FOOD... Read review

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Advantages: The classic album you have to have!
Disadvantages: None

...'s An Answer" musically. Lyrically it's also very similar with the only main difference being in the chorus. "Hang on to your ego, Hang on, but I know you are going to lose the fight." And so all too soon the album comes to an end... Well not quite, the version I have on CD repeats all the songs again but in stereo because they were digitally remastered. Originally Pet Sounds was recorded in mono and I think this is the best way to listen to the album as it has a really special magical quality to it. In the 1960s everyone recorded in mono, maybe not giving as good quality as stereo but in them days records were made to be heard on car radios and all car radios were mono. The cover for Pet Sounds is eye catching with a picture of the Beach Boys feeding goats and inside there are more cliched pictures of the band feeding and petting animals at a zoo... Read review

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Advantages: Brian Wilson's best work
Disadvantages: Originally released in Mono

...not emerge until the nineties. There are those argue that the only way to hear Pet Sounds is in its original mono format, but it is difficult to appreciate the intricacies of the arrangements without being able to seperate the sounds of the different instruments spatially. Anyone who disagrees with me should try listening to the mono version and following the melody of the harp in Wouldn't It Be Nice past the intro - impossible. The album kicks off with Wouldn't It Be Nice, one of the most relentlessly upbeat songs you will ever here. Like much of the Beach Boys previous music the subject matter is high school love. The boy and the girl are not considered old enough by the outside world to "say good night and stay together", so all they can do is think of how great things would be "if we were older". Ultimately, theirs is a great situation... Read review

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