Re: Elvis vinyl related discussion

[Bilbobaggins]

It's not just the SUN tracks that were drowned in reverb. Listen to the RCA 50's album mix/mastering of Young And Beautiful and Baby I Don't Care (among others) on A Date With Elvis... reverb to the max!

I listened to Date With Elvis now and you are correct. Both of those tracks have way too much reverb, Baby I Dont Care even more so. It really sounds like Elvis and the band are playing in a hall. The lp pressing I have is this:

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I compared those two songs with the versions on the 50's box set and they really are different.the box set hs hardly any reverb.

Just for the heck of it, I also brought my Jailhouse Rock EP's into comparison. I used my US and Germny pressings for that. See them below.

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Much to my amazement there is hardly any added reverb on the EP's(!) There is very slight added reverb which can be heard on Baby I Dont Care in the end of a bridge when Elvis sings quickly "....like I Do Do,Do Do!" Those fast,cutting sounds are usually good for identifying reverb on a track. But compared to the plane hangar type of hall reverb found in the LP it is really nothing.

So for what ever reason, the mastering engineer of the mono version of Date With Elvis really went crazy with the reverb. Not recommended! The EP's sound much more punchier and clearer compared to the LP.

Very nice records! Those EP's look awsome. Never knew that they were mastered differently. Good info, thanks!

[LesterB]

Just picked up these vinyls from the Elvis Birthday Weekender event yesterday - they all sound excellent:

[Alexander72]

In 1964, RCA Victor introduced a new label design in the United States, known among Elvis vinyl collectors as Black Label White Top. This is because of the white used to represent RCA Victor and Nipper. This was a great opportunity, of course, to repress the entire Elvis catalog up to that point. The records were now released in both MONAURAL (MONO) and STEREO, but the latter was so popular that the monaural records were phased out entirely by 1968. Some mono reissues were pressed in very short runs and are extremely rare, such as the mono reissues of Something For Everybody, Girls, Girls, Girls, and Fun In Acapulco on Black Label White Top. The mono reissue of Pot Luck (also extremely rare) is the only one I'm still missing.

[Alexander72]

[Alexander72]

[Alexander72]

[Bilbobaggins]

Great to see them all lined up. A beautiful collection Alexander.

[AfoolSuchAsI.]

This is a re USA pressing with a tan label !
Is this a rare tan label ?

And i found this album without the poster sadly .
In a very good plus conditions.

[Alexander72]

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This is a re USA pressing with a tan label !
Is this a rare tan label ?

Nice box set, but not rare. One of the easiest releases to find on Tan.

[AfoolSuchAsI.]

Thank you Alexander it was 24,95 euro it is cheap