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Title: Brilliant LP...all mono(dammit) but you still need this!
Review: Sound quality and packaging is first rate. However, this brilliant LP is a stereo delight....beautifully mixed in stereo by Norman Smith in 1967....why issue it in mono????? If mono is so bloody important to Snapper, then they should've issued it as a two-CD set...including the mono mix (which they apparently like better) as well as the original stereo mix!By the way, the primary reason why this world's first whole LP rock opera bombed is two primary reasons: 1) EMI wasn't promoting it at all (heck, it wasn't issued in US for a year until Motown got their hands on it and screwed it up...., and 2) the storyline is just an amazing downer that noone would've been able to handle it during the "summer of love" era. A 100% negative storyline.The reason this is essential is the long-thought-lost full length version of "Defecting Grey", their first single for UK Columbia.All in all, worth having....I've got mine.
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