[Arny Krueger]

"Bret Ludwig" wrote in message
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I submit the CD does too. And in the case of pop music
made after 1965 or so, we shouldn't have to go from a
vinyl release but the original two track tape masters.

Two track masters have been generally used since about a
decade before 1965.

Since most releases then were mono, they were one track
masters.

Dirty little secret Bret - people were recording stereo for years before
stereo LPs became available.

Mono LPs were available until well into the rock era.

Irrelevant to how they were recorded.

And in fact most people prefer mono Beatles and
Stones LPs (of that era) sonically.

OK, so their engineers didn't always know how to mix properly.

Say it to yourself as many times as it takes Bret - music and audio are two
different things that often converge, but it ain't necessarily so all of the
time.