On Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 11:08:29 PM UTC-4, Brassplyer wrote:
Audio from a 1974 taping of the Tonight Show, it's from an LP that was released of this particular broadcast, which predates stereo TV broadcasts and consumer video. LP is in mono.
Is it likely there was ever a stereo mix or were these shows mixed strictly to mono?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyznV7U9fUQ
They didn't start mixing for stereo until shows started doing an FM simulcast. Late Night with David Letterman used to do this when it was on NBC in the 80's.
I believe the first stereo TV broadcast was The Ewok Adventure movie in 1984.