Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe

My version of this on "When AM Was King" has a thump or flaw at
0:03. I've since found other versions that don't' (whew!), but I also
came across this version (Track 17):

https://www.allmusic.com/album/top-of-the-pops-1967-
mw0001171974

Interesting in that it is a dry remix of the track. Wonder if anyone
knows any history here? Without remixing, can reverb be removed
from a track (I know it can be added).

Edited by davidclark

David, I have the U.K. 1967 Top Of The Pops Year By Year Collection volume, and the mix isn't dry on OTBJ. I compared it with the same song on the T-L Superhits 1967 CD, and found that on that disc, Bobbie's vocal has an equal amount of reverb in both channels.

However, on the TOTP CD, the reverb on her voice is more noticeable in the right channel. Overall, the amount is about the same between the two discs, but it does sound drier (although not entirely so) in the left channel on TOTP.