"Kentucky Rain" - Elvis Presley

Yes, that's the one with the bass and (rather faint) backup vocal in the right
channel. That mix is also missing three tambourine hits at 1:16 (and possibly
missing from other sections - I don't know) that are in both the mono and
my other identified stereo mix (the one that runs longer with the dropout at
3:16-ish).

But to say that's the "original"? What constitutes "original" for this song?
The first to be issued (that might have been done at the time of issue, long
after the song was a hit), or one that was made when recorded but not
issued? Hence me asking what was on the original 1984 "Gold Vol. 5".

IMHO, if a stereo mix was issued at or near the time of the mono, then that's
clearly the "original", as is for most songs. If not this case, as is for
"Kentucky Rain", then it is not so clear. I personally don't refer to "original"
in cases like this, rather simply "stereo mix" for that first issue, and if more
mixes were issued later that were not like that "first" one, then I refer to
them as "alternate mix" or "remix".

Edited by davidclark