"Monterey" - Eric Burdon & The Animals

Dunno what was on the stock single, but my promo has a 4:21 version on one side and a 3:29 one on the other (both are listed times).

To sriv94:

Album version of "Monterey" faded in the intro; the single was intact.

First known stereo single version was actually a cross-faded composite of a rechanneled single intro crossfaded into the stereo album supervised by Mr. Dennis M. Drake, a very respected reissue producer (mainly for Polygram) of the late 80s thru the 90s. ('Best Of Eric Burdon & The Animals 1966-1968')

The first issue of the fully true stereo version was on a 2004 Abcko package 'Retrospective'. Credits include Bob Ludwig, Steve Rosenthal, Peter Mew & Teri Landi.

Andy

Edited by AndrewChouffi

Hi Doug:

The album was a few seconds shorter than the single due to the fade-in.

I'm sorry I can't be more accurate; I no longer own 'The Twain Shall Meet' LP and I'm only going by memory...

Andy

I bought The Twain Shall Meet vinyl LP when it first came out and skipped the 45. On the LP, side one opens with the short sitar/spoken "in the beginning" bit, which - while banded separately from cut two, "Monterey" - is not credited on either the jacket or label and is thus considered part of "Monterey."

The "in the beginning" segment segues into "Monterey," with the latter gradually faded in. The ending fadeout of "Monterey" then segues into cut 3, "Just The Thought." So the LP version of "Monterey" isn't in-the-clear on either end.

The Polydor Band Of Gold series reissue 45 contained the 3:29 edit fashioned as Andy described above.

Yah Shure wrote: I bought The Twain Shall Meet vinyl LP when it first came out and skipped the 45. On the LP, side one opens with the short sitar/spoken "in the beginning" bit, which - while banded separately from cut two, "Monterey" - is not credited on either the jacket or label and is thus considered part of "Monterey." The "in the beginning" segment segues into "Monterey," with the latter gradually faded in. The ending fadeout of "Monterey" then segues into cut 3, "Just The Thought." So the LP version of "Monterey" isn't in-the-clear on either end. The Polydor Band Of Gold series reissue 45 contained the 3:29 edit fashioned as Andy described above.

I now have a digital copy of the LP version from iTunes, but it seems to be pitched up compared to the single version. Was it that way on the LP?

Also, can the stock single be edited to match the promo?

Edited by sriv94