jcdowen wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:57 pm
I’m certain of my source on the file being authentic, although you may be correct that it could have been an acetate as opposed to a tape. Is there any other ways to validate the authenticity? I’ll ask him next time I see if there’s any more info.
Engonoceras wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:12 pm
It's not simply from 2009 mono remaster?
First of all I checked against the usual suspects of the Dr Ebbetts UK Mono and the '09 CD, but both don't offer the end part as separate tracks from A Day In The Life and both segue the 15 kHz right into the gibberish, while the mystery tape has a pause between them. So my original statement about the tape replicating the CD is incorrect, the CD perfectly replicates the original LP, but the mystery tape does not.
Then I picked the Mirror Spock Japanese red wax mono (EAS70137) and lo and behold it has the same configuration, ironically it calls the end track 'Outer groove' while the mystery tape calls it 'Inner groove':
The noticeable difference is that the mystery tape has a distinct wobbly fade in and out on the tone
Which would indicate it was made using a microphone dub rather than from a line signal, as both a (cheap) mic and its preamp have distinct attack response to 'clean' signals rather than a broad spectrum sound like music or vocal. Which could also explain its low fidelity and bassy sound. Don't forget Keith employed this to the max on his Philips cassette recorder for The Stone's distinct guitar sound on songs like Satisfaction.
It could also still be that the actual source is a different 'replicating' release than the Japanese mono LP (like on tape), but the resemblance is too striking for me to discount it relating to the Japanese replication in some way or another. That combined with how the UK LP was implemented by Moss (tone right into gibberish) it also means the chance of it being a dub of a test acetate is virtually 0. I would file this under yet another useless bootleg that gets amped up to something it's not to make a profit (or just boast about someone's collection, what we here in NL call a 'Fennootje' after Fenno Werkman who has this tendency).