If it sounds phasey (like flanging) or loses the top end that way, it's not good and needs to be played back in stereo only, even if the music is in mono. If the sound in A+B mono (with the stereo channels folded in together) is still pure, life is good. What I'm saying is: These records may or may not fold to mono correctly. SO: If your record was cut after 1968 chances are it MIGHT have been cut on a stereo lathe with the mono tape played back on a two-track stereo tape machine in the stereo mode and prone to trouble if folded to monaural. At that time some of the mono lathes in the mastering studios around the USA were removed, some weren't. Mono records were cut on mono lathes until 1968 when mono records were phased out in America. I've written about this before but I don't mind doing so again. People have asked me about what a "true mono cut" record is and if all mono records from any era should be played with a dedicated mono cartridge.
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