The Vogues – Five O'Clock World – 1965 [DES STEREO]

"Five O'Clock World" was recorded by The Vogues at Co & Ce studios in Pittsburgh in September 1965 and released in October 1, 1965 on Co & Ce Records. It reached #1 on December 17, 1965. Enjoy my DES [Digitally Extracted STEREO] conversion of this classic mid-60’s rock hit.

Written by Allen Reynolds. Produced by Nick Cenci & Tony Moon

The Vogues are an American vocal rock and roll group from Turtle Creek, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The original lineup consisted of Bill Burkette (lead baritone), Don Miller (baritone), Hugh Geyer (first tenor), and Chuck Blasko (second tenor).They are best known for their chart-topping singles "You're the One", "Five O'Clock World", "Magic Town", and "Turn Around, Look at Me". They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001.

I never cared for the original sophomoric, bi-polar, lopsided stereo mix. The vocals were slammed in the left channel and everything else, [guitar, piano, orchestra and drums] were slammed in the right channel. I wanted it to finally hear a more cinematic stereo mix. Adding to my dismay, it was recorded on new horrifically sterile 1st generation transistorized solid-state equipment of the era. I desperately wanted to breathe some warmth into it.

About my mix:
For the vocals, I centered them and added stereo reverb to give continuity to the stereo image. For the orchestra, I panned them left and made them reverb into the right. I panned the Piano slightly on the right. For the drums, I uncompressed them slightly, panned them right, made them reverb into the left and raised them by 30%. I centered the bass, gave it a boost in the very low end and cut it by 15%.

Technical Information:
I used iZotope RX-8 to isolate the Vocal, Orchestra, Drums, Bass into 4 separate tracks. I used SpectaLayers PRO-7 to isolate the Piano from the orchestra. Adobe Audition was used for Dynamic Range recovery, Reverb, EQ, and final mixdown. NERO 2019 Platinum used to generate the final video.

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Enjoy my DES [Digitally Extracted STEREO] conversion of "Five O’Clock World" by The Vogues.

This video is strictly for entertainment purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended.

Видео The Vogues – Five O'Clock World – 1965 [DES STEREO] канала Bob Zwolinski