Del Shannon – Runaway – 1961 [DES STEREO]

"Runaway" was recorded by Del Shannon on January 21, 1961 at Bell Sound Studios, NYC. It was released as a single on BigTop Records on February 18, 1961. It became an immediate worldwide hit, going all the way to #1 in the US, UK, Australia, Canada & New Zeland. Enjoy my DES [Digitally Extracted STEREO] audio conversion of this classic early 60’s rock hit! Written by Del Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook "Runaway" is a #1 Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was and became a major international hit. It topped the Billboard charts for4 consecutive weeks, and Billboard ranked it as the #5 song for 1961. It was # 472 on the 2010 version of Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and #466 on the 2004 version. Keyboard player Max Crook invented the clavioline-based electric keyboard called a Musitron, which later became "Maximilian". It was one of the 1st uses of a synthesizer-sound for a rock song. "Runaway" was mixed in stereo, but that version left me flat. The drums were weak and too far back. The stereo image was not great. They probably used a 3-track recorder. About the mono mix: The source track is from a 1998 Time/Life Compilation CD “The Rock 'N' Roll Era- Still Rockin'”. I was thrilled that it was in MONO and was a good clean remaster. About my DES mix: For Del’s vocal, I removed most of the original mono reverb and replaced it with a light crisp stereo reverb and raised him 1.2db. For the Rhythm Guitar, I panned it Right reverbing into the Left. For the Piano, I gave it a surround-sound effect panned slightly Left. For the Musitron, I panned it Left, reverbing into the Right. For the Drums, I panned them Right, reverbing into the Left. I used a slight limiter to brighten them up, raised them 1.5db and uncompressed the low-end for extra punch. For the Bass, I left it centered with no further adjustments. Technical Information: I used DeMIX PRO v5.2.0 to isolate Del’s Lead Vocal, Electric Rhythm Guitar, Piano, Musitron. Drums and Bass into 6 separate tracks. I used SpectraLayers PRO-7 for stem cleanup. Adobe Audition was used for Dynamic Range recovery, EQ, Delay, Reverb and final mixdown. NERO 2019 Platinum used to generate the final video. For more information on spectral editing and sound source separation, visit https://www.monotostereo.info Enjoy my MONO-to-STEREO conversion of this early 60’s classic rock song and one of my favorites if all time.