Discography
The Mamas & The Papas recordings were originally released on Dunhill Records until 1967 when Lou Adler sold his share to become ABC Dunhill Records. In 1973, executives at ABC Dunhill (Jay Lasker is generally blamed) decided to discard all the multi-track recordings and mono masters in order to save storage space. Fellow labelmates Three Dog Night suffered the same loss as The Mamas & The Papas where their original recordings are lost, except for the stereo album masters. As a result, re-issues on CD are remastered from the album masters (usually second or third generation tape) which results in lesser sound quality than that of other catalogs from the era. Sundazed Records located the only known Mono Master of "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" It has been re- released on vinyl in limited edition 180 gram vinyl, and a limited run of 500 compact discs.
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