Bill Haley & His Comets – Rip It Up – 1956 [DES STEREO]

Here is a cover of “Rip It Up” recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in August 1956, which was featured in the 1956 rock and roll film “Don't Knock the Rock” starring Alan Freed. This version reached #25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #4 on the UK Singles Chart. Enjoy this great colorized segment from the movie synched with my DES [Digitally Extracted STEREO] audio conversion of the studio track. Bill Haley & His Comets were an American rock and roll band formed in 1947 and continuing until Haley's death in 1981. The band was also known as Bill Haley and the Comets and Bill Haley's Comets. From late 1954 to late 1956, the group recorded nine top-20 singles, one of which was number one and three that were top ten. The single "Rock Around the Clock" was the best-selling rock single in the history of the genre and maintained that position for several years. "Rip It Up" is a rock and roll song written by Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco. It was 1st recorded by Little Richard in June 1956 on Specialty Records. This version went to #1 on the US Billboard Rhythm & Blues Records chart as well as #17 on the broader Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at #30 on the UK Singles Chart. About the video: The source mono video was a 1080p YouTube video that was colorized using DeOlidfy video software. The audio was tinny. If I used it, I would have to deal with all that foley generated by the dancing ensemble with their whooping and hollering, handclapping and foot stomping. I opted for the clean studio recording. [I wanted a 3-hour project not a 300-hour project]. The video portion was going in and out of synch with the digital audio track. Glad the band was only seen at the beginning. About my DES STEREO mix: For Bill’s Lead vocal, I kept him centered, removed the original spring reverb and replaced it with a nice crisp stereo reverb to give continuity to the stereo image. I also made Bill's vocal slightly louder by 0.3db. For the Sax, I gave it a surround-sound effect using a 30ms delay Right, panning it slightly Left. [I 1st centered it, but that made the stereo image very boring and uninteresting]. For the Guitar, I panned it far Left reverbing into the Right. For the Piano, I centered what little was interpreted. For the Drums, I did a 3-way split with Snare & Hi-Hat panned Right, Tom-toms & Cymbals panned Left and Kick centered. For the Bass, very little of it was interpreted. It landed wherever it landed and it sounded good. I didn’t feel any urgency to chase it down to isolate it. I added bass to the final mix with post-op EQ. Technical Information: I used fadr.com to isolate Bill’s Lead Vocal, Guitar, Piano, 3-way Drum split and Bass into 7 separate tracks. I used SpectraLayers PRO-7 to remove the original reverb from Bill’s vocal. Adobe Audition was used for 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 unique MONO-to-STEREO conversion of this historic rock and roll hit.