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"Cars are Cars" by Paul Simon...are my channels reversed?

I could use some help from the Agon community. On the above track on the VINYL version of the album "Hearts and Bones", the lyric "drive on the left" comes out of my right-hand speaker and the lyric "drive on the right" comes out of my left-hand speaker. It appears I have all my connections perfect, including the cart connections. 

When I listen to this track on Spotify, the lyric "left" comes out of the left speaker and the lyric "right" comes out of the right speaker.

If you have this record, could you please listen to this track and let me know what you hear. Thanx very much.
lindisfarne

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lewm
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I’d start at the cartridge pins, first of all.
lewm
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I don't happen to own the particular Paul Simon album in question, but you might try playing some albums that feature jazz trio or quartet.  In such an ensemble, the pianist is typically on the left and the drummer on the far right, with the bass player in between.  OR, there is a Stereophile test CD with left and right channel signals, for just this purpose.  In other words, as I mentioned earlier, the ball is in your court.  Mentioning the Stereophile test CD also brings to mind that it has tracks for testing system phase.  If one channel is 180 degrees out of phase with the other, this can wreak havoc with left/right localization.  Check it.
lewm
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You are the best qualified to determine whether or not your channels are reversed.  Did you check your system from front to back, for that problem? What did you find?  If there's no obvious error in your hook-ups, and if other vinyl sounds correctly oriented, then I would guess you have no problem.  One could guess that the LP and the digital version are different from each other.
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