Futuristic Sounds in stereo???

i finally gave "the futuristic sounds of sun ra" a listen. i had held off getting it, because on the back cover of the cd, it plainly says MONAURAL. however, my cd is in stereo. sure, it's not a great mix - everything is either in one channel or the other - but it's stereo! what gives? the cd that i have is on savoy jazz sv-0213 and had the 'remastered by denon' insert. is that what the 'remastering' did - make a 'stereo' out of the mono?

thanks - ihor