The Beatles In Mono

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Unsurprisingly, this is because stereo is a really good audio format, and we know how to engineer in stereo really well by now. The folks at the retirement home can spin their single-channel vinyl all they like, but I was onto bigger and better things. All of the USA albums were released individually on CDs containing both the mono and original stereo mixes; this is the only other way to acquire the mono mixes on CD. The remastering project for both mono and stereo versions was led by EMI senior studio engineers Allan Rouse and Guy Massey. A new Mono Box, containing remastered monoural versions of the Beatles' core albums (with the exception of Yellow Submarine album) plus Mono Masters compilation, was released on 9 September 2009 along with Stereo Box and new stereo reissues of the individual albums, including the first four albums given their stereo debuts on CD.

All albums are packaged in miniature vinyl sleeves that faithfully recreate the original LP releases down to the finest detail including inner sleeves, inserts and are presented with the original LP labels on the CDs.My opinion is they should not have tried to make them stereo in the first place as it did not work well at all. The premise of this box set was to compile only Beatles material which was released or prepared for release with a dedicated mono mix (the set excludes later material mixed and released only in stereo, and material whose mono version was simply created as an equal mix of the two channels of the stereo version, e. Though, of course, taste is a matter of subjective preference, so there's no shame in enjoying the stereo mixes of earlier Beatles records. I know there are some releases that just took the Lingasong fake stereo and folded the L and R channels together to make "extra fake mono". They've mostly been focusing on selling new digital stereo remixes of the old Beatles albums done by Giles Martin.

Alas, I posted this comparison on the now-defunct All About Jazz forum, where it is now inaccessible to anyone, including its author. And I've noticed, that after a few minutes of letting my "ears" adjust, the mono starts to fill the room, rather than being "shrunk down" to the single speaker. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, all the mono mixes were done together with the Beatles themselves, throughout the recording of the album, whereas the stereo mixes were done in only six days by Abbey Road personnel George Martin, Geoff Emerick and Richard Lush after the album had been finished, with none of the Beatles attending. Therefore, the last few Beatles LPs— Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road and Let It Be—were mixed only in stereo.In 2014, five years after the initial CD release, mono editions of each of the albums were released individually in vinyl format, though the mono editions for CD were still available only in the box set.

It's nice when you play a track, the music envelops you, and you can place the elements of the track on a virtual stage all by ear.The set debuted at number 40 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and the magazine reported that 12,000 copies were sold in its first week of release.

Now, I'm wondering if there is an LP, CD or download release that has true mono versions of the Star Club recordings. The vinyl set includes a 108-page book which also includes many rare photographs of the Beatles in Abbey Road Studio, fascinating EMI archive documents and evocative articles sourced from 1960s publications. The issue was with the early stereo Beatles is the singers might be in the left channel and the music in the right which is very odd indeed. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Plus a 44 page booklet which includes an essay on the important role that these mono mixes played in The Beatles recording career plus a track by track rundown of the recordings contained in the Mono Masters 2-CD set.The same holds true for the songs " The Ballad of John and Yoko", " Old Brown Shoe" and the single mix of " Let It Be", which were also omitted. By the late sixties, however, stereo recording for pop music was becoming more popular and, thus, the new standard. I listened to it very little when I first got it and for years afterwards, but the Lewisohn book piqued my interest in re-listening to it. The Beatles in Mono was released to reflect the fact that most of the Beatles' catalogue was originally mixed and released in the monophonic format. The set was released on compact disc on 9 September 2009, the same day the remastered stereo recordings and companion The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) were also released, along with The Beatles: Rock Band video game.