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Catalog: 5099969945120
Format: CD Mono CDs available in this Limited Edition Box Set only and not individually!!!Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles (White Album) (2 discs)
Revolver
Magical Mystery Tour
Help! (CD also includes original 1965 stereo mix)+
Rubber Soul (CD also include original 1965 stereo mix)+
Hard Day’s Night
Please Please Me
With The Beatles
Beatles For Sale
Mono mix singles (2 discs)
+Mono mix CD debut
The 1960's represented a time of great advances in technology and this
was as true of music recording and reproduction as in everything else.
During the period that The Beatles were recording (1962 - 1969) the
primary format was Mono - the installed base of mono players was massive
with stereo the preserve of hi-fi fanatics and some Easy Listening and
classical purists. In fact, Mono was so important that the Beatles themselves
(once they had started to take an interest in the physical production of their
music) that they attended only the Mono mastering sessions. The stereo
mastering was often done separately - sometimes quite a bit later and
without their involvement. So for many, the mono masters are considered
to be the pinnacle of audio reproduction of The Beatles - this is how they
were meant to sound at the time given the importance of the single
channel medium.
From Please Please Me to The Beatles (White Album), all the original mixes
are represented here in full, glorious mono! The Past Masters CD has been
recreated as Mono Masters to properly reflect this period. This set duplicates
the Past Masters track listing with the exception of those tracks that only
ever appeared in stereo. However, as an added bonus, five tracks, never
previously released in mono, are included in the package. These are "Only
A Northern Song", "All Together Now", "Hey Bulldog" and "It's All Too
Much" all from the Yellow Submarine project plus "Across The Universe".
These titles were originally scheduled for release on an EP in 1969. There
is a fantastic essay in the Mono Masters booklet that explains in some detail
the history of these recordings and which goes some way to highlight just
why these versions are so eagerly anticipated.  Price: $368.98 |
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