BEATLES new mono box set

I would have prefered to pick and choose my favourites, but have ordered the mono box. My vinyl versions are mostly 80's stereo, and truly awful. Will there be a definitive mono vinyl release?

OK I"m confused. I remember my first album was Sgt peppers but bought Revolver, and then everything after SP. When was the first stereo recording? the White album? I'm sure I remember the jet landing in stereo.

I also recently was loaned Julie Taymore's Across the Universe, I wasn't impressed until the riot scene with kid singing Let it Be and then the choir, wow was that woman great as well as the kid. From then on I really enjoyed the film. I"m showing it to 2 friends this evening in a couple hours.

Pre-ordered mine today, they go for around $250 in the US.

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Originally posted by mudwolf:
OK I"m confused. I remember my first album was Sgt peppers but bought Revolver, and then everything after SP. When was the first stereo recording? the White album? I'm sure I remember the jet landing in stereo.

I will give a fair bet that the stereo and mono issues were parallel - in line with general EMI practice up till the end of the 1960s.

The question is not whether there were original stereo issues but whether these issues were the primary aim in making the basic recordings.

In other words how much effort went into the respective issues.

This has already been touched on earlier in the thread.

For myself stereo has no credibility, except where it was the basic aim of the artists and production team.

In the pop world an example of a truly significant stereo issue is DSOTM.

Nothing from the Beatles actually needs to be in stereo to completely comprehend the interntion, and given the general superiority [Occam's razor] of the simplest solution, I have yet to see a justification for stereo in most cases or specifically that of the Beatles.

ATB from George

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Originally posted by mudwolf:
OK I"m confused. I remember my first album was Sgt peppers but bought Revolver, and then everything after SP. When was the first stereo recording? the White album? I'm sure I remember the jet landing in stereo.

The White album mono and stereo vinyl versions actually had some minor track differences, apart from the mix differences.

After Revolver, I think it is fair to say that equal effort went into the stereo mix. I don't know if Abbey Road was even offered as a mono mix on vinyl. The vast majority of Abbey Road LPs sold were certainly stereo.

I'm not sure whether this mono CD release contains Abbey Road or Let It Be.

Arrrhh - I don't know WHICH to buy !!!

Steve

Just checked. No Abbey Road or let It Be, which I guess answers my own question that mono mixes were not made originaly.
So, you'll be getting more albums for your money with the stereo mixes.

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Originally posted by SC:
Arrrhh - I don't know WHICH to buy !!!

Steve

Be a real fan. Buy both. I think I am just going to get stereo as I find The Beatles overrated and will probably not play them too often. The stereo is cheaper and will more than satisfy my curiosity.

Blimey, I don't think I'd part with 200 quid for CDs of a band I considered overrated

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Originally posted by Rockingdoc:
Blimey, I don't think I'd part with 200 quid for CDs of a band I considered overrated

I am being a little flippant but I did play Sgt Pepper the other day and maybe I was not in the right mood. I do like The Beatles though but for me they do not have quite the god like status that they are for many others. I've got the stereo box for £134 so that is worth it.

I think I'll pick and choose when they come out, I don't want everything esp Let it Be and Yellow Submarine. the US cost is $220 stereo $269 or about $15 each. I"ve not looked on Amazon.

I'd rather send my money to their website instead of supporting Amazon I'm quirky that way. I only want about 5 of them.

So the stereo versions have been limited whereas the mono retain their original dynamic.

I would think that makes the choice inevitable for those interested in the artistry involved ...

ATB from George

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Originally posted by Rockingdoc:
Blimey, I don't think I'd part with 200 quid for CDs of a band I considered overrated

I don't think many people would, to be honest.

I would disagree even if I fall into the group who think that the Beatles are actually rated too significantly on ocaasion.

Signifiant, but not that significant.

EMI survive by the process of marketing ...

The company will make another huge sum from these issues, and even I am tempted by the mono set with the additional single stereo issues where the mono releases do not cover the late stereo albums ...

ATB from George