Beatles Mono Box Set £100 at HMV

I got one at Bluewater, really nice. Didn't see any more though.

Goodness, I paid much, much more for mine on the initial release!

Is this still the Japanese-pressed mono set, with the replica sleeves? If so, rush out and buy it while you can. Quite exquisite, in every respect.

That's a great deal on the mono set.

I'd like one of these but no HMV near.

Is this is a one-off sale price, as on the website they are asking £199?

Thanks,

Rod

That's a great deal on those box sets. The mono set with the replica sleeves is a thing of beauty. The quality of presentation is so much better than the stereo box. When they were first released I couldn't decide between mono and stereo ... ended up getting both! The 24-Bit version is really good if you have a DAC. It's quite an improvement over the 16-Bit CDs.

Has anyone heard the remixes that Giles Martin did for the Beatles Rock Band game? I love his remix of Rubber Soul!

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Originally posted by RAyling:
Is this is a one-off sale price, as on the website they are asking £199?

Thanks,

Rod

Rod,

it's a one-off apparently. According to the shop assistant, they bought a lot of these box sets in - and then sales taled-off. Note also, that the Mono box set is a limited edition (albeit seemingly limited to how may they could sell), so perhaps we're getting close to that point.

Cheers

Martin

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Originally posted by Joe Bibb:
I'd like one of these but no HMV near.

I'd like one of these at my local HMV, but i'm nowhere near a spare 100 quid!

I picked up a mono one at my local hmv too. They also had a couple of Stereo left at £100.

HMV have some absolute bargains in their Clearout offer. Loads of BluRay & CD's from about £3 !.

Thanks Martin for the info.

Unfortunately none left in the 2 shops in Croydon. What a bummer!

Cheers,
Rod

None at either of the two shops in Norwich either unfortunately.

checked out central London today, nothing in Oxford st so went to Trocadero and what do you know? Two on the shelf by the tills at 2pm, one after I left. Might be more there

Hope this helps someone!

Tony

It's on amazon for £99.99 if that helps anyone.

Sad to hear HMV scaling down - end of an era really. I popped into my store in Norwich and the CD section was tiny.....

I will treasure the memory of going up the city buying an album and having enough money for a bag of chips and the bus fare home!

Gary

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I will treasure the memory of going up the city buying an album and having enough money for a bag of chips and the bus fare home!

....and still have change out of a sixpenny piece?

It would have been the early 80's - albums were £3.99 - fond memories....

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Originally posted by fathings cat:
It's on amazon for £99.99 if that helps anyone.

Sad to hear HMV scaling down - end of an era really. I popped into my store in Norwich and the CD section was tiny.....

I will treasure the memory of going up the city buying an album and having enough money for a bag of chips and the bus fare home!

Gary

Great offer, but the seller is brand new and has no rating history.

Nice one Howard, look forward to picking it up and perhaps spinning a few tunes next week.

Joe

scouring the web here looking for a set.

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Originally posted by Doctor Jazz:
When they were first released I couldn't decide between mono and stereo ... ended up getting both! The 24-Bit version is really good if you have a DAC. It's quite an improvement over the 16-Bit CDs.

which one do you think best stereo or mono?

I wouldn't. These are bound to appear in 24/96 or better at some stage. I also would want the some of the key albums in mono.

Joe

so which sounds best mono or stereo. thanks

tried Yeovil HMV nowt there, Off to Poole HMV tommorrow. Dont want to Pay £180 from HMV web site unless it gets dire.

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Originally posted by 151:
so which sounds best mono or stereo. thanks

Early impressions to me:

Mono for:

Please Please Me.
With The Beatles.
Hard Day's Night.
Help!
Rubber Soul.
Revolver.
Sgt Pepper (surprisingly so, to me)
Magical Mystery Tour.

Stereo:

Beatles For Sale. (The stereo remaster of this is the joker in the pack to me, it's a corker. The simple 4 track works fine for stereo on this, vocals are not hived off to one side).

The White Album. (Although I could make a case for some tracks in Mono, overall I prefer the Stereo of this one).

Joe

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Originally posted by ray davis:
tried Yeovil HMV nowt there, Off to Poole HMV tommorrow. Dont want to Pay £180 from HMV web site unless it gets dire.

Ray,

give Southampton a call. That had a small pile of them a week or so ago.

Martin

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Originally posted by munch:
Mono box sets.

New on Amazon now for £84.29.

Many of those are fakes. See the selling history in each case.

Joe