The Beatles Original Mono Mixes On CD For The First Time: The Beatles Mono Box Set
Mono Mixes Were The Focus In The 1960s
It was not until the time of Abbey Road & Let It Be that the stereo mixes became The Beatles primary focus. Until then they were actually far more interested in the mono mixes because they were considered to be the “standard” at that time.
The Beatles Albums In Their Original Form
You can make a great case that these Beatles original mono mix CDs are The Beatles albums in their truest form. These are the mixes that most people heard back in the 1960s. These are the mixes that made them the biggest band of all time. Hearing these albums in their original stereo mixes, even if they are poor mixes, is interesting to real Beatles fans.
The Beatles Mono Box Set Includes
- The Band’s first 10 studio albums in mono.
- Rubber Soul & Help! in their original stereo mixes
- The Mono Masters compilation of the mono mixes of the band’s non album songs.
Where’s The Beatles Last Three Albums?
The band’s last three studio LPs were never mixed in mono because by 1969 stereo was the standard and mono mixes had been completely phased out.
Why Are Stereo Mixes For Two Albums Included?
The two albums included in stereo (Help! & Rubber Soul) were both released in 1965. At this time mixing in stereo was still a very new thing and these albums were mixed in what would now be considerd a very strange way. When the bands albums were first released on CD in the 1980s they decided against including these original stereo mixes and created brand new stereo mixes to replace them with. The original stereo mixes for these 1965 classic albums have never been on CD until this new mono box set.
The White Album In Mono In The US For The First Time
One really cool thing about this box set is that it will actually be the first time that The White Album has ever been released in mono in the United States in any format. Why is that? In 1968 mono was pretty much already dead in the US so only the stereo version was released. In the UK both the stereo & mono LPs were released.
The Beatles Remastered Box Sets
There are actually two box sets being released on September 9th. A stereo box set & a mono box set. Both are likely to be deemed {essential purchases by~essential for} real Beatles fans.
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