Beatles Mono Masters Vinyl
This is how most listeners first heard the group in the 1960s when mono was the predominant audio format.
Beatles mono masters vinyl. Arriving in a sturdy flip top box the limited edition 14lp box set includes the group s first nine uk albums up to the beatles the white album the american compiled magical mystery tour and mono masters a collection of non album singles and tracks all pressed on 180gm virgin vinyl featuring replicated artwork and packaging plus an lp. Beatles mono masters vinyl 33 1 3 rpm lp. When it came time to release the beatles in mono on vinyl in 2014 both as a heavy duty box set and as individual lps this double cd set was pressed as a triple vinyl set. Not to denigrate the mono tunes at all.
View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2014 180 g vinyl release of mono masters on discogs. The mono masters doesn t follow past masters track listing exactly primarily because the singles released after 1966 didn t necessarily have mono mixes. Mono versions stay true to the spirit of the originals and show the real advance in the stereo recordings. The beatles in mono vinyl box set is released in mono on fourteen 180 gram vinyl lps with faithfully replicated artwork newly mastered from.
Pepper and revolver are my favorites but all the others are. There are no. The beatles in mono. Up until 1968 each beatles album was given a unique mono and stereo mix but the group always regarded the mono as primary.
The track list is largely similar to past masters however the ballad of john yoko. 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. Mono masters 2009 buy mono masters on mono vinyl similar to past masters mono masters collects all of the beatles mono recordings which were not released on their standard albums going by the official canonized 1987 catalog mono masters is only available on compact disc in the beatles in mono box set. Mono masters is a compilation album by the beatles and is an alternate all mono version of the album past masters.
More collectable than its stereo and digital processors and featuring utterly transparent to the source sound it is completely different than its stereo analog counterpart. The beatles in mono format. Beat rock roll psychedelic rock pop rock. I m an original beatles fan from the beginning and been playing beatles vinyl lp s from capitol uk japaneese and german presses these mono presses that were released in 2014 are probably the best i have ever heard so if you have a turntable i suggest you get your hand on these sgt.
Beatles remastering engineers saved the best for last. Mono masters was originally a two cd set included as part of the beatles in mono box set. A great collection to fill in the tunes left out in the parlophone recordings. Cut from the original 1 4 inch analog master tapes and pressed at optimal in germany on dead quiet 180g lps the beatles mono masters is made by and for audiophiles.
In an audiophile minded undertaking the beatles acclaimed mono albums have been newly mastered for vinyl from quarter inch master tapes at abbey road studios by grammy winning engineer sean magee. 3x vinyl lp compilation mono 180 g genre. Apple records 0602537734511 series.