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The Beatles Mono Box Set [BOX SET] [LIMITED EDITION] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Posted By : valken | Date : 06 Sep 2009 15:51:00 | Comments : 23

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The Beatles always stood apart from their peers, a self-evident statement that sadly extended to the treatment of their catalog in the digital age. Where all their peers from the Byrds to the Who have had their catalogs remastered and reissued in deluxe editions, sometimes several times, the Beatles remained stuck in the early days of digital, their 14 albums plus Past Masters singles collection remaining untouched since 1987. Anniversaries came and went, but no remasters arrived until the release of the video game The Beatles Rockband pushed a long-overdue revamping of the band's entire catalog into the stores on 9-9-09. This reissue campaign corrects almost all the problems of the original 1987 CDs: the sound and artwork are improved, and all the original mono and stereo mixes finally see the light of day. Naturally, it's possible to quibble about some details of the presentation, particularly the decision to split the reissue into two separate box sets, one covering the stereo mixes and one the mono mixes, with only the stereo mixes available as individual discs (it's still possible to complain that the albums do not add era-specific singles or outtakes, but such expansions were never really in the cards), but both boxes still constitute the best Beatles by far. Crucially, it's also inarguably the best-sounding Beatles music ever released, robust and rich even on the earliest rock & roll. None of the albums have been remixed -- although Help! and Rubber Soul retain Martin's 1987 mixes, the original stereo mixes are bonuses on the mono set -- so this doesn't shock the way the Yellow Submarine soundtrack did with its reimagined stereo mixes. Nevertheless, these remasters surely do surprise with their clarity and depth, with each album feeling bigger and fuller than the previous CD incarnation, but not artificially so. It's not that these are pumped up on digital steroids; it's that the veil has been lifted, so everything seems full and fresh. Appropriately, there's more to savor from Help! onward, as the Beatles' productions grew ambitious, but Please Please Me, With the Beatles, and A Hard Day's Night all have a strong punch, while Beatles for Sale is warmer than the previous disc.

The stereo set may be the official canon, but what Beatlemaniacs have really craved is the mono box. This limited-edition box is laden with new-to-CD mixes, including the genuine rarities of the previously unreleased mono mixes of the four new songs from Yellow Submarine, and its packaging is gorgeous, filled with mini-LP replicas with stiff cardboard sleeves of every album from Please Please Me to The Beatles, complete with replicated gatefolds and packaging inserts, all protected in resealable plastic sleeves. As pure physical product, this satisfies any collector itch, but this also is arguably the better-sounding of the two sets, providing ample evidence that the Beatles did spend more time on mono mixes during much of their career. For generations of listeners raised on stereo mixes, there are plenty of surprises here, from the faster versions of "She's Leaving Home" and "Don't Pass Me By" to the numerous little differences that pop up on Pepper, The White Album, and Revolver, all adding up to dramatically different experiences. Sometimes, the density of mono just has more force -- "Lady Madonna" rolls like a freight train, "I'm Down" hits to the gut -- and sometimes the colors just seem more vibrant; in either case, there's enough emotional difference to make this worthwhile for the dedicated, and depending on taste, it may even be preferable. But there's no question of one thing: of the two sets, as a package, the mono box is a thing to behold. And there's also no question that those who waited 22 years to hear a better version of the Beatles will not be disappointed (although they may still wonder why it took so long for the Fabs to be treated as they deserve).

Stephen Thomas Erlewine -- Allmusic

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Please Please Me - Mono 2009 Remastered
01 The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
02 The Beatles - Misery
03 The Beatles - Anna
04 The Beatles - Chains
05 The Beatles - Boys
06 The Beatles - Ask Me Why
07 The Beatles - Please Please Me
08 The Beatles - Love Me Do
09 The Beatles - P.S I Love You
10 The Beatles - Baby It's You
11 The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret
12 The Beatles - A Taste Of Honey
13 The Beatles - Threre's A Place
14 The Beatles - Twist And Shout

X DECODER LOG

Revolver- Mono 2009 Remastered
01 The Beatles - Taxman
02 The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
03 The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping
04 The Beatles - Love You To
05 The Beatles - Here, There And Everywhere
06 The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
07 The Beatles - She Said She Said
08 The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine
09 The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
10 The Beatles - For No One
11 The Beatles - Doctor Robert
12 The Beatles - I Want To Tell You
13 The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life
14 The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows

X DECODER LOG

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- Mono 2009 Remastered
01 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
02 The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
03 The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
04 The Beatles - Getting Better
05 The Beatles - Fixing A Hole
06 The Beatles - She's Leaving Home
07 The Beatles - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
08 The Beatles - Within You, Without You
09 The Beatles - When I'm Sixty-Four
10 The Beatles - Lovely Rita
11 The Beatles - Good Morning, Good Morning
12 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13 The Beatles - A Day In The Life

X DECODER LOG

White Album CD1 - Mono 2009 Remastered
01 The Beatles - Back In The USSR
02 The Beatles - Dear Prudence
03 The Beatles - Glass Onion
04 The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
05 The Beatles - Wild Honey Pie
06 The Beatles - The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
07 The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
08 The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
09 The Beatles - Martha My Dear
10 The Beatles - I'm So Tired
11 The Beatles - Blackbird
12 The Beatles - Piggies
13 The Beatles - Rocky Racoon
14 The Beatles - Don't Pass Me By
15 The Beatles - Why Don't We Do It In The Road
16 The Beatles - I Will
17 The Beatles - Julia

X DECODER LOG

White Album CD2 - Mono 2009 Remastered
01 The Beatles - Birthday
02 The Beatles - Yer Blues
03 The Beatles - Mother Nature's Son
04 The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
05 The Beatles - Sexy Sadie
06 The Beatles - Helter Skelter
07 The Beatles - Long, Long, Long
08 The Beatles - Revolution 1
09 The Beatles - Honey Pie
10 The Beatles - Savoy Truffle
11 The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry
12 The Beatles - Revolution 9
13 The Beatles - Good Night

X DECODER LOG

A Hard Day's Night - - Mono 2009 Remastered
1. A Hard Day's Night
2. I Should Have Known Better
3. If I Fell
4. I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
5. And I Love Her
6. Tell Me Why
7. Can't Buy Me Love
8. Any Time At All
9. I'll Cry Instead
10. Things We Said Today
11. When I Get Home
12. You Can't Do That
13. I'll Be Back

X DECODER LOG

Beatles For Sale - - Mono 2009 Remastered
1. No Reply
2. I'm A Loser
3. Baby's In Black
4. Rock and Roll Music
5. I'll Follow the SUn
6. Mr. Moonlight
7. Kansas City, Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey
8. Eight Days A Week
9. Words of Love
10. Honey Don't
11. Every Little Thing
12. I Don't Want to Spoil The Party
13. What You're Doing
14. Everybody Trying To Be My Baby

X DECODER LOG

Help!!! - - Mono 2009 Remastered
1. Help!
2. The Night Before
3. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
4. I Need You
5. Another Girl
6. You're Going to Lose That Girl
7. Ticket to Ride
8. Act Naturally
9. It's Only Love
10. You Like Me To Much
11. Tell Me What You See
12. I've Seen That Face
13. Yesterday
14. Dizzy Miss Lizzy

X DECODER LOG

Magical Mystery Tour - - Mono 2009 Remastered
1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. The Fool On The Hill
3. Flying
4. Blue Jay Way
5. Your Mother Should Know
6. I Am The Walrus
7. Hello Goodbye
8. Strawberrry Fields Forever
9. Penny Lane
10. Baby You're A Rich Man
11. All You Need Is Love

X DECODER LOG

Mono Masters Volume 1 - - Mono 2009 Remastered
01. Love Me Do [Single Version]
02. From Me To You
03. Thank You Girl
04. She Loves You
05. I'll Get You
06. I Want To Hold Your Hand
07. This Boy
08. Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
09. Sie Leibt Dich
10. Long Tall Sally
11. I Call Your Name
12. Slow Down
13. Matchbox
14. I Feel Fine
15. She's a Woman
16. Bad Boy
17. Yes It Is
18. I'm Down

X DECODER LOG

Mono Masters Volume 2 - - Mono 2009 Remastered
01. Day Tripper
02. We Can Work It Out
03. Paperback Writer
04. Rain
05. Lady Madonna
06. The Inner Light
08. Revolution
09. Only A Northern Song
10. All Together Now
11. Hey Bulldog
12. It's All Too Much
13. Get Back
14. Don't Let Me Down
15. Across The Universe
16. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

X DECODER LOG

With The Beatles - - Mono 2009 Remastered
01. It Won't Be Long
02. All I've Got To Do
03. All My Loving
04. Don't Bother Me
05. Little Child
06. Till There Was You
07. Please Mister Postman
08. Roll Over Beethoven
09. Hold Me Tight
10. You Really Got A Hold On Me
11. I Wanna Be Your Man
12. Devil in Her Heart
13. Not A Second Time
14. Money

X DECODER LOG

Rubber Soul - - Mono 2009 Remastered

1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think For Yourself
6. The Word
7. Michelle
8. What Goes On
9. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run For Your Life

X DECODER LOG

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The Beatles Stereo Box Set [BOX SET] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED 2009]

Posted By: jubarte Date: 06 Sep 2009 16:06:58

Thanks valken! Has anyone else compared these to Dr Ebbetts? I've checked the stereo set to Dr Ebbetts and it was better, but haven't ckecked the mono yet

Posted By: teutone Date: 06 Sep 2009 16:10:02

On the Help and Rubber Soul Mono CDs are special STEREO Mixes from 1965 included. Are they missing?
Thx

Posted By: ukulele23 Date: 06 Sep 2009 16:11:09

Thank you very much for mono versions. I compared stereo versions with Dr. Ebbett's versions and I can say that the new official remasters are definitely better.

Posted By: jubarte Date: 06 Sep 2009 16:13:57

Hi teutone, the Help and Rubber Soul files are twice as big than the others, so maybe they include the alternate stereo versions

Posted By: kwork Date: 06 Sep 2009 16:15:32

Incredible! Thank you very much. While I was looking forward to the stereo one, I feel that this is the real treat. Thanks again!

Posted By: valken Date: 06 Sep 2009 16:16:57

Thank to jubare
@teutone
These are including mono and stereo mix

Posted By: kwork Date: 06 Sep 2009 16:18:51

Yes. Tracks 25-28 on both Rubber Soul and Help are indeed the original stereo mixes. Glorious. Just what the doctor ordered!

Posted By: jonchapple Date: 06 Sep 2009 16:20:24

Thanks again!

Posted By: vpvi26 Date: 06 Sep 2009 16:48:55

Well, this one is really a dream comes true. Won't prevent me from buying the set, though. It's a pity but I want to hold those little things in my hands.
Super thanks to valken

Posted By: eidoscognitio Date: 06 Sep 2009 16:49:09

Thank you VERY MUCH!!!
This will be fun to check.

Posted By: lkrushel Date: 06 Sep 2009 17:03:06

The Mono boxset is sold out so thank you very very very much for sharing!!!

Posted By: 4-F Date: 06 Sep 2009 17:11:39

Thanks a lot valken! Yesterday I caught the stereo post and it was maybe 10 minutes old. Today I am running late. It seems that I am here just over an hour after you posted this. :) Another great post! Thanks!

Posted By: 4-F Date: 06 Sep 2009 17:16:16

I can't believe my good luck! Both sets in flac! Thanks again!

Posted By: BarryLyndon Date: 06 Sep 2009 17:55:29

Thanks again.

Where's Abbey Road?

Abbey Road not in Mono?

And Yellow Submarine also? No Mono?

Well anyway thanks again.

Posted By: jonchapple Date: 06 Sep 2009 17:58:43

@BarryLyndon

Abbey Road had no dedicated mono mix. It was released in mono in a few countries (i.e. Brazil), but that was just a fold-down from the stereo. Ditto Yellow Submarine and Let It Be.

Posted By: BarryLyndon Date: 06 Sep 2009 18:02:29

@jonchapple

Thanks.

Let It Be was my next question.

Interesting bit of Beatles history.

Posted By: Dauphin Date: 06 Sep 2009 19:07:45

Thanks a bunch for those wonderful files

Posted By: izumrudy Date: 06 Sep 2009 19:10:33

I have the feeling I'm listening to new albums! The Naimees are in love with this release and so are we (my wife and me). Thanks a lot m8! Cheers

Posted By: MacGuffin Date: 06 Sep 2009 20:46:28

Thank you for this and the stereo set as well. Great stuff.

Posted By: wajorama Date: 06 Sep 2009 20:59:54

This is one of the best gifts I've had in quite a while: THANKS A LOT!!!

@izumrudi - I agree with you: they sound like new albums after all this time! Amazing!

Posted By: teutone Date: 06 Sep 2009 21:08:35

Fantastic post - in excellent Q! Great job!!!

If there will be covers too??? - but don't be unpolite.....
Thx..thx...thx

Posted By: teutone Date: 06 Sep 2009 21:13:52

Thx...Thx...Thx

Posted By: ppl1 Date: 06 Sep 2009 21:14:28

Thank You Very Very Much !!!

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