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The Beatles get back to mono in a limited edition 14 LP box set!

180-gram LPs pressed in Germany by Optimal Media

Newly remastered for vinyl from the analogue tapes by Sean Magee and Steve Berkowitz

Cut to lacquer on a VMS80 lathe

Exclusive 12" 108-page hardbound book with rare studio photos!

"The EMI representative told me that after absorbing the criticism heaped on the digitially sourced stereo box - including the extensive AnalogPlanet.com coverage, which was correctly construed as constructive criticism - the decision was made to produce the mono LPs using an all-analog mastering chain. ... Berkowitz told me that in his opinion and in the opinions of many, the mono mixes were the more important reissues and I agree." - Michael Fremer, AnalogPlanet.com. To read Fremer's full report, including his exclusive access to one of the mono mastering sessions, click here.

A seriously audiophile-minded undertaking! The Beatles in mono is how most listeners first heard the Fab 4's first recordings, when mono was the predominant audio format. Up until 1968, each Beatles album was given a unique mono and stereo mix, but the group always regarded the mono as primary.

Now comes The Beatles In Mono vinyl box set - 14 180-gram LPs for sale individually and as a lavish, limited boxed edition featuring a 12" 108-page hardbound book with rare photos and fascinating archive documents.

The release includes all nine original mono mixed U.K. albums plus the original American-compiled mono Magical Mystery Tour and the Mono Masters, a three LP collection of non-album tracks also compiled and mastered from the original analogue tapes.

As mentioned in the quote above, analog expert and viny guru Michael Fremer, of AnalogPlanet.com, says EMI representatives heard and responded to criticisms concerning digitally sourced mastering used to produce The Beatles Stereo Box Set on vinyl. For the mono version, the decision was made to use an all-analog mastering chain to the degree possible.

"It's important to remember that the tapes have aged - some as much as fifty years - and the monitoring, playback and mastering equipment have changed as well, even though the work was done in the very same room in which the originals were mastered. Solid state has replaced tubes in the cutting chain," writes Fremer.

The Beatles' mono albums have been newly mastered for vinyl from quarter-inch master tapes at Abbey Road Studios by Grammy-winning engineer Sean Magee and Grammy-winning mastering supervisor Steve Berkowitz. While The Beatles In Mono CD boxed set released in 2009 was created from digital remasters, for this new vinyl project, Magee and Berkowitz cut the records without using any digital technology. Instead, they employed the same procedures used in the 1960s, guided by the original albums and by detailed transfer notes made by the original cutting engineers.

Working in the same room at Abbey Road where most of The Beatles' albums were initially cut, the pair first dedicated weeks to concentrated listening, fastidiously comparing the master tapes with first pressings of the mono records made in the 1960s. Using a rigorously tested Studer A80 machine to play back the precious tapes, the new vinyl was cut on a 1980s-era VMS80 lathe.

Fremer says the lathe was equipped with a Neumann SX-74 cutter head. The originals were cut on a Scully lathe, perhaps with a Westrex cutter head.

This is really a deluxe reissue project, done properly, and with careful attention to detail. Beatles collectors and even casual fans of the Lads from Liverpool will be transfixed. Treat yourself!

 

 


    LP 1: Please Please Me
    1. I Saw Her Standing There
    2. Misery
    3. Anna (Go To Him)
    4. Chains
    5. Boys
    6. Ask Me Why
    7. Please Please Me
    8. Love Me Do
    9. P.S. I Love You
    10. Baby It’s You
    11. Do You Want To Know A Secret
    12. A Taste Of Honey
    13. There’s A Place
    14. Twist And Shout
    
LP 2: With The Beatles
    1. It Won’t Be Long
    2. All I’ve Got To Do
    3. All My Loving
    4. Don’t Bother Me
    5. Little Child
    6. Till There Was You
    7. Please Mister Postman
    8. Roll Over Beethoven
    9. 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 (That’s What I Want)
    
LP 3: A Hard Day’s Night
    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
    
LP 4: Beatles For Sale
    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’s Trying To Be My Baby
    
LP 5: Help!
    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 Too Much
    11. Tell Me What You See
    12. I’ve Just Seen A Face
    13. Yesterday
    14. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
    
LP 6: Rubber Soul
    1. Drive My Car
    2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
    3. You Won’t See Me
    4. Nowhere Man
    5. Think For Youself
    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
    
LP 7: Revolver
    1. Taxman
    2. Eleanor Rigby
    3. I’m Only Sleeping
    4. Love You To
    5. Here, There And Everywhere
    6. Yellow Submarine
    7. She Said She Said
    8. Good Day Sunshine
    9. And Your Bird Can Sing
    10. For No One
    11. Doctor Robert
    12. I Want To Tell You
    13. Got To Get You Into My Life
    14. Tomorrow Never Knows
    
LP 8: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
    1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
    2. With A Little Help From My Friends
    3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
    4. Getting Better
    5. Fixing A Hole
    6. She’s Leaving Home
    7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
    8. Within You Without You
    9. When I’m Sixty Four
    10. Lovely Rita
    11. Good Morning Good Morning
    12. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
    13. A Day In The Life
    
LP 9: Magical Mystery Tour
    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. Strawberry Fields Forever
    9. Penny Lane
    10. Baby, You’re A Rich Man
    11. All You Need Is Love
    
LP 10 & 11: The Beatles “The White Album”
    1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
    2. Dear Prudence
    3. Glass Onion
    4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
    5. Wild Honey Pie
    6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
    7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
    8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
    9. Martha My Dear
    10. I’m So Tired
    11. Blackbird
    12. Piggies
    13. Rocky Raccoon
    14. Don’t Pass Me By
    15. Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?
    16. I Will
    17. Julia
    18.Birthday
    19. Yer Blues
    20. Mother Nature’s Son
    21. Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
    22. Sexy Sadie
    23. Helter Skelter
    24. Long, Long, Long
    25. Revolution 1
    26. Honey Pie
    27. Savoy Truffle
    28. Cry Baby Cry
    29. Revolution 9
    30. Good Night
    
LP 12, 13 & 14: Mono Masters
    1. Love Me Do (Original Single Version)
    2. From Me To You
    3. Thank You Girl
    4. She Loves You
    5. I’ll Get You
    6. I Want To Hold Your Hand
    7. This Boy
    8. Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand
    9. Siie Liebt 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
    19. Day Tripper
    20. We Can Work It Out
    21. Paperback Writer
    22. Rain
    23. Lady Madonna
    24. The Inner Light
    25. Hey Jude
    26. Revolution
    27. Only A Northern Song
    28. All Together Now
    29. Hey Bulldog
    30. It’s All Too Much
    31. Get Back
    32. Don’t Let Me Down
    33. Across The Universe
    34. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number