Steve, can you tell us which is the preferred mix for each Beatles album?

Love the longer fade of I'm Looking Through You!

 

In the immortal words of Johnny Carson: "I did not know that!" Thanks for the info, Steve. You make your case convincingly.

 

I agree with Steve's assessments overall. I prefer the stereos up to Rubber Soul, but then like both the monos and stereos, with a preference for the monos. Maybe it is because the earlier monos were more compressed and that bothers me comapred to the open feeling of the stereos. For most of these it is the original monos vs the Mofi stereos (Die Beatles, and German and EP MMT excepted). Original stereos in good shape are so hard to find, and the BC-13's are not that great. Lucky I got my monos in good shape.

My favorites:

Please Please Me: stereo
WTB: stereo
HDN: stereo, then the mono
BFS: stereo
Help: stereo
Rubber Soul: stereo, then the mono.
Revolver: mono, then the stereo.
Pepper: mono, then the stereo.
MMT: mono and stereo
White: mono and stereo

 

I grew up with 70's UK Black and Silvers so it's stereo for me. But like Steve, getting to know the mono's is fun and sometimes revelatory.

With some thanks to this place my faves are

Die Bealtes
WTB - UK mono
HDN - Japanese Stereo
For Sale - Japanese Stereo
Help - German Apple Stereo
Rubber Soul - Uk mono
Revolver - German Apple Stereo
Sgt Pepper - UK stereo
MMT - Horzu
Yellow Sub. - UK Yellow Vinyl remaster
White LP - UK stereo
Abbey Road, Let it Be - UK

 

quite a statement!!!

 

went and check my copy... side 2 is YEX 143-1, and I go 'Yayyyyyyyy'. But then I looked at side 1, and it's YEX 142-3
I'll treasure side 2...

anyway, my choices:
Please Please Me stereo
With The Beatles stereo
A Hard Day's Night most definitely stereo
Beatles For Sale stereo
Help stereo
Rubber Soul stereo because it's the one I have on LP, but it's mono when I compare the two
Revolver mono
Pepper: both
White Album both, with a slight preference for the mono mix

cheers
Doc

 

If the mono Rubber Soul is so punchy and great, why does it sound so flat and lifeless on the Capitol Albums Volume II?

(Is it punishment from the mighty Apple cart for making a big deal about the fold-down debacle?)

I know the Capitol versions don't really count in the greater scheme of things, but the stereo walks over the mono on this one. It just sounds like the lows are lower, the highs are higher, and the punch is better. It might also just be a volume difference; the stereo tracks do sound a bit louder than the mono.

 

Even on Mr. Moonlight? That has the harshest sounding vocals I ever heard on a Beatles record

 

I finally heard Die Beatles and really enjoyed it.

I also heard the UHQR of Sgt. Pepper and found the highs to be harsh. A smiley face job I believe.

 

Must clarify- John's intro vocal is actually great, sounds like Paul doing Little Richard. It's the harmony vocals I find sounding harsh.

 

I will do so.

 

stream it here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DkfeL2Rt8c

 

Wow, thanks, never heard that before, they did a pretty faithful cover of it.

 

Just listened. Yup, Steve, you're right!

 

Yeah it really makes more sense now.


Still would've preferred Kitten though.

 

Agreed.