BEATLES MONO MASTERS 180 Gram Vinyl 3 LP 2014 Made at Optimal Germany SEALED
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The Beatles
Mono Masters
2014 Apple Records
3 LP 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
Fold Open Cover
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Mono Masters:
An all-mono compilation titled Mono Masters was included as part of the Beatles in Mono box set, then later separately in 2014. The premise of this box set was to compile only Beatles material that was released or prepared for release with a dedicated mono mix (the set excludes later material mixed and issued only in stereo, and material whose mono version was simply created as an equal mix of the two channels of the stereo version). As a result, the tracklisting for Mono Masters differs from Past Masters on the second half of disc two, omitting three songs that never had a true mono mix ("Old Brown Shoe", "The Ballad of John and Yoko" and "Let It Be"), and adding five songs which had previously unreleased true mono mixes. "Only a Northern Song, "All Together Now", "Hey Bulldog", "It's All Too Much" and "Across the Universe" were prepared in March 1969 for release as a 7" mono Yellow Submarine EP, but due to mixed reception of the full album, the project was scrapped, though the EP had been mastered. Subsequently, the tracks were only released in stereo (and in an electronically produced mono mixdown, or "fold-down", of the stereo mix), while the true mono mixes remained unreleased. "Get Back" (with B-side "Don't Let Me Down") was the final Beatles single mixed for mono format. It was released in the UK in mono, although the US release was in stereo. Thus, the songs that were originally released on stereo singles in the UK are omitted on this release.
The Beatles in mono: This is how most listeners first heard the group in the 1960s, 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. MONO MASTERS is released in mono on
three 180-gram vinyl LPs with faithfully replicated artwork, newly mastered from the analogue master tapes.
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 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.
Manufactured for the world at Optimal Media in Germany, The Beatles’ albums are presented in their original glory, both sonically and in their packaging.
Mono Masters track listing
All songs written and composed by Lennon/McCartney except where noted.
Disc one No. Title Lead vocals Length 1. "Love Me Do" (from 5 October 1962 A-side, the original single version on Parlophone, catalogue number 45-R4949; recorded on 4 September 1962, featuring Ringo Starr on drums) McCartney with Lennon 2:25 2. "From Me to You" (from 11 April 1963 A-side) Lennon and McCartney 1:57 3. "Thank You Girl" (from 11 April 1963 B-side) Lennon and McCartney 2:04 4. "She Loves You" (from 23 August 1963 A-side) Lennon and McCartney 2:21 5. "I'll Get You" (from 23 August 1963 B-side) Lennon with McCartney 2:06 6. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (from 29 November 1963 A-side) Lennon and McCartney 2:26 7. "This Boy" (from 29 November 1963 B-side) Lennon with Harrison and McCartney 2:16 8. "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" (Lennon/McCartney/Nicolas/Hellmer) (from 5 March 1964 German single) Lennon and McCartney 2:26 9. "Sie Liebt Dich" (Lennon/McCartney/Nicolas/Montague) (from 5 March 1964 German single) Lennon and McCartney 2:19 10. "Long Tall Sally" (Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman) (from 19 June 1964 Long Tall Sally EP) McCartney 2:03 11. "I Call Your Name" (from Long Tall Sally EP) Lennon 2:11 12. "Slow Down" (Larry Williams) (from Long Tall Sally EP) Lennon 2:57 13. "Matchbox" (Carl Perkins) (from Long Tall Sally EP) Starr 1:59 14. "I Feel Fine" (from 27 November 1964 A-side) Lennon 2:23 15. "She's a Woman" (from 27 November 1964 B-side) McCartney 3:04 16. "Bad Boy" (Williams) (from 14 June 1965 US album Beatles VI, 10 December 1966 UK album A Collection of Beatles Oldies) Lennon 2:20 17. "Yes It Is" (from 9 April 1965 B-side of "Ticket to Ride") Lennon, McCartney and Harrison 2:42 18. "I'm Down" (from 23 July 1965 B-side of "Help!") McCartney 2:38 Total length: 42:37 Disc two No. Title Lead vocals Length 1. "Day Tripper" (from 3 December 1965 double A-side) Lennon and McCartney 2:52 2. "We Can Work It Out" (from 3 December 1965 double A-side) McCartney with Lennon 2:15 3. "Paperback Writer" (from 10 June 1966 A-side) McCartney 2:26 4. "Rain" (from 10 June 1966 B-side) Lennon 3:01 5. "Lady Madonna" (from 15 March 1968 A-side) McCartney 2:17 6. "The Inner Light" (Harrison) (from 15 March 1968 B-side) Harrison 2:36 7. "Hey Jude" (from 30 August 1968 A-side) McCartney 7:09 8. "Revolution" (from 30 August 1968 single version B-side) Lennon 3:25 9. "Only a Northern Song" (Harrison) (previously unreleased April 1967[6] mono mix) Harrison 3:26 10. "All Together Now" (previously unreleased May 1967[6] mono mix) McCartney 2:11 11. "Hey Bulldog" (previously unreleased February 1968[6] mono mix) Lennon with McCartney 3:14 12. "It's All Too Much" (Harrison) (previously unreleased October 1968[6] mono mix) Harrison 6:28 13. "Get Back" (from 11 April 1969 single version A-side) McCartney 3:11 14. "Don't Let Me Down" (from 11 April 1969 B-side) Lennon with McCartney 3:33 15. "Across the Universe" (previously unreleased 1969 mono mix of the "Wildlife" version) Lennon 3:50 16. "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" (from 6 March 1970 B-side) Lennon and McCartney 4:24 Total length: 56:25price rating
