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Chair 
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Joined: September 11 2009 Status: Offline Points: 3 |
 Posted: September 11 2009 at 19:39 |
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It seems like the preference most audiophiles have is that every album from 'Please Please Me' until 'Magical Mystery Tour' sound best in mono. 'Magical Mystery Tour' and 'The White Album' are claimed to sound better with the stereo mixes.
Does anyone agree with this? |
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JLocke
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Joined: November 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4900 |
Posted: September 11 2009 at 21:14 |
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I'll probably be buying the mono versions of a few of the albums just for comparison's sake. I'm a huge Beatles fan, but never have listened to mono Sgt. Pepper, for instance. Would be interesting to have a choice. |
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Padraic
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Posted: September 11 2009 at 21:17 |
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Problem is, I think the mono releases are only available through the boxset.
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Chair
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Posted: September 11 2009 at 21:32 |
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That would be nice to be able to only buy a few mono albums, but unfortunately, the mono CDs are only available as a whole. It's all or nothing.  By the way, Sgt. Pepper sounds phenomenal in mono. At first I found that it sounded strange and not as good as the stereo since I was so used to always hearing it like that, but after doing comparisons, I found that the mono blew the stereo out of the water. I'm already getting used to the mono mix, so the stereo is now starting to sound somewhat strange to me.  Another album that sounds great in mono is Help!. The song Yesterday sounds so much better in mono than in stereo I find. For the White Album some songs sounded better in mono than stereo, but some tracks sounded 10x better in stereo than in mono like While My Guitar Gently Weeps, which has nice smooth bass in the stereo version yet lacks it on the mono.Edited by Chair - September 11 2009 at 21:39 |
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JLocke
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Posted: September 11 2009 at 21:34 |
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Well then, f**k them.  |
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jammun
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Posted: September 11 2009 at 21:50 |
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
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JLocke
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Posted: September 11 2009 at 22:19 |
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I have never understood this limited edition concept. Doesn't making a product available indefinitely ensure the companies more money? All you're doing when you limit the production of something is alienate a fanbase. |
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jammun
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Posted: September 11 2009 at 23:26 |
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By the way, the stereo versions (I'm now up to Rubber Soul, listening-wise) do sound great. I have no mono versions (except the original LP's, not in that great of shape given that I played the sh*t out of them now for 40 years) to compare them to. As for Rubber Soul, there is some of that hard-panning (vocals right, instruments left) to much of it, but the headphone experience is not as bad as one might imagine based on some of the reviews I've seen. I'm listening to it on headphones as I type this. They've managed to let some of each channel bleed into the other (or maybe that was the way it was originally). Girl is probably the worst offender, panning-wise. Still not unlistenable, however, as there is another guitar track that comes into the right (vocal) channel about midway through the song. Run For Your Life has the same problem and the same redemption.
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
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Chair
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Posted: September 12 2009 at 00:09 |
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For the record; they are releasing more mono sets. I read this just today.
Edited by Chair - September 12 2009 at 00:09 |
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JLocke
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Posted: September 12 2009 at 01:06 |
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Source? |
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miker
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Joined: September 14 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1 |
Posted: September 14 2009 at 08:44 |
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Check out the new Beatles Widget featuring videos and the new digitally
remastered audio tracks. You can also do things like post the widget in
your facebook profile so that your friends can listen to The Beatles.
Just click on the link below: http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/4aa4cbc0d1c4b34a |
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: September 14 2009 at 11:26 |
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I just got my 2009 stereo remastered boxset today,and let me tell you I was like a kid at Christmas.
Listening to Revolver right now,and so far sounds excellent.
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jammun
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Posted: September 15 2009 at 19:17 |
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
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Alberto Muñoz
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Joined: July 26 2006 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 3577 |
Posted: September 17 2009 at 14:02 |
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I bought Abbey Road remaster in stereo, to see what's all the fuzz behind the remasters...
I don't regret the buy, the remasters are very good, the sound is more "natural" and muscular.
I forget how sad are songs like Carry that Weight are.
i will buy the others cd's one by one.
BTW the White Album hadn't come to México.
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inrainbows
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Posted: September 17 2009 at 14:58 |
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I feel just the same! Excellent!  |
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jammun
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Posted: September 17 2009 at 20:04 |
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Okay, getting to the The White Album now. Sounding good. Rocky Raccoon is the immediate progenitor of ELP's The Sheriff, right down to that saloon-style piano.
Edit to add: has there ever been a better song written about heroin addiction than Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey? Edited by jammun - September 17 2009 at 20:09 |
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
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JLocke
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Posted: September 17 2009 at 21:29 |
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Guess not, especially since I didn't know that's what it wad about. All I knew was that the title came from something the Maharishi was always lecturing about people and their secrets. I'm actually pretty embarrassed that I didn't realize John was talking about addiction.  |
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jammun
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Posted: September 17 2009 at 21:38 |
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I'm just guessing. He was pretty into it at this point, and the lyrics, well they say it all.
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
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JLocke
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Posted: September 17 2009 at 23:56 |
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No, I believe you have assumed correctly. It fits perfectly. I dunno what it is . . . my brain just never went in that direction when hearing the lyrics, I have no idea why.  |
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earlyprog
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 02:02 |
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I usually don't pay attention to how many viewers a topic generates, but this appears to be one of the most viewed in PA's history
I for one constantly return to read the responses. I will definitely get the stereo box but am also considering investing in the mono box.
I have listened to the entire stereo catalogue (or rather the 30 second samples) at the Beatles' website and most say that I was most thrilled by Magical Mystery Tour but to a much lesser extent by Rubber Soul and Revolver. I wonder if the mono box actually solves some of the panning issues.
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