Remastering The Beatles

But you're not the only one.....

 

Anybody hear anything more about the rumored "She Loves You" stereo mix?

 

...in your opinion...

 

It does not exist.

 

It's clear that in the case of outright fidelity, the stereo mixes are usually better. This isn't a matter of opinion.

 

As far as the Beatles are concerned, my first experience with thier music was indeed AM radio in the 60s as it happened. I grew up with HIFi stereo but we played mono 45s on that stereo.

 

Grant,

My experience was very similar. I had all the 45's but only Beatles 65' up until 1966 after my Dad purchased our first Stereo. Then, I purchased Introducing The Beatles and Meet The Beatles, later Rubber Soul. Those 45's were my Beatles "mainstay" for listening...all I could really afford as a teenager (at $.67 apiece)

Bob

 

Hmmm, we had stereo since I was born in '62.

 

You misquoted me Grant. It should have read SOME Beatles titles are just better in their stereo mixes.

 

Grant,

We had a big ole' HiFi that my Dad had built (Heathkit). Finally, I talked him into purchasing Stereo components in 1966--a little late, for sure but, most of his records were Mono Jazz, Pop and Big Band LP's and I played my Mono 45's....

Bob

 

And it's STILL your opinion. I prefer the mono mixes in every case.

 

I'm glad I have both mixes, I enjoy listening to both stereo and mono Beatles for different reasons.

 

Fair enough given an accurate quote.

 

growing up, i had all the beatle's stuff, singles and albums.

around '80 or so, I picked up all the UK Beatles stuff that was re-released in mono that year, thanks to JEM distributors (r.i.p.). they were available individually. All great sounding, except for the notorious Yellow Submarine.

That was my first exposure to the original album sequencing, and those UK albums are so great.
I got CD-r's of the stereo mobile fidelitly box set, so i'm set for a while.

but i sure would like to go record shop trolling in england, to see what I could find...
mono or stereo? you gotta have both!

 

Grant & Friends,

We all are entitled to our opinions in this setting and none of of us really has a "better" opinion than anyone else, it is just "ours". Since I enjoy both the Stereo and Mono mixes of the Beatles, I see these sparing matches on which Beatles mixes are better as pointless and a waste of our energies.

Let's all move forward with the subject of this thread...agreed?

Thanks!

Bob

 

Difficult choices! I want all of the above, of course. But I think since the original mono and stereo mixes have been "canonized" (though with some peculiarities) those would be my first choice.

How about that plus a special edition for the dedicated: CD-ROMs containing the multi-tracks on individual .wav files that you could import into your editor of choice and remix yourself! (With bonus fx plug ins that mimic the Abbey Road ADT and echo chambers!)

OK, back to reality...