Why are the first four Beatles CDs in mono?
Although the original Beatles vinyl albums were released in mono and stereo (except Abbey Road), why are the compact disc versions of the first four albums in mono?
All the Beatle albums were released in both stereo and mono originally, at least up to the White Album. The Beatles usually would actually sit in during the mono mixes and thus their imput was greatly felt. Oddly, they rarely cared about the stereo mixes. People started collecting the mono versions because they knew the beatles had more imput on them. Also, there are some differences between the mono and stereo mixes. The jet comes in differently in the mono mix of “Back In The USSR” than it does in the stereo mix. Sometimes you can here more talking in the mono mixes. One of the most interesting differences is on the song “Please, Please Me”. In the stereo version at one point in the song, Paul and John screw up. When they supposed to be singing the same line, they both sing something different. You can here John cracking up on it. This is not on the mono version. Another thing, some of the albums sound better in mono than stereo. The Please, Please Me album sounds better, at least to most people, in mono than stereo. In fact, when the cd of it was released, they chose the mono version over the stereo version. This was true to the first four albums. Capitol Records are releasing US version of the albums that include both the mono and stereo mixes. The fact that most Beatle albums are short compared to today’s music, they simply could fit two albums on one cd, so they added the mono mixes to them. If you own the cd’s with both stereo and mono mixes, give it a listen. See how many differences you can here. Oh, just as a note, the first couple of Beatle albums were not 4 track. They were recorded directly to 2-track stereo. The mono was mixed to mono from the stereo tape. Basically, the two track master had instruments on one channel and the vocals one the other. George martin hated the stereo mixes because it was just the two track master copied over. He said he never intended for that to be the stereo mix. That’s another reason for the cd’s being in mono. The first song to use a 4-track recorder was “I Want To Hold Your Hand”. I don’t think it was a question of quality, the mono mixes were just better mixes.
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