THE BEATLES The Beatles In Mono (2009 Japanese limited edition 13-CD album set - from 'Please Please Me' to 'The Beatles' [White Album], all the original mixes are represented here in full, glorious mono! 'Past Masters' has been recreated as 'Mono Masters' to reflect this period, duplicating the 'Past Masters' tracklisting with the exception of tracks that only ever appeared in stereo. As an added bonus, 5 tracks [never previously released in mono] are included: 'Only A Northern Song', 'All Together Now', 'Hey Bulldog', 'It's All Too Much' and 'Across The Universe', originally scheduled for release on a 1969 EP. There is a fantastic essay in the Mono Masters booklet that explains in detail the history of these recordings & goes some way to highlight just why these versions are so eagerly anticipated.
With the collector in mind, both 'Help!' & 'Rubber Soul' now contain the original 1965 stereo mixes on CD for the first time, since Sir George Martin had actually remixed these for their CD debut in 1987 rendering these original mixes unavailable.
Apart from the first 4 albums ['Please Please Me' to 'Beatles For Sale'] which have been available in mono on CD since 1987, the remaining titles are making their CD debut in this format plus the Mono Masters set has received the remastering treatment by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road studios.
All the albums [apart from 'Mono Masters'] come in LP-style packaging reduced in exquisite detail to CD-sized format, with everything from the recreation of the vinyl label [printed on the CD itself!]. The jackets are exact reproductions of the original UK vinyl releases, manufactured to the very highest quality and attention to detail [including front-laminated flipback sleeves and even 'Emitex' inner bags!], housed together in a deluxe sealed box with extensive Japanese booklet & wraparound obi strip TOCP-71041~53)