The BEATLES in MONO (14 record box set) APPLE / Capitol 2014 180g pressing) NM

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The BEATLES in MONO (14 record box set) APPLE / Capitol 2014 180g pressing)

Tracklist

Please Please Me A1 –The Beatles I Saw Her Standing There Composed By – McCartney-Lennon* 2:58 A2 –The Beatles Misery Composed By – McCartney-Lennon* 1:53 A3 –The Beatles Anna (Go To Him) Composed By – Alexander* 3:00 A4 –The Beatles Chains Composed By – Goffin-King* 2:29 A5 –The Beatles Boys Composed By – Dixon*, Farrell* 2:29 A6 –The Beatles Ask Me Why Composed By – McCartney-Lennon* 2:30 A7 –The Beatles Please Please Me Composed By – McCartney-Lennon* 2:06 B1 –The Beatles Love Me Do Composed By – McCartney-Lennon* 2:24 B2 –The Beatles P.S. I Love You Composed By – McCartney-Lennon* 2:08 B3 –The Beatles Baby It's You Composed By – Williams*, Bacharach*, David* 2:42 B4 –The Beatles Do You Want To Know A Secret Composed By – McCartney-Lennon* 2:01 B5 –The Beatles A Taste Of Honey Composed By – Scott*, Marlow* 2:06 B6 –The Beatles There's A Place Composed By – McCartney-Lennon* 1:54 B7 –The Beatles Twist And Shout Composed By – Russell*, Medley* 2:36 With The Beatles C1 –The Beatles It Won't Be Long Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:16 C2 –The Beatles All I've Got To Do Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:06 C3 –The Beatles All My Loving Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:13 C4 –The Beatles Don't Bother Me Composed By – Harrison* 2:31 C5 –The Beatles Little Child Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 1:50 C6 –The Beatles Till There Was You Composed By – Willson* 2:19 C7 –The Beatles Please Mister Postman Composed By – Holland*, Freddie Gorman, Georgia Dobbins, Robert Bateman, William Garrett 2:39 D1 –The Beatles Roll Over Beethoven Composed By – Berry* 2:49 D2 –The Beatles Hold Me Tight Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:35 D3 –The Beatles You Really Got A Hold On Me Composed By – Robinson* 3:04 D4 –The Beatles I Wanna Be Your Man Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:01 D5 –The Beatles Devil In Her Heart Composed By – Drapkin* 2:30 D6 –The Beatles Not A Second Time Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:12 D7 –The Beatles Money (That's What I Want) Composed By – Gordy*, Bradford* 2:49 A Hard Day's Night E1 –The Beatles A Hard Day's Night Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:35 E2 –The Beatles I Should Have Known Better Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:47 E3 –The Beatles If I Fell Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:24 E4 –The Beatles I'm Happy Just To Dance With You Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:00 E5 –The Beatles And I Love Her Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:34 E6 –The Beatles Tell Me Why Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:13 E7 –The Beatles Can't Buy Me Love Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:17 F1 –The Beatles Any Time At All Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:16 F2 –The Beatles I'll Cry Instead Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 1:50 F3 –The Beatles Things We Said Today Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:41 F4 –The Beatles When I Get Home Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:21 F5 –The Beatles You Can't Do That Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:39 F6 –The Beatles I'll Be Back Words By, Music By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:23 Beatles For Sale G1 –The Beatles No Reply Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:21 G2 –The Beatles I'm A Loser Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:38 G3 –The Beatles Baby's In Black Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:12 G4 –The Beatles Rock And Roll Music Composed By – Berry* 2:38 G5 –The Beatles I'll Follow The Sun Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 1:55 G6 –The Beatles Mr. Moonlight Composed By – Johnson* 2:41 G7 –The Beatles Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! Composed By – Lieber-Stoller*Composed By [Uncredited] – Richard Penniman 2:38 H1 –The Beatles Eight Days A Week Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:50 H2 –The Beatles Words Of Love Composed By – Holly* 2:19 H3 –The Beatles Honey Don't Composed By – Perkins* 3:04 H4 –The Beatles Every Little Thing Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:08 H5 –The Beatles I Don't Want To Spoil The Party Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:40 H6 –The Beatles What You're Doing Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:38 H7 –The Beatles Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby Composed By – Perkins* 2:27 Help! I1 –The Beatles Help! Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:23 I2 –The Beatles The Night Before Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:37 I3 –The Beatles You've Got To Hide Your Love Away Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:12 I4 –The Beatles I Need You Composed By – Harrison* 2:33 I5 –The Beatles Another Girl Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:09 I6 –The Beatles You're Going To Lose That Girl Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:22 I7 –The Beatles Ticket To Ride Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 3:08 J1 –The Beatles Act Naturally Composed By – Russell*, Morrison* 2:34 J2 –The Beatles It's Only Love Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:00 J3 –The Beatles You Like Me Too Much Composed By – Harrison* 2:40 J4 –The Beatles Tell Me What You See Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:40 J5 –The Beatles I've Just Seen A Face Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:09 J6 –The Beatles Yesterday Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:09 J7 –The Beatles Dizzy Miss Lizzy Composed By – Williams* 3:03 Rubber Soul K1 –The Beatles Drive My Car Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:34 K2 –The Beatles Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:09 K3 –The Beatles You Won't See Me Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 3:30 K4 –The Beatles Nowhere Man Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:47 K5 –The Beatles Think For Yourself Composed By – Harrison* 2:22 K6 –The Beatles The Word Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:49 K7 –The Beatles Michelle Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:40 L1 –The Beatles What Goes On Composed By – Lennon*, McCartney*, Starkey* 2:52 L2 –The Beatles Girl Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:34 L3 –The Beatles I'm Looking Through You Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:34 L4 –The Beatles In My Life Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:30 L5 –The Beatles Wait Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:18 L6 –The Beatles If I Needed Someone Composed By – Harrison* 2:25 L7 –The Beatles Run For Your Life Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:31 Revolver M1 –The Beatles Taxman Composed By – Harrison* 2:42 M2 –The Beatles Eleanor Rigby Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:09 M3 –The Beatles I'm Only Sleeping Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 3:03 M4 –The Beatles Love You To Composed By – Harrison* 3:08 M5 –The Beatles Here, There And Everywhere Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:26 M6 –The Beatles Yellow Submarine Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:42 M7 –The Beatles She Said She Said Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:39 N1 –The Beatles Good Day Sunshine Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:12 N2 –The Beatles And Your Bird Can Sing Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:03 N3 –The Beatles For No One Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:02 N4 –The Beatles Dr. Robert Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:17 N5 –The Beatles I Want To Tell You Composed By – Harrison* 2:32 N6 –The Beatles Got To Get You Into My Life Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:39 N7 –The Beatles Tomorrow Never Knows Composed By – John Lennon, Paul McCartney* 2:58 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band O1 –The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 2:03 O2 –The Beatles With A Little Help From My Friends Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 2:45 O3 –The Beatles Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 3:28 O4 –The Beatles Getting Better Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 2:47 O5 –The Beatles Fixing A Hole Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 2:38 O6 –The Beatles She's Leaving Home Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 3:26 O7 –The Beatles Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 2:39 P1 –The Beatles Within You Without You Composed By – George Harrison 5:08 P2 –The Beatles When I'm Sixty-Four Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 2:40 P3 –The Beatles Lovely Rita Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 2:46 P4 –The Beatles Good Morning Good Morning Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 2:35 P5 –The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 1:19 P6 –The Beatles A Day In The Life Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney* 5:36 Magical Mystery Tour Q1 –The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Composed By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* 2:52 Q2 –The Beatles The Fool On The Hill Composed By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* 3:00 Q3 –The Beatles Flying Composed By – Harrison*, Lennon*, McCartney*, Starr* 2:17 Q4 –The Beatles Blue Jay Way Composed By – George Harrison 3:57 Q5 –The Beatles Your Mother Should Know Composed By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* 2:31 Q6 –The Beatles I Am The Walrus Composed By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* 4:36 R1 –The Beatles Hello Goodbye Composed By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* 3:31 R2 –The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever Composed By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* 4:10 R3 –The Beatles Penny Lane Composed By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* 3:04 R4 –The Beatles Baby You're A Rich Man Composed By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* 3:09 R5 –The Beatles All You Need Is Love Composed By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* 3:59 The Beatles S1 –The Beatles Back In The U.S.S.R. Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:44 S2 –The Beatles Dear Prudence Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 3:54 S3 –The Beatles Glass Onion Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:18 S4 –The Beatles Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 3:09 S5 –The Beatles Wild Honey Pie Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 0:54 S6 –The Beatles The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 3:14 S7 –The Beatles While My Guitar Gently Weeps Composed By – G. Harrison* 4:48 S8 –The Beatles Happiness Is A Warm Gun Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:44 T1 –The Beatles Martha, My Dear Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:28 T2 –The Beatles I'm So Tired Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:03 T3 –The Beatles Blackbird Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:19 T4 –The Beatles Piggies Composed By – G. Harrison* 2:03 T5 –The Beatles Rocky Raccoon Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 3:33 T6 –The Beatles Don't Pass Me By Composed By – R. Starkey* 3:46 T7 –The Beatles Why Dont We Do It In The Road Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 1:42 T8 –The Beatles I Will Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 1:45 T9 –The Beatles Julia Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:54 U1 –The Beatles Birthday Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:43 U2 –The Beatles Yer Blues Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 4:14 U3 –The Beatles Mother Nature's Son Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:46 U4 –The Beatles Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:25 U5 –The Beatles Sexy Sadie Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 3:15 U6 –The Beatles Helter Skelter Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 3:39 U7 –The Beatles Long, Long, Long Composed By – G. Harrison* 3:05 V1 –The Beatles Revolution 1 Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 4:16 V2 –The Beatles Honey Pie Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 2:41 V3 –The Beatles Savoy Truffle Composed By – G. Harrison* 2:54 V4 –The Beatles Cry, Baby, Cry Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 3:02 V5 –The Beatles Revolution 9 Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 8:32 V6 –The Beatles Good Night Composed By – Lennon-McCartney 3:13 Mono Masters W1 –The Beatles Love Me Do (Original Single Version) Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:25 W2 –The Beatles From Me To You Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 1:57 W3 –The Beatles Thank You Girl Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:04 W4 –The Beatles She Loves You Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:21 W5 –The Beatles I'll Get You Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:06 W6 –The Beatles I Want To Hold Your Hand Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:26 W7 –The Beatles This Boy Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:16 X1 –The Beatles Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:26 X2 –The Beatles Sie Liebt Dich Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:19 X3 –The Beatles Long Tall Sally Composed By – Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman, Robert Blackwell 2:03 X4 –The Beatles I Call Your Name Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:11 X5 –The Beatles Slow Down Composed By – Larry Williams (3) 2:57 X6 –The Beatles Matchbox Composed By – Carl Perkins 1:59 X7 –The Beatles I Feel Fine Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:23 X8 –The Beatles She's A Woman Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 3:04 Y1 –The Beatles Bad Boy Composed By – Larry Williams (3) 2:20 Y2 –The Beatles Yes It Is Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:42 Y3 –The Beatles I'm Down Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:38 Y4 –The Beatles Day Tripper Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:52 Y5 –The Beatles We Can Work It Out Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:15 Y6 –The Beatles Paperback Writer Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:26 Y7 –The Beatles Rain Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 3:01 Z1 –The Beatles Lady Madonna Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:17 Z2 –The Beatles The Inner Light Composed By – George Harrison 2:36 Z3 –The Beatles Hey Jude Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 7:20 Z4 –The Beatles Revolution Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 3:25 AA1 –The Beatles Only A Northern Song Composed By – George Harrison 3:26 AA2 –The Beatles All Together Now Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 2:11 AA3 –The Beatles Hey Bulldog Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 3:14 AA4 –The Beatles It's All Too Much Composed By – George Harrison 6:22 AB1 –The Beatles With Billy Preston Get Back Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 3:11 AB2 –The Beatles With Billy Preston Don't Let Me Down Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 3:33 AB3 –The Beatles Across The Universe Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 3:50 AB4 –The Beatles You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) Composed By – John Lennon And Paul McCartney* 4:24

*(stock photos used)

• Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH Germany
• Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios

• Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching i…i] – Sean Magee
• Liner Notes [Mastering Process] – Kevin Howlett
• Mastered By [Supervisor] – Steve Berkowitz

Notes

The Mono Mixes from the original masters. 11 Albums pressed on heavyweight 180 g vinyl. Replicas of the original LP sleeves and artwork. The Mono Masters compilation released on vinyl for the first time. 
The collection includes a lavishly 12×12 illustrated 108 page hardback book. 
Artwork © Apple Corps ltd. 

The Beatles get back to mono, 180-gram LPs pressed in Germany by Optimal Media

Newly remastered for vinyl from the analogue tapes by Sean Magee and Steve Berkowitz

Cut to lacquer on a VMS80 lathe

"The EMI representative told me that after absorbing the criticism heaped on the digitially sourced stereo box - including the extensive AnalogPlanet.com coverage, which was correctly construed as constructive criticism - the decision was made to produce the mono LPs using an all-analog mastering chain. ... Berkowitz told me that in his opinion and in the opinions of many, the mono mixes were the more important reissues and I agree." - Michael Fremer, AnalogPlanet. To read Fremer's full report, including his exclusive access to one of the mono mastering sessions, visit analogplanet

A seriously audiophile-minded undertaking! The Beatles in mono is how most listeners first heard the Fab 4's first recordings, 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.

Now from The Beatles In Mono vinyl box set, The Mono Masters, a three LP collection of non-album tracks compiled and mastered from the original analogue tapes.

Mono Masters compiles all the mono mixes of singles, B-sides and EP tracks that did not originally appear on any of the United Kingdom albums or Magical Mystery Tour.

As mentioned in the quote at the top, analog expert and viny guru Michael Fremer, of AnalogPlanet.com, says EMI representatives heard and responded to criticisms concerning digitally sourced mastering used to produce The Beatles Stereo Box Set on vinyl. For the mono version, the decision was made to use an all-analog mastering chain to the degree possible.

"It's important to remember that the tapes have aged — some as much as fifty years — and the monitoring, playback and mastering equipment have changed as well, even though the work was done in the very same room in which the originals were mastered. Solid state has replaced tubes in the cutting chain," writes Fremer.

The Beatles' 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.

Fremer says the lathe was equipped with a Neumann SX-74 cutter head. The originals were cut on a Scully lathe, perhaps with a Westrex cutter head.

This is really a deluxe reissue project, done properly, and with careful attention to detail. Beatles collectors and even casual fans of the Lads from Liverpool will be transfixed. Treat yourself! (from Acoustic Sounds)