| The Mono Mixes Are What The Band Focused On | | | | These two albums are included with both mono |
| It wasn't until the late 1960s that stereo mixes | | | | & stereo mixes. The original stereo mixes |
| really overtook mono mixes as the new standard | | | | for these albums were very experimental |
| and thus it wasn't until the late 1960s that The | | | | (because mixing in stereo was a very new thing |
| Beatles (and their producer George Martin and | | | | at the time) and were deemed too weird to be |
| their engineers like Geoff Emerick) started to | | | | released on CD when the Beatles CDs were first |
| focus on the stereo mixes as anything other than | | | | being pressed in the 1980s. So new stereo mixes |
| an after thought after they got done perfecting | | | | were made for these albums and those new |
| their "real" mixes. That is, the mono mixes. | | | | stereo mixes are what we've been hearing on CD |
| Hearing The Beatles Albums As Originally Intended | | | | ever since. |
| Since the original mono mixes were what the | | | | The original stereo mixes are included in this set |
| band and their producer and engineers were | | | | for those of us who are curious as to how they |
| focused on it makes sense to think of those | | | | sounded originally back in 1965! |
| mono mixes as the albums as they were originally | | | | What's On The Mono Masters Collection? |
| intended to be heard. And that's one of the big | | | | All of the Beatles songs that were not included on |
| reasons that so many Beatles fans are excited | | | | their original 13 UK studio albums in their original |
| about these original mono mixes being released on | | | | mono mixes! You may be thinking this is just |
| CD for the very first time this year (on | | | | going to be a collection of lesser songs because |
| September 9th, 2009.) | | | | they didn't make it on the albums but that couldn't |
| What's In The Beatles Mono Box Set? | | | | be any farther from the truth. |
| - The first 10 Beatles albums in mono. | | | | Many of their biggest hits were never included on |
| - Help! & Rubber Soul in their original stereo. | | | | their studio albums (such as "Hey Jude" and "Day |
| - Mono Masters collection of non-album tracks in | | | | Tripper.") This collection is based on it's stereo |
| mono. | | | | counterpart, Past Masters. The difference is, of |
| - Cool new packaging & an essay written by | | | | course, that these are the mono versions of |
| Kevin Howlett. | | | | these classic songs. |
| Why Only The First 10 Albums In Mono? | | | | Mono Mixes Of Albums Are Not Available For |
| The Beatles final three studio albums (Abbey | | | | Individual Sale |
| Road, Let It Be, & Yellow Submarine) are | | | | These mono mixes of The Beatles albums can |
| not included because they were never mixed in | | | | only be purchased as a part of this box set. On |
| mono. By 1969 mono had been completely | | | | the other hand, the stereo mix CDs can be |
| phased out. | | | | purchased individually or as a part of the new |
| Why Are Help! & Rubber Soul Included In | | | | remastered stereo box set. |
| Stereo? | | | | |