The Beatles in mono: This is how most listeners first heard the group in the 1960s, 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. A HARD DAYS NIGHT is released in mono on 180-gram vinyl with faithfully replicated artwork, newly mastered from the analogue master tapes. In an audiophile-minded undertaking, The Beatles acclaimed 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. Manufactured for the world at Optimal Media in Germany, The Beatles albums are presented in their original glory, both sonically and in their packaging. Let me tell you, this MONO LP sounds incredibly better! Eleanor Rigby was like a completely different, and way better, song. McCartneys voice sounded so clear and crisp and the chorus was amazing. Im Only Sleeping, Here There and Everywhere, For No One, And Your Bird Can Sing sound DEFINITELY better in mono. Seriously, you can sit down, pay little to no attention to the music, and still hear the better and more shaking difference between Mono and Stereo. Every other song does sound better in mono but the difference is less noted when compared to Stereo. Revolver wouldnt remain the Beatles most ambitious LP for long, but many fans--including this one--remember it as their best. An object lesson in fitting great songwriting into experimental production and genre play, this is also a record whose influence extends far beyond mere they-was-the-greatest cheerleading. Putting McCartneys more traditionally melodic Here, There and Everywhere and For No One alongside Lennons direct-hit sneering (Dr. Robert) and dreamscapes (Im Only Sleeping, Tomorrow Never Knows) and Harrisons peaking wit (Taxman) was as conceptually brilliant as anything Sgt. Pepper attempted, and more subtly fulfilling. A must. vinylrecords.ca/beatles-revolver-2014-analog-remastered-mono-rock-p-17668.html
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 00:04:31 +0000
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