5 Beatles Songs That Sound Better In Mono
From July 2014
And these aren’t the only revelations arising from a first listen to the Fabs’ mono vinyl remasters.
Mojo is doubting its own ears. We’re sitting in Abbey Road Studio 3, listening to a Beatles song we’ve heard hundreds of times, a Beatles song we’re not even especially fond of, and we’re tuning into things we’re sure we’ve never heard before; the hum of the acoustic guitar’s steel strings, a frail clarity to McCartney’s voice and an odd sort of reverb that acts as a bridge between vocals and strings. Yesterday has never sounded this good.
We’re here for Universal and Apple’s first official unveiling of “The Beatles’ original mono studio albums on vinyl”. The more canny of you will realize that the Beatles’ original studio albums are already available on vinyl, but time and entropy hasn’t been kind to the versions released between 1963 and 1968. So, on September 8 (September 9 in the US), The Beatles’ nine UK albums, plus the American-compiled Magical Mystery Tour, and the Mono Masters collection of non-album tracks will be released in newly mastered mono versions on 180-gram vinyl LPs with lovingly replicated original artwork.
“You can’t touch them,” says a big American with a soul patch, as MOJO tries to have its first sneaky fondle of the Mono Box-Set, sitting in their bespoke white record box atop a small table in the corner of Abbey Road Studio 3. “I have them in a special order for the playback.”
By: Andrew Male
Source: Mojo
