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Recommended Pressing of Sgt Pepper's

I have the mid-1970s release on Capitol. I am ready to invest in a new pressing, and i could use a recommendation on which to look for. I am aware of the MoFi UHQR version, but the price tag on those is a bit extreme. I see that elusivedisc has a recent EMI remastered pressing for sale ($35), but i am not familiar with it.

Thanks for any guidance.
jeffreybowman2k

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uraniumcommittee
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The original UK pressing was very good. I owned a copy. German pressing and Dutch pressings were OK.
uraniumcommittee
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Mono? Sgt Peppers was intended as a stereo recording, released on mono only to accommodate those who did not yet have stereo equipment.
uraniumcommittee
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Sgt Peppers was quite innovative in its stereo effecrs.
uraniumcommittee
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04-08-07: Hevac1:

Were you even alive when Sgt. Pepper's came out? You obviously don't know anything about it. The Sgt. Pepper's album was among the first to use multi-channel tape, and there was quite a bit of news about it at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band
uraniumcommittee
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04-09-07: Audiotomb

"John Lennon - "you haven't even heard Sgt Peppers till you've heard it in mono"

Don't make me laugh. He never said any such thing.
uraniumcommittee
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Whether the Beatles attended the stereo mixing is irrelevant. George Martin (the ("Fifth Beatle") handled such things. I was alive at the time, and I remember the excitement about the stereo effects on the album. Were you?
uraniumcommittee
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Hevac1

The Beatles' displeasure with Capitol Records (not Columbia) was well known. Thus, the 'butcher cover.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_and_Today#The_.22Butcher_cover.22

Capitol climbed on the Beatles bandwagon only after their initial release on Veejay Records, Capitol having initially passed them by.

http://www.dermon.com/Beatles/Veejay.htm
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