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Morning coffee with Beatles and a hole

We are listening to random LP picks.

"The Early Beatles" is one of the early US releases with that funny John/Paul on the right, Georges guitar on the left and nothing in the middle. The push for stereo must have been a big deal. Me, these albums to me would be more  convincing left in mono.

May as well push your speaker together for a lot of these early LP's. Thankfully, the music lets you forget about audiophoolery.
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cleeds
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"The Early Beatles" is one of the early US releases with that funny John/Paul on the right, Georges guitar on the left and nothing in the middle. The push for stereo must have been a big deal. Me, these albums to me would be more convincing left in mono ... May as well push your speaker together for a lot of these early LP’s.
These albums were also released in mono. One solution to the "ping-pong" stereo effect is to engage your preamp’s mono switch, if it has one.
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agreed. Unfortunately, no mono switch!

I'm always searching the bins for the mono presses. Early mono Beatles in PLAYABLE condition has become unobtanium.
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You missed your chance when The Beatles in Mono LP set was released in 2014.  It starts at $990 on Discogs now.
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"You missed your chance when The Beatles in Mono LP set was released in 2014. It starts at $990 on Discogs now."

I have a couple reissues. They're fine, for reissues. Didn't move me enough to want to get the entire catalog. I'm more of a period press fan. A couple of ticks/stitches overall in a LP  doesn't bother me if it's a great album.


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