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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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tomcy6
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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.
tablejockey OP
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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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For original pressings, the UK monos on Parlophone are the ones to look for. Expect to pay dearly for them in very good condition. VERY dearly.
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"Expect to pay dearly for them in very good condition. VERY dearly."

=unobtanium. That's why I settle for a regular clean press. Still cheap, and not too hard to dig up. I  try and look for an artists native country pressings. Brit(maybe my favorite) anything usually means more cash.
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bdp24
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By "regular clean press" do you mean mono US LP's from the 60's? The U.S. LP's have different song inclusions than do the UK LP's (up until Sgt. Pepper), and pretty substantial poorer sound. The 2014 boxset was a real gift for those wanting the UK's in better-than-original U.S. LP sound. Mastered from the original tapes, all in mono.
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