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Do you plan to buy The Beatles CD remasters?

And if so, will you be going for the stereo or the mono? The release is close enough now -- 09/09/09 -- that I'm starting to get pretty excited about this -- though I'm really not sure which to get. Maybe both? Nah, that would be awfully excessive, wouldn't it? But, we are talking about The Beatles, after all, so maybe ...
What are your thoughts?
hodu
wildoats
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John Lennon is on record as saying that mono was the way to listen to the albums, especially he was fond of Pepper in mono, saying, "You've never heard Pepper until you've heard it in original mono." All their albums were originally recorded in mono until the White album. They were later adapted and released in some form of stereo as the format evolved.
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ozzy
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If Mono was the only choice, I would pass.
The Capitol Box set issued a few years back with the first 4 Albums in stereo is FAR superior to the original Mono releases.
hevac1
812 posts
 
The Capital release a few years back was the worst reissue and transfer to digital I ever heard :-) mono or stereo.
ozzy's avatar
ozzy
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Hevac1, That is in your opinion of course.
I disagree. The first disc really sounds great!
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nrenter
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I just pre-ordered the mono releases as well.
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