THE BEATLES IN MONO CD SET

A prized possession. Its the complete Mono collection of the Beatles CDs from the first up to The White Album.

Abbey Road, Yellow Submarine and Let It Be were never issued in mono, hence why they are not included in this set. (OK well Yellow Submarine was put out in mono but it was just a straight mix down of the stereo so its not included)

As you probably know, mono was still the primary way of listening in the 60s so George Martin took a lot more trouble over the mono mix than the stereo mix so its worth having these.

Sgt Pepper is noticably different in places - I can hear extra vocals in the Sgt Pepper reprise for example that aren't in the stereo. 'Lucy' has a phasing efffect not on the stereo too.

The white Album too is different in many places - different bird sound fx on Blackbird, 'Don't Pass Me By' runs at a faster speed - the famous 'I've got blisters on my fingers...' is missing from Helter Skelter, etc etc

And the packaging is lovely - each CD comes in its own plastic wallet and is reproduced like the

original LP -see my next blog entry for comparisons....

Also this box set comes with the Past Masters in mono which contains mono mixes of Yellow Sub. tracks which were going to be issued on an EP in the 60s but never were - so these mixes are unique to this set. These mono re-issues don't have the extra Quicktime movies which are on the stereo versions.

Jigsaw Puzzle

Yellow Submarine puzzle. Oh dear - haven't made it yet but its yet another Yellow Submarine tie-in. Saw on the news today that Disney are to re-make Yellow Sub. in 3D - so look out for more YEllow Submarine stuff in the future!

Beatles Watches

I now own two Beatle watches! Exhibit one comes in a lovely black Beatles box and features the Abbey Road picture.

Exhibit two - a yellow submarine watch - heres the great box - but the watch is resisting attempts to photograph it nicely! It features the four faces of the Beatles anyway as taken from Yellow Sub.

Thanks to Debi.

The Longest Cocktail Party

Hurrah! Another car boot purchase today. An original edition from 1973 of The Longest Cocktail Party by Richard DiLello -
"An insiders diary of the Beatles milliion pound 'Apple' empire and its wild rise and confusion"

Goody - never read this! It appears to still be in print but with a different cover now.

Radio Times Beatles Special

I can't believe I haven't updated this blog since last year. So to make up for it, heres a few new entries. Heres The Radio Times Special on the Beatles in the week that the albums are re-released all digitially re-mastered and sounding good (or so I'm told - haven't bought them yet!)

Loads of great Beatle documentries on TV and radio - DVD recorder working overtime!