fredag 25 augusti 2017

BEATLES' SINGLE MIXES ON LP

Some decades or so ago I stopped collecting 45:s and at the same time decided to get as many original single mixes from favorite acts as possible on LP. Finding the Beatles ones started as an easy task. UK and US issues differed a lot and what you didn't have on one you got from the other. There were also a large number of compilations issued all over the world mid-sixties, outside UK and US, where some of the more odd B-sides and EP cuts showed up. But even with help from those there were still mixes that didn't seem to appear anywhere in original shape on regular compilations. Following are a couple that helped me almost all the way. (Addition 2018-11-20) Since I wrote that part I've also come across "The Beatles Mono Masters" tripple vinyl, filling all possible holes in any Beatles mono collection. Long after the fact indeed, but as transferred analog according to initial notes with pristine audio it is a killer and well worth checking out. See link below. (LGÅ*)
Brazil "Hey Jude" mono, where they for some reason didn't fold the stereo tapes, but used all the original 45 mixes. https://monolover.blogspot.se/2013/01/beatleshey-jude-btl-1009-70-mono-brazil.html
Spanish "Por Siempre Beatles" mono with original mixes, including the elusive "The Inner Light" and "I'm Down". https://monolover.blogspot.se/2013/02/por-siempre-beatles-j060-04973m-71-mono.html
The US "Magical Mystery Tour" mono. https://monolover.blogspot.se/2017/07/the-beatlesmagical-mystery-tour-mal.html
Swedish "Greatest Hits" mono. https://monolover.blogspot.se/2012/05/the-beatles-greatest-hits-pmcs-306-65.html
Only track missing on any reasonably early LP is "You Know My Name...". It does come on the "Rarities" issues and of course on the "Mono Masters" tripple. But should You know any legit pre-Rarities LP with that mono - please tell! For those interested in getting true stereo versions of some of those cuts on vinyl with very good audio I recommend...
Early press of UK "Rock'n'Roll Music" https://monolover.blogspot.se/2017/02/the-beatlesrocknroll-music-pcsp-719-76.html
and the German A1/B3 matrix issue of "Magical Mystery Tour" https://monolover.blogspot.se/2014/06/the-beatlesmagical-mystery-tour-shze.html (BÄ*) (PÖP*)
https://monolover.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-beatlesmono-masters-lc-0299-14-eu.html

3 kommentarer:

  1. I was just thinking yesterday how I need to get a copy of the so called "Hey Jude" collection with "Paperback Writer" etc. on it. Had it when I was a kid, my music library doesn't feel complete without it!

    SvaraRadera
    Svar
    1. Yup it is a lovely collection with so much good music anyway you get it. Stereo is good, but old fashioned me prefer this mono version as it's all original as it was and the audio is very good. It wasn't dear either when I bought it. Should you find a nice copy somewhere don't hesitate to buy.

      Radera
  2. Knew nothing, of course, of this interesting Brazilian version.

    SvaraRadera