Beatles Remasters MONO vs STEREO (see video comaparison)

[Mike]

John Montagna a NYC-based bass guitarist and fan of this site, sent me this note:
John Montagna here ( http://www.johnmontagna.com ) I've been touring with Alan Parsons since 2003, and I've worked with Denny Laine, Todd Rundgren, Badfinger's Joey Molland, and a host of other legendary rockers.

I had a chance to get my hands on the Beatles Mono Remasters recently, and luckily the cameras were rolling. Thought you might enjoy the results!

Keep up the great work at Maccacentral.com. Thanx!

[linclink]

LOVED this! I actually subscribe to his youtube channel now. I highly recommend checking out his channel...not only are there more fun, hilarious, creative Beatles vids, but...he also does terrific original music as well- really worth checking out!! Thanks for posting Mike!!

[chris]

this really is fantastic. i struggled with the choice of stereo and mono for a while, before i settled on the mono mix. i was happily surprised to see that several of them included both mono AND stereo, which was nice.

and for those who bought the stereo mix, i'm sure it is wonderful. but if you weren't sure about the mono, it really is like hearing it for the first time. i am most satisfied with my decision.

[james1985]

I have the stereo box (credit: S. Claus) because I want all 13 albums in a nice box, yadda yadda.

But after this vid, I will be downloading the mono mixes off a certain sharing website that shall remain nameless. And put away two dollars a week until I can buy a mono box, because it sounds great.

And this guy who does the videos is great, get him on tv

[RickStark79]

I have the stereo box (credit: S. Claus) because I want all 13 albums in a nice box, yadda yadda.

But after this vid, I will be downloading the mono mixes off a certain sharing website that shall remain nameless. And put away two dollars a week until I can buy a mono box, because it sounds great.

And this guy who does the videos is great, get him on tv

Yeah, same here. I just picked up the stereo box over the weekend. I sampled several tracks in both the mono and stereo versions, to me, the stereo just sounds better. The different mixes on some of the mono tracks is pretty cool, so eventually I'll pick it up I'm sure. The stereo box is great!!

[jgkojak]

Both boxes are great-

and when you think about how far we've come-- we now have the orginal mono mixes available on superb sounding CDs, remastered stereo mixes, making most Beatle tracks sound up to speed w/other artists efforts (i.e. Rolling Stones recent remasters, which I don't like as much as I like the Beatles remasters).

[RickStark79]

Um, does anyone else think that the second half of stereo remaster for I Am The Walrus sounds absolutely AWFUL!?!?!