http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/08/ian-macdonald/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Thu, 24 May 2012 08:04:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/08/ian-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3480 Tom Runnacles Tue, 09 Sep 2003 22:25:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=251#comment-3480 Crucial update: my mother points out that her copy of Sgt Pepper is Mono, too. Crucial update: my mother points out that her copy of Sgt Pepper is Mono, too.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/08/ian-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3479 James Russell Tue, 09 Sep 2003 09:46:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=251#comment-3479 The CD editions of the first four Beatles albums are all the mono versions. The rest are all in stereo. There is, I think, something to be said for releasing 60s music in mono rather than stereo. As for <i>Please Please Me</i>, the original stereo pressing of that with the gold print on the record labels is apparently the rare one to get. Of course, the ultimate is <i>Yesterday and Today</i> with the butcher cover; I've read of a sealed copy of that going for US$20,000... The CD editions of the first four Beatles albums are all the mono versions. The rest are all in stereo. There is, I think, something to be said for releasing 60s music in mono rather than stereo. As for Please Please Me, the original stereo pressing of that with the gold print on the record labels is apparently the rare one to get. Of course, the ultimate is Yesterday and Today with the butcher cover; I’ve read of a sealed copy of that going for US$20,000…

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/08/ian-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3478 Brian Weatherson Mon, 08 Sep 2003 22:18:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=251#comment-3478 These days a mono edition of Please Please Me isn't that hard to get, since the official CD release is in mono. (At least it was in Australia - I hope it's the same the other side of the equator.) A mono version of Revolver or Sgt Peppers, on the other hand, is a little rarer. I have a bootleg mono Sgt Peppers, and it is interesting in many ways but the quality is too poor to make any firm judgments about whether it is preferable to the stereo version. These days a mono edition of Please Please Me isn’t that hard to get, since the official CD release is in mono. (At least it was in Australia – I hope it’s the same the other side of the equator.) A mono version of Revolver or Sgt Peppers, on the other hand, is a little rarer. I have a bootleg mono Sgt Peppers, and it is interesting in many ways but the quality is too poor to make any firm judgments about whether it is preferable to the stereo version.

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