UK Release date : Monday, September 8, 2014
By The Beatles • LP • Part of the collection “The Beatles In Mono (Vinyl boxset - 2014)”
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This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
2:13 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Second engineer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Richard Langham : Second engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Jul 30, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Aug 21, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
2:03 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Sep 11, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Sep 30, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2:08 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Jul 30, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Aug 21, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
Written by George Harrison
2:28 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Woodblock Ringo Starr : Bongo, Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Tambourine George Harrison : Lead guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Sep 11, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Sep 12, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Sep 30, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
1:46 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Piano, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Harmonica, Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Sep 11, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Sep 12, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Oct 03, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Oct 23, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by Meredith Willson
2:14 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Bongos John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar George Harrison : Acoustic lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Jul 18, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Jul 30, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Aug 21, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
Written by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman
2:34 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Jul 30, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Aug 21, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
Written by Chuck Berry
2:46 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Handclaps Ringo Starr : Drums, Handclaps John Lennon : Handclaps, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Handclaps, Lead guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Jul 30, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Aug 21, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
2:32 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Handclaps, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Handclaps John Lennon : Backing vocals, Handclaps, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Backing vocals, Handclaps, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Sep 12, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Sep 30, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Oct 23, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by Smokey Robinson
3:01 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Harmony vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Piano, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Jul 18, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Aug 21, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
2:00 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums, Maracas, Vocals John Lennon : Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Hammond organ, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Sep 11, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Sep 12, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Oct 03, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Oct 23, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by Richard Drapkin
2:26 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums, Maracas John Lennon : Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Lead guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Jul 18, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Aug 21, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
2:07 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Vocals George Martin : Piano, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Sep 11, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Sep 30, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy
2:50 • Studio version • A2014 • Mono • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Piano, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Sean Magee : Remastering Steve Berkowitz : Remastering
Session Recording: Jul 18, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Jul 30, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Aug 21, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
Available individually and part of the “The Beatles In Mono” vinyl boxset.
From the press release:
THE BEATLES’ ORIGINAL MONO STUDIO ALBUMS REMASTERED AT ABBEY ROAD DIRECTLY FROM THE ANALOGUE MASTERS FOR VINYL RELEASE
180-Gram LPs Available September 8, Individually and in a Limited 14-LP Boxed Edition with Hardbound Book
London – June 12, 2014 – The Beatles in mono: This is how most listeners first heard the group in the 1960s, when mono was the predominant audio format. Up until 1968, each Beatles album was given a unique mono and stereo mix, but the group always regarded the mono as primary. On September 8 (September 9 in North America), The Beatles’ nine U.K. albums, the American-compiled Magical Mystery Tour, and the Mono Masters collection of non-album tracks will be released in mono on 180-gram vinyl LPs with faithfully replicated artwork. Newly mastered from the analogue master tapes, each album will be available both individually and within a lavish, limited 14-LP boxed edition, The Beatles In Mono, which also includes a 108-page hardbound book.
In an audiophile-minded undertaking, The Beatles’ acclaimed mono albums have been newly mastered for vinyl from quarter-inch master tapes at Abbey Road Studios by GRAMMY®-winning engineer Sean Magee and GRAMMY®-winning mastering supervisor Steve Berkowitz. While The Beatles In Mono CD boxed set released in 2009 was created from digital remasters, for this new vinyl project, Magee and Berkowitz cut the records without using any digital technology. Instead, they employed the same procedures used in the 1960s, guided by the original albums and by detailed transfer notes made by the original cutting engineers.
Working in the same room at Abbey Road where most of The Beatles’ albums were initially cut, the pair first dedicated weeks to concentrated listening, fastidiously comparing the master tapes with first pressings of the mono records made in the 1960s. Using a rigorously tested Studer A80 machine to play back the precious tapes, the new vinyl was cut on a 1980s-era VMS80 lathe.
Manufactured for the world at Optimal Media in Germany, The Beatles’ albums are presented in their original glory, both sonically and in their packaging. The boxed collection’s exclusive 12-inch by 12-inch hardbound book features new essays and a detailed history of the mastering process by award-winning radio producer and author Kevin Howlett. The book is illustrated with many rare studio photos of The Beatles, fascinating archive documents, and articles and advertisements sourced from 1960s publications.
The Beatles In Mono: Available individually and collected in a limited 14-LP boxed edition, accompanied by an exclusive 108-page hardbound book. […]
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