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The remastered double CD Past Masters compilation contains every Beatles song that came out from ’62 through ’70 that were not included on any of their UK album releases. These CDs are designed to make it easy to collect all of The Beatles original 1960s releases and obviously it’s very easy to collect them all now with The Remastered Beatles In Stereo Box Set which, of course, includes the Past Masters compilation along with all of their UK albums.

Some people may think that these songs must not have been “good enough” to make it onto their albums but really that’s not true at all.

The Beatles thought of their albums and their singles as being entirely separate from each other. They made every effort to not include their singles on their album releases because they believed that would be unfair to their fans who had already purchased the singles. Because of this, many of their biggest hit singles were never included on their albums and likewise many of their albums didn’t include any UK singles at all (they only had control of their UK singles at the beginning of their career) such as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Rubber Soul, and The White Album.

So The Beatles Past Masters compilation isn’t just a bunch of “rarities” or “B-Sides” it’s really an essential part of the band’s discography. The set contains some of their most famous songs like “Hey Jude,” “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You,” “Day Tripper,” “I Feel Fine,” “Paperback Writer,” “We Can Work It Out,” and the single version of “Revolution” (which is much different than the slow version included on The White Album.)

Along with those huge hits Past Masters does include some great “rarities” like the German versions of “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “She Loves You” as well as some really good B-Sides like “Don’t Let Me Down,” “Old Brown Shoe,” & “Rain.” On top of that it includes some excellent alternate versions of songs such as “Let It Be,” “Get Back,” and “Across The Universe.” In fact the versions of “Let It Be” & “Get Back” on this collection are the “single versions” that you are probably more familiar with than the versions that are on the Let It Be album.

I also think the Mono Masters version of the Past Masters collection is vital too. It’s basically the mono mix version of the Past Masters compilation as it contains most of the same songs as Past Masters with a few differences because the band stopped mixing their songs in mono towards the end of their career. While the the Past Masters set is available both for individual purchase and as a part of the The Beatles In Stereo Box Set, Mono Masters is only available as a part of The Beatles In Mono Box Set (which is very highly recommended.)

In closing, the remastered Past & Mono Masters sets are excellent (and essential) additions to The Beatles catalog which show beyond any doubt that their singles are just as classic as their albums.

Author Bio: George Kane recommends buying both Beatles Remastered Box Sets. The Beatles Stereo Box Set. The Beatles Mono Box Set.

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When The Beatles were recording their legendary albums in the 1960s almost everyone listened back to their music using a mono playback system. Since nearly everyone was listening back to their music in mono it only made sense that The Beatles spent most of their time perfecting their mono mixes while basically just “throwing together” the stereo mixes. In fact, according to Geoff Emerick (who worked on many of The Beatles recordings) the band itself spent almost no time on the stereo mixes.

The first 10 Beatles albums were all mixed in mono as well as in stereo (the first two albums were only mixed in mono.) And now as a part of The Beatles Mono Box Set all 10 of those albums are included in their original mono mix. This is a huge deal to Beatles purists who want to hear their songs as they were originally meant to be heard.

But it’s not just “purists” that should be interested in hearing these mono mixes. Many have claimed that the mono mixes are not only how these albums were meant to be heard but that they actually sound far better in mono than they do in stereo. For example John Lennon himself has said that the 1967 classic Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sounds much better in mono than it does in stereo.

And even if it doesn’t sound “better” (that’s a subjective statement anyway.) It certainly sounds different! There are many differences in what you can hear in the mono versions of Sgt. Pepper and the other Beatles albums from what you can hear in the stereo versions. Certain instruments are mixed more loudly. There are certain effects (such as an echo on the vocals on “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”) which were lost in the stereo versions. If you’re a big Beatles fan like I am then you are curious to hear this alternative version. Particularly when you think about how this is the way most people heard it for the first time back in 1967!

Along with those first 10 Beatles albums (all of the UK studio albums including Magical Mystery Tour even though it was initially released only as an EP in the UK) there’s also a non album songs set called Mono Masters which is included. Mono Masters has all of The Beatles songs which were never included on an album which were mixed in mono. If you’re thinking that non album means that they aren’t very good songs then you are definitely mistaken! Many of The Beatles greatest songs were never included on an album including huge hits like “Day Tripper” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”

The Beatles final three albums (including Let It Be & Abbey Road) are not included in the mono box set. Why not? Because they were never mixed in mono in the first place. By 1969 mono had been so completely phased out that The Beatles didn’t bother mixing their albums in mono at all. How quickly things changed in the 1960s!

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