The Beatles Mono Mix CD Box Set: The 1960s Mono Mixes On CD For The First Time Ever

For most of The Beatles career (all the way up until the last couple of years) mono was the main way that people listened to music and thus the mono mixes of their albums were the ones they spent most of their time on. The stereo mixes (that have been on CD for the past 20+ years) were basically “thrown together” while the mono mixes were worked on until they were perfect.

These original mono mixes are finally being released on CD (for the first time ever) on September 9th of 2009. Many Beatles fans are excited to hear these mono mixes because they could be considered to be the “real” versions of these classic albums, after all they are the mixes that the band worked on the most.

The Beatles Mono Box Set is coming out on 9/9/9 and it will include the band’s first 10 studio albums in their original mono mix on CD for the first time ever. Along with those 10 studio albums, the box set will also include the original stereo mixes of Help! and Rubber Soul along with a non-album song compilation called Mono Masters.

The Beatles final three studio albums (Abbey Road, Let It Be, & Yellow Submarine) are not included because they were never mixed in mono. By 1969 mono had been completely phased out.

So why are Help! and Rubber Soul included in a stereo mix along with their mono mix? Because these original mono mixes (the ones released on LP in 1965) have actually never been released on CD before (because new stereo mixes were made in the ’80s when the albums were first put on CD.) They are included in this box set because this box set is really all about preserving the history of The Beatles original 1960s releases.

Prior to the release of this new Beatles Mono Box Set it would have been very difficult to hear these original stereo mixes of Help! and Rubber Soul because they could only be heard on the original vinyl LPs released in 1965. These are hard to get your hands on these days. And plus, most people don’t have a record player anyway!

Mono Masters is a collection of all of The Beatles non-album tracks and as it’s name implies, all of the mixes on this album are mono mixes.

“Hey Jude,” “Paperback Writer,” & “Day Tripper” are among the many Beatles hits included in mono in the Mono Masters set. Interesting B-sides like “Rain,” “This Boy,” & “Yes It Is” are on it too.

The Beatles Mono Box Set is the only place you can find these mono versions of The Beatles albums because they are not being sold separately.