US Albums mixes used

Depicted at my local record shop here in Norway, with price tag

The US Albums boxed set finally reached my corner of the globe, at a staggering NOK 1499,-! That’s roughly GBP 150 or USD 242. Guess I’ll be holding out until I go to New York next month for the 50th anniversary thing. But the contents needs to be analyzed, and here is an excellent analysis by “Slane”.

Mixes/Sources used on US Albums CDs. 

(as posted on Steve Hoffman’s music corner forum)

Green= Same basic Mix used on CD as on original LP
Red= Different Mix used on CD

2009= Sourced from 2009 Remasters (Mono & Stereo)

Remix= 1987 Stereo Remix, sourced from 2009 Remasters

* Folddown of stereo mix used on original mono LP

** Duophonic/Fake Stereo used on original stereo LP

The CDs have replaced the above with true mono and true stereo instead.

US Unique Mixes in bold and underlined (even when they haven’t been included on the CDs)

Hope everyone can understand this!

MEET THE BEATLES

MONO

I Want To Hold Your Hand (2009)

I Saw Her Standing There (2009)

This Boy (2009)

*It Won’t Be Long (2009)

*All I’ve Got To Do (2009)

*All My Loving (2009)

*Don’t Bother Me (2009)

*Little Child (2009)

*Till There Was You (2009)

*Hold Me Tight (2009)

*I Wanna Be Your Man (2009)

*Not A Second Time (2009)

STEREO

**I Want To Hold Your Hand (2009)

I Saw Her Standing There (2009)

**This Boy (2009)

It Won’t Be Long (2009)

All I’ve Got To Do (2009)

All My Loving (2009)

Don’t Bother Me (2009)

Little Child (2009)

Till There Was You (2009)

Hold Me Tight (2009)

I Wanna Be Your Man (2009)

Not A Second Time (2009)

THE BEATLES SECOND ALBUM

MONO

*Roll Over Beethoven (2009)

*Thank You Girl (2009)

*You Really Got A Hold On Me (2009)

*Devil In Her Heart (2009)

*Money (2009)

You Can’t Do That (Unique Mix)
Long Tall Sally (Unique Mix)
I Call Your Name (Unique Mix)

*Please Mr Postman (2009)

I’ll Get You (2009)

She Loves You (2009)

STEREO (Note: all mixes stripped of additional Capitol reverb, even on the ‘correct’ basic mixes listed here)

Roll Over Beethoven (2009)

Thank You Girl (2009)

You Really Got A Hold On Me (2009)

Devil In Her Heart (2009)

Money (2009)

**You Can’t Do That (2009)

Long Tall Sally (2009)
I Call Your Name (2009)

Please Mr Postman (2009)

**I’ll Get You (2009 Mono)

**She Loves You (2009 Mono)

SOMETHING NEW

MONO

I’ll Cry Instead (Unique Mix)

Things We Said Today (2009)

Any Time At All (Unique Mix)
When I Get Home (Unique Mix)

Slow Down (2009)

Matchbox (2009)

Tell Me Why (2009)

And I Love Her (Unique Mix)

I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (2009)

If I Fell (2009)

*Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand (2009)

STEREO

I’ll Cry Instead (2009)

Things We Said Today (2009)

Any Time At All (2009)

When I Get Home (2009)

Slow Down (2009)

Matchbox (2009)

Tell Me Why (2009)

And I Love Her (2009)

I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (2009)

If I Fell (2009)

Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand (2009)

BEATLES ’65

MONO

No Reply (2009)

I’m A Loser (2009)

Baby’s In Black (2009)

Rock And Roll Music (2009)

I’ll Follow The Sun (2009)

Mr Moonlight (2009)

Honey Don’t (2009)

I’ll Be Back (Unique Mix)
She’s A Woman (Unique Mix)
I Feel Fine (Unique Mix)

Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (2009)

STEREO

No Reply (2009)

I’m A Loser (2009)

Baby’s In Black (2009)

Rock And Roll Music (2009)

I’ll Follow The Sun (2009)

Mr Moonlight (2009)

Honey Don’t (2009)

I’ll Be Back (2009)

**She’s A Woman (2009)

**I Feel Fine (2009)

Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (2009)

THE EARLY BEATLES

MONO (entire original mono LP was a folddown of the stereo LP)

*Love Me Do (2009) *near enough, as the fold of the EMI fake stereo on the LP reproduced the original mono mix*

*Twist And Shout (2009)

*Anna (2009)

*Chains (2009)

*Boys (2009)

*Ask Me Why (2009)

*Please Please Me (2009)

*PS I Love You (2009) *near enough, as Love Me Do*

*Baby It’s You (2009)

*A Taste Of Honey (2009)

*Do You Want To Know A Secret (2009)

STEREO

**Love Me Do (2009 Mono)

Twist And Shout (2009)

Anna (2009)

Chains (2009)

Boys (2009)

Ask Me Why (2009)

Please Please Me (2009)

**PS I Love You (2009 Mono)

Baby It’s You (2009)

A Taste Of Honey (2009)

Do You Want To Know A Secret (2009)

BEATLES VI

MONO

Kansas City (2009)

Eight Days A Week (2009)

You Like Me Too Much (2009)

Bad Boy (2009)

I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party (2009)

Words Of Love (2009)

What You’re Doing (2009)

Yes It Is (2009)

Dizzy Miss Lizzy (2009)

Tell Me What You See (2009)

Every Little Thing (2009)

STEREO

Kansas City (2009)

Eight Days A Week (2009)

You Like Me Too Much (Remix)

Bad Boy (2009)

I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party (2009)

Words Of Love (2009)

What You’re Doing (2009)

**Yes It Is (2009)

Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Remix)

Tell Me What You See (Remix)

Every Little Thing (2009)

RUBBER SOUL

MONO

I’ve Just Seen A Face (2009)

Norwegian Wood (2009)

You Won’t See Me (2009)

Think For Yourself (2009)

The Word (2009)

Michelle (Unique Mix)

It’s Only Love (2009)

Girl (2009)

I’m Looking Through You (2009)

In My Life (2009)

Wait (2009)

Run For Your Life (2009)

STEREO

I’ve Just Seen A Face (Remix)

Norwegian Wood (Remix)

You Won’t See Me (Remix)

Think For Yourself (Remix)

The Word (Unique Mix)

Michelle (Remix)

It’s Only Love (Remix)

Girl (Remix)

I’m Looking Through You (Unique Mix)

In My Life (Remix)

Wait (Remix)

Run For Your Life (Remix)

YESTERDAY AND TODAY

MONO

*Drive My Car (2009)

I’m Only Sleeping (Unique Mix)

Nowhere Man (2009)

Doctor Robert (Unique Mix)

Yesterday (2009)

Act Naturally (2009)

And Your Bird Can Sing (Unique Mix)

*If I Needed Someone (2009)

We Can Work It Out (2009)

What Goes On (2009)

Day Tripper (2009)

STEREO (Based on the True Stereo LP)

Drive My Car (Remix)

I’m Only Sleeping (2009)

Nowhere Man (Remix)

Doctor Robert (2009)

Yesterday (Remix)

Act Naturally (Remix)

And Your Bird Can Sing (2009)

If I Needed Someone (Remix)

We Can Work It Out (Unique Mix)

What Goes On (Remix)

Day Tripper (Unique Mix)

A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

MONO

A Hard Day’s Night (2009)

Tell Me Why (2009)

I’ll Cry Instead (Unique Mix) (same as on mono Something New)

I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (2009)

I Should Have Known Better (2009)

If I Fell (2009)

And I Love Her (Unique Mix) (same as on mono Something New)

Can’t Buy Me Love (2009)

STEREO (panned-mono on original ‘stereo’ LP, some tracks were actually just mono)

**A Hard Day’s Night (2009)

**Tell Me Why (2009)

**I’ll Cry Instead (Unique Mix) (MONO) (same as on mono Something New and mono AHDN above)

**I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (2009)

**I Should Have Known Better (2009)

**If I Fell (2009)

**And I Love Her (2009) (original LP had single-tracked vocal version from the mono)

**Can’t Buy Me Love (2009)

HELP!

MONO (entire original mono LP was a folddown of the stereo LP)

*Help! (2009) (James Bond intro edited to beginning)

*The Night Before (2009)

*You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (2009)

*I Need You (2009)

*Another Girl (2009)

*Ticket To Ride (2009) (original LP had a folddown of Duophonic mix made from mono mix)

*You’re Gonna Lose That Girl (2009)

STEREO

Help! (Remix) (James Bond intro edited to beginning)

The Night Before (Remix)

You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (Remix)

I Need You (Remix)

Another Girl (Remix)

**Ticket To Ride (Remix)

You’re Gonna Lose That Girl (Remix)

REVOLVER

MONO & STEREO All mixes correct (same as 2009)

HEY JUDE

(Stereo Only) All mixes correct (same as 2009)

(Paperback Writer had reversed channels on original, The Ballad Of John & Yoko had the ending slightly faded)

So, in summing it up, it looks like they did exactly like we anticipated, and like they laid out in the liner notes in the booklet, first transcribed and reported by Steve Marinucci in the Beatles Examiner and repeated in our blog post on December 13th: Keeping the unique US mixes where they were, using the remasters for the rest. And fake duophonic stereo and fold down mono’s don’t count as unique. But they missed out on six tracks. The stereo “Long Tall Sally”, “I Call Your Name”, “Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand”, “I’m Only Sleeping”, “Dr Robert” and “And Your Bird Can Sing” used to have unique US mixes, but have been replaced with the 2009 Remasters.

No one seems to be able to confirm 100% that the US stereo mixes of “Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand” and “And Your Bird Can Sing” were unique mixes on the LPs, but the general concensus is that they were. The other 4 were definitely unique mixes that have been missed.

Of course, we seem to be talking about the US mixes as if they belong to the original US albums, but in reality some of the unique US stereo mixes only occurred on later pressings from the seventies, whereas the original sixties release just had fake duophonic stereo made by processing the same master tape as the regular mono record was sourced from.

The guide to variations between the various officially released mixes can be found here.

TheBeatlesRarity.com has a walkthrough of the new boxed set with a different approach than the one we featured. They describe the various unique US mixes they expected to be there and checked if they passed or failed the test. Most of them failed.