The Beatles In Mono

2009

The Beatles In Mono is a Rock album by The Beatles, originally released in 2009. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked, owned by 21 collectors.

Sound DNA

Rock
Rock & Roll

raw
frenzied
primal

About

In The Beatles’ long and winding history, their self-titled 1968 album is considered by many to be the beginning of the end. Not musically, of course—raw and sprawling, “The White Album” contains some of their richest and most enduring songs—but insofar as the LP showed they were starting to work and develop distinct styles apart from one another. But to hear Giles Martin, son of the late longtime Beatles producer George Martin, tell it, the truth may be more complicated. His evidence: This new 107-track collection he has overseen, featuring a fresh mix of the original album, freewheeling studio outtakes, and the 27 holy-grail acoustic “Esher demos” largely recorded at George Harrison’s house following the band’s consciousness-expanding off-site in India. To Martin, these loose, candid recordings show a band playing off one another’s chemistry in the studio, working together with humor and camaraderie to spare. “You can’t make a record like ‘The White Album’ if you’re arguing,” he says. Martin tells Apple Music which tracks best prove his theory, and how this set offers insight for completists and casual fans alike. Julia “There’s a version where John plays for my dad and he’s trying to work out whether to fingerpick it or strum it, and you hear them having a conversation. No one even knew this existed, because it was on the back end of a tape with no name on it. When Paul came in, this was the first thing he wanted to listen to, because he was there with John when they were recording it. And it’s like, ‘Wait a second—I thought you all went to different studios...’” Cry Baby Cry “We have the acoustic version which John sings for the Esher demos, and then there’s a version on the outtakes which is almost like Pink Floyd. The final mix we did actually sounds more like the demo in some ways. They really valued each other as musicians and contributors to everything they did, and that’s what you hear in ‘The White Album’—the way the other members of the band added to the record to create the final version.” Happiness Is a Warm Gun “There’s conversations you hear after a number of takes where John says to George, ‘It’s getting better, but it’s not getting any easier, or it’s not getting any more fun.’ And George goes, ‘But it’s getting better and it’s getting more fun.’” Blackbird “You hear Paul working out the way he’s going to sing it, and that’s the beauty of this: We live in a world where everything has to be perfect and you forget that great music is made mainly by people and by voices and by instruments in a room. And by listening to this body of material, you realize it’s actually simple—if you’re very good—to make a very good record. It’s just that, sadly, not many of us are very good.”

via Apple Music

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Tracklist

Please Please Me
1-1I Saw Her Standing There2:58
1-2Misery1:53
1-3Anna (Go To Him)3:00
1-4Chains2:29
1-5Boys2:29
1-6Ask Me Why2:30
1-7Please Please Me2:06
1-8Love Me Do2:24
1-9P.S. I Love You2:08
1-10Baby It's You2:42
1-11Do You Want To Know A Secret2:01
1-12A Taste Of Honey2:06
1-13There's A Place1:54
1-14Twist And Shout2:36
With The Beatles
2-1It Won't Be Long2:16
2-2All I've Got To Do2:06
2-3All My Loving2:13
2-4Don't Bother Me2:31
2-5Little Child1:50
2-6Till There Was You2:19
2-7Please Mister Postman2:39
2-8Roll Over Beethoven2:49
2-9Hold Me Tight2:35
2-10You Really Got A Hold On Me3:04
2-11I Wanna Be Your Man2:01
2-12Devil In Her Heart2:30
2-13Not A Second Time2:12
2-14Money (That's What I Want)2:49
A Hard Day's Night
3-1A Hard Day's Night2:35
3-2I Should Have Known Better2:47
3-3If I Fell2:24
3-4I'm Happy Just To Dance With You2:00
3-5And I Love Her2:34
3-6Tell Me Why2:13
3-7Can't Buy Me Love2:17
3-8Any Time At All2:16
3-9I'll Cry Instead1:50
3-10Things We Said Today2:41
3-11When I Get Home2:21
3-12You Can't Do That2:39
3-13I'll Be Back2:23
Beatles For Sale
4-1No Reply2:21
4-2I'm A Loser2:38
4-3Baby's In Black2:12
4-4Rock And Roll Music2:38
4-5I'll Follow The Sun1:55
4-6Mr. Moonlight2:41
4-7Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!2:38
4-8Eight Days A Week2:50
4-9Words Of Love2:19
4-10Honey Don't3:04
4-11Every Little Thing2:08
4-12I Don't Want To Spoil The Party2:40
4-13What You're Doing2:38
4-14Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby2:27
Help!
5-1Help!2:23
5-2The Night Before2:37
5-3You've Got To Hide Your Love Away2:12
5-4I Need You2:33
5-5Another Girl2:09
5-6You're Going To Lose That Girl2:22
5-7Ticket To Ride3:08
5-8Act Naturally2:34
5-9It's Only Love2:00
5-10You Like Me Too Much2:40
5-11Tell Me What You See2:40
5-12I've Just Seen A Face2:09
5-13Yesterday2:09
5-14Dizzy Miss Lizzy3:03
Help! (Original 1965 Stereo Mix)
5-15Help!2:23
5-16The Night Before2:38
5-17You've Got To Hide Your Love Away2:12
5-18I Need You2:32
5-19Another Girl2:09
5-20You're Going To Lose That Girl2:21
5-21Ticket To Ride3:12
5-22Act Naturally2:33
5-23It's Only Love2:00
5-24You Like Me Too Much2:40
5-25Tell Me What You See2:41
5-26I've Just Seen A Face2:08
5-27Yesterday2:09
5-28Dizzy Miss Lizzy2:55
Rubber Soul
6-1Drive My Car2:34
6-2Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)2:09
6-3You Won't See Me3:30
6-4Nowhere Man2:47
6-5Think For Yourself2:22
6-6The Word2:49
6-7Michelle2:40
6-8What Goes On2:52
6-9Girl2:34
6-10I'm Looking Through You2:34
6-11In My Life2:30
6-12Wait2:18
6-13If I Needed Someone2:25
6-14Run For Your Life2:31
Rubber Soul (Original 1965 Stereo Mix)
6-15Drive My Car2:32
6-16Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)2:08
6-17You Won't See Me3:25
6-18Nowhere Man2:47
6-19Think For Yourself2:21
6-20The Word2:48
6-21Michelle2:47
6-22What Goes On2:51
6-23Girl2:33
6-24I'm Looking Through You2:29
6-25In My Life2:30
6-26Wait2:17
6-27If I Needed Someone2:25
6-28Run For Your Life2:22
Revolver
7-1Taxman2:42
7-2Eleanor Rigby2:09
7-3I'm Only Sleeping3:03
7-4Love You To3:08
7-5Here, There And Everywhere2:26
7-6Yellow Submarine2:42
7-7She Said She Said2:39
7-8Good Day Sunshine2:12
7-9And Your Bird Can Sing2:03
7-10For No One2:02
7-11Dr. Robert2:17
7-12I Want To Tell You2:32
7-13Got To Get You Into My Life2:39
7-14Tomorrow Never Knows2:58
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
8-1Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band2:03
8-2With A Little Help From My Friends2:45
8-3Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds3:28
8-4Getting Better2:47
8-5Fixing A Hole2:38
8-6She's Leaving Home3:26
8-7Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!2:39
8-8Within You Without You5:08
8-9When I'm Sixty-Four2:40
8-10Lovely Rita2:46
8-11Good Morning Good Morning2:35
8-12Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)1:19
8-13A Day In The Life5:36
Magical Mystery Tour
9-1Magical Mystery Tour2:52
9-2The Fool On The Hill3:00
9-3Flying2:17
9-4Blue Jay Way3:57
9-5Your Mother Should Know2:31
9-6I Am The Walrus4:36
9-7Hello Goodbye3:31
9-8Strawberry Fields Forever4:10
9-9Penny Lane3:04
9-10Baby You're A Rich Man3:09
9-11All You Need Is Love3:59
The Beatles
10-1Back In The U.S.S.R.2:44
10-2Dear Prudence3:54
10-3Glass Onion2:18
10-4Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da3:09
10-5Wild Honey Pie0:54
10-6The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill3:14
10-7While My Guitar Gently Weeps4:48
10-8Happiness Is A Warm Gun2:44
10-9Martha, My Dear2:28
10-10I'm So Tired2:03
10-11Blackbird2:19
10-12Piggies2:03
10-13Rocky Raccoon3:33
10-14Don't Pass Me By3:46
10-15Why Don't We Do It In The Road?1:42
10-16I Will1:45
10-17Julia2:54
11-1Birthday2:43
11-2Yer Blues4:14
11-3Mother Nature's Son2:46
11-4Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey2:25
11-5Sexy Sadie3:15
11-6Helter Skelter3:39
11-7Long, Long, Long3:05
11-8Revolution 14:16
11-9Honey Pie2:41
11-10Savoy Truffle2:54
11-11Cry, Baby, Cry3:02
11-12Revolution 98:32
11-13Good Night3:13
Mono Masters
12-1Love Me Do (Original Single Version)2:25
12-2From Me To You1:57
12-3Thank You Girl2:04
12-4She Loves You2:21
12-5I'll Get You2:06
12-6I Want To Hold Your Hand2:26
12-7This Boy2:16
12-8Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand2:26
12-9Sie Liebt Dich2:19
12-10Long Tall Sally2:03
12-11I Call Your Name2:11
12-12Slow Down2:57
12-13Matchbox1:59
12-14I Feel Fine2:23
12-15She's A Woman3:04
12-16Bad Boy2:20
12-17Yes It Is2:42
12-18I'm Down2:38
13-1Day Tripper2:52
13-2We Can Work It Out2:15
13-3Paperback Writer2:26
13-4Rain3:01
13-5Lady Madonna2:17
13-6The Inner Light2:36
13-7Hey Jude7:20
13-8Revolution3:25
13-9Only A Northern Song3:26
13-10All Together Now2:11
13-11Hey Bulldog3:14
13-12It's All Too Much6:22
13-13Get Back3:11
13-14Don't Let Me Down3:33
13-15Across The Universe3:50
13-16You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)4:24

Credits

Performers

Paul McCartneyBASS GUITAR VOCALS GUITAR
Ringo StarrDRUMS VOCALS ORGAN
George HarrisonLEAD GUITAR VOCALS SITAR
George MartinORCHESTRATED BY PIANO
John LennonRHYTHM GUITAR VOCALS ELECTRIC PIANO
Mal EvansORGAN
Anil BhagwatTABLA
Alan CivilHORN

21 collectors on Gatefold own this · 9 pressings tracked on Gatefold