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Me, I'm in for both CD boxes but I think I'm going with the Rock Band game disc only ($60), as I already have the RB wireless guitar and drums.
Well, the whammy bar on my Rock Band guitar died so I was thinking of replacing it with Paul's Höfner bass. But, apparently, you can only get that in the Limited bundle. Would be nice if the main boxed sets were SACD hybrids with multi-channel audio, but guess not. Apple really seems to be going for the throat on this one IMO
Also, only 10,000 mono sets seems like a very small amount.
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[quote]I'm as big of Beatles fan as anyone, but over $200 a piece for each boxed set. And then if you are going to buy the bundle of "The Beatles: Rock Band" you're in like $750. That's a jack![/quote]
Yeah, just think of all the idiots who aren't buying John and George's Rock Band guitar controllers.
$750? Amateurs.
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To me, there's just no reason that both versions should not have been included in the boxed set, I would have even have been fine if the Mono versions were only available in the boxed set. But it's actually going to be more expensive for less material. Abbey Road and Let it Be are not even going to be included in the Mono set. It would have been nice to include them even if they were recorded in true stereo just so that you get a complete set regardless of which version you buy.
I remember reading that when Paul's "Wingspan" set came out that even thought it was a two CD set, he insisted it be sold at a single disc price.
Of course, in the case of The Beatles, Yoko is involved, who merchandised pretty much anything having to do with Lennon's legacy.
But of course, like an idiot, I put in my pre-order for the Mono set.
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OK, so quick and dirty...if I want to stay true to the way these albums were recorded, I would pick up the mono box set and then get the remaining few discs in their stereo versions?
Edited by Ron Reda - 7/23/2009 at 01:48 am GMT
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I would bet the cost of a Mono Box that only the numbered Mono Boxes will be limited to 10,000 copies, that they'll continue to produce the Mono sets, and that the non-numbered editions will see a significant price drop.
I'll be waiting for a non-numbered Mono Box, and won't pay more than $150 for it. If they did spend years remastering those albums in order to release only 10,000 numbered sets at an exorbitant price, then I don't guess I'll be owning a physical copy.
Edited by hotfive - 7/28/2009 at 09:40 pm GMT
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That said, keep in mind that many of the American releases of the Beatles album were in stereo, and the two volumes of American albums released on CD had both mono and stereo mixes included.
In the USA every album was released in both mono and stereo through "The White Album". Only "Let It Be" and "Abbey Road" had no mono releases. Also, all the singles through "Get Back" were released in mono on the 45s. All these mono releases are different mixes than the stereo mixes. Apparently "Yellow Submarine" was released as a mono "fold-down" from the stereo mix; that will not be included.
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In the USA every album was released in both mono and stereo through "The White Album".
There was never a domestic US mono release of "The White Album". I don't think the "Yellow Submarine" fold-down was released domestically either. They both received mono releases in the UK, though.
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I don't believe Sgt. Pepper's or MMT were ever issued in mono in the US either, at least not initially, although I could be wrong.
I own a mono Capitol Sgt. Pepper, so I can physically confirm that one exists.
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I have to wonder if some of these are mixdowns from the stereo mixes. That would be irony!
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Amazon is now showing the mono set as sold out! Hope you got it preordered! Mine shows a ship date of Sept. 15.
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