Remastered Beatles - stereo, mono or both?

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Originally Posted by Betty

What in the heck does that mean?

Since the original CD releases sounded inferior to the original LPs, a bunch of different fans (under various different names) went back to the cleanest-sounding vinyl they could find and recorded it, using no special digital tricks or equalization. They're called "needle drops" because it's basically the sound you'd get if you dropped the needle on the record and hit "record".

Another fan group called Purple Chick weeded through the best of the needle drops (and all other existing bootlegs) and built and shared (for free) a set with other Beatles fans.