Remastered Beatles - stereo, mono or both?

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Mono is more "authentic", it's how the albums were originally released.

It's not any more authentic than the stereo.

What's cool is that the Beatles albums were mixed differently for mono and stereo when they were first released, so they were absolutely unique versions.

Once mono finally died, the only releases were in stereo.

One oddball release (not in the mono box) is the Brazilian mono lp of Abbey Road. It's authentic in that it was commercially available in mono on release date, but not particularly interesting to most fans because it's just a folded-down version of the stereo mix.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by mousepod

What's cool is that the Beatles albums were mixed differently for mono and stereo when they were first released, so they were absolutely unique versions.

Once mono finally died, the only releases were in stereo.

So in essence, the Mono version will appeal primarily to hard core music buffs who know sh*t like this. A demographic which spends more on music and thus allows the higher price point for the mono set.