a few Beatles updates

thought I'd mention the following:

Roll Over Beethoven -
you could add "U.S. mix" or something to the stereo version on The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 as it had added reverb not found on the U.K. mix. I do not know how the 45 as released by Capitol Records of Canada sounded (dry or wet)

Ain't She Sweet -
recorded in Germany in 1961 with Pete Best on drums; when the 45 was mixed to mono for US 45 release, an extra drum overdub was added which is not found in the stereo mix, so technically the stereo version could be LP version, since it's that version that appears on various LPs (e.g., In The Beginning) and the mono version could be 45 version

Ticket To Ride -
LP fades a few seconds later than the 45 (needs to be added as version info), also slightly remixed in 1987 for CD

Yesterday -
mono 45 mix has an echo effect in the first bridge on "[some]thing wrong, now I long for yesterday" not present in the stereo mix (so maybe (45 mix and stereo LP mix?)

Nowhere Man -
the version on Yellow Submarine Songtrack is a remix, actually it was remixed in 1987 for the Rubber Soul CD too!

Paperback Writer -
45 has more reverb than the stereo mix, which fades earlier and was done later in 1966 for the U.K. "A Beatles Collection Of Oldies" LP; it is especially noticeable on a long "write write write" after the last verse

Hey Jude -
the LP fades earlier than the 45 (of course its first LP appearance was in 1970 on the "Hey Jude" LP, the stereo mix having been done 5 Dec 69 for that LP), so should be LP length and 45 length

Get Back -
The version on Let It Be…Naked is the 45 version remixed and missing the coda

Let It Be -
the version on Let It Be…Naked is an alternate version as it uses a different guitar solo than that of the 45 and "Let It Be" LP version and a few other edits here and there

The Long And Winding Road -
the alternate mix, released in 1996 on the Anthology 3 CD, is the same basic track as the 45 and original "Let It Be" LP version but is missing the Phil Spector-produced orchestral and choral overdubs; it features Billy Preston's organ and a guitar which Spector mixed out. So not really an "alternate take", but perhaps an "alternate mix". The version on Let It Be…Naked is indeed an alternate take (recorded 5 days later)

May 31: Pat, I made a couple of changes to what I had originally posted.

Edited by davidclark

In the original batches of The Capitol Albums, Vol.2 box, only "Beatles VI" and "Rubber Soul" were mono fold-downs of the stereo mixes - this due to a production error. The wrong tapes were shipped from the vault to Capitol's mastering plant.

"The Early Beatles" and the U.S. "Help" cds were the correct mono-mix masters.

A disc jockey in Philadelphia discovered the errors on B6 and RS the day after the box was released.

Capitol was immediately alerted, has since fixed the mistakes and has already begun shipping the box containing the correct mono-mix masters for all four albums.

The only way to know the original box from the corrected version is by the number code found on the yellow sticker attached to the shrink-wrap.

Rather than explaining further, cut and paste this link.

http://www.whatgoeson.com/story.200604131.html

You'll see additional links when you scroll down the page, which explain the whole story and how to identify the corrected box from the original flawed one.

Ah yes, another nightmare for Pat with the database.

Rick

Rick Hunter wrote: The only way to know the original box from the corrected version is by the number code found on the yellow sticker attached to the shrink-wrap.

Both stickered versions of the box are known to contain correct discs in some copies and incorrect discs in others. You cant go by the sticker to determine if you have the correct version.

I have both versions, which came packaged as advertised.

http://www.whatgoeson.com/story.20060423.html

Looks like all the original US album versions get released on CD before the end of January 2014 for the 50th anniversary of the Beatles coming to America. This includes five CD debuts: The Beatles Story (stereo only), A Hard Day's Night (OST) that was on the United Artist label, Yesterday And Today (with the original butcher cover), Revolver and Hey Jude (stereo only). A total of 13 discs in the box set. You can also purchase them separately (except for The Beatles Story) for a "limited time only." It looks like these will be remastered by the same team that did the 2009 remasters (unless noted above each disc will include the mono and stereo mixes as the Capitol Albums Volumes 1 and 2 did). Looks like if you get this box set you may not need those two previously released boxes.

http://www.thebeatles.com