

So feel free to pop on those headphones and Martin uses the mono mix as a reference,Īnd indeed, many of those neat touches only present in the original mono mixĪre now part of the stereo one too. Which focuses a lot of its attention on Giles “Son-of-George” Martin’s new Six-disc 50 th Anniversary Super Deluxe edition of Sgt. Psychedelic opus ended up more psychedelic than the stereo mix.Ĭorrecting this issue is clearly the main concern of the new Spectrum of trippy music through headphones, the mono mix of The Beatles’ Speed altered in mono might not receive the same colorations in stereo.Ĭonsequently, and perhaps ironically since stereo is made for hearing the full With effects in the mono mix might lack them in stereo. Those stereo mixes tended to be poorly balanced and lacked some of theĬarefully considered signature touches of the mono mixes. Who usually baled on George Martin’s hastily performed stereo mixing sessions. As the now well-known story goes, The Beatles were mono purists Original stereo mix which committed the same crimes as so many of The Beatles’ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,Ĭould use some gussying up, largely because of the obvious flaws of its Even The Beatles’ most influential and definitive album, Sgt. That does not mean that it’s perfect or that there is no
