Taxman, Rain and She said she said were the best tracks from the sessions and that is why they were probably the most improved of the lot. Giles was shining diamonds there!!

Listened to the mono version today for the first time and was happy that it bested my early 70's Capitol pressing that had been played to oblivion. I must say that I'm very happy and I don't have any pops or clicks .

@vitocasola4309

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Lucky you! I’m disappointed, my new stereo and mono pressings have lots of pops and some distortion… not happy!

Your review is spot on. It took me a few listens to appreciate the mix, but it’s my go to when not listening to the mono version. The good outweigh the bad here.

Was looking forward to your thoughts about this incredible box set. I have the CD box set, overall very pleased with the whole package & sound quality. I am incredibly taken by the George compositions on this release. Eventually, will pick up the vinyl set. I still need more time to digest everything offered on here.

I really enjoyed your knowledgeable & fun presentation. I always went to the 2014 mono edition for my go-to Revolver. The new Stereo mix gives the instruments room to breathe, and the vocals are clearer, louder and more centered with no vocals on one channel & instruments on the other. "And Your Bird Can Sing" & "Dr. Robert", the guitars really chime.

I agree the books are always a big highlight in these sets, and although the text is top notch, there definitely seems to be less photos of the band then the other books. Especially unseen photos. Thankfully Linda McCartney was around starting with the White Album to document those sessions

One thing I noticed is they the vocals have similar reverb effect as the mono mix. It’s almost like Giles was trying to make a stereo version of the mono mix. I hope you get to hear the Dolby Atmos version. It’s a different experience for sure

Great review!…I got the 5 CD set and I like it a lot. The new stereo mixes are clean, bold and generally have improved the balance of the stereo separation of the different tracks as compared to my 1986 CD. I was looking forward to being blown away by the Tomorrow Never Knows RM11 track and I barely noticed any differences, but that’s just me.

Got the vinyl box online using some discounts for about $150. You're exactly right about She Said She Said. On vinyl it sounds amazing, less like a garage-rock workout and more of an early psychedelic masterpiece, with a trippy soundscape made with just a couple guitars. Amazing. On streaming it does sound way off though. Like they uploaded the wrong mix to streaming. And hopefully it's a simple swap for Apple to make online and not also on the CDs for those who bought it. My favorite of the remixes/improvements are "For No One", "Dr Robert" and "Tomorrow Never Knows." The outtakes for And Your Bird Can Sing, Got To Get You Into My Life, the early mono mix of TNK, and Yellow Submarine demos are my favorites from the Sessions album. Love this set. Only thing I would change is to make the EP a 12" 45 so the sound is better, and make a new cover for it with one of the many band pics from 1966 rather than the sort of bland Parlophone replica sleeve.

Regarding She Said She Said - I am guessing you were listening to the vinyl on your speakers and the Spotify version on headphones. It is in fact the same mix. When you listen to the 2022 mix on speakers, there is enough blend of the guitar sounds in the room that you don't notice the left guitar. On headphones this doesn't happen, so it becomes painfully obvious & quite jarring. After going back to the original mixes, that left side guitar has always been there. It was just combined with the other guitar track and mixed low, and as a result you didn't notice it. If you use headphones and listen closely to the original mono and stereo mixes you will hear it.

I agree about the Drums and bass being more pronounced. At some points it works well and at others it takes a little away from the rest of the sound. The guitars sound a bit thin and distant in some songs. I don't really understand why, but And Your Bird Can Sing doesn't quite deliver the same punch with the vocals, especially at the "Ya tell me that you've heard every sound there is" part, it doesn't hit the same crescendo. I've only listened on Headphones, so as far as the panning on a big stereo I'm not sure, but with HP on it sounds a bit too spread out and loses some punch. It is nice to hear a different version, of course, but I think sometimes in making a mix they ignore some of the things that were originally achieved in favor of modernity. Either way I'll keep listening because it is still enjoyable. Thanks for the video and discussion Brian.

i just heard the remix on spotify, it sounds so beautiful

Thanks for sharing this. I was able to get the 5CD version as well as the 4 LP set. I love remixes but I think they benefit some songs more than others. Taxman, Eleanor Rigby and Got to get you into my life are the highlights for me as those songs needed it more than some of the others. I think the key highlight is the bonus content. Definitely worth getting. Thanks

Man, I completely agree about I’m Only Sleeping. I feel like John’s voice got buried, and there’s too much bass.

Good review! Thank you for sharing your feedback on this set. I preordered the 5 CD box set, but haven’t received it yet. It’s supposed to be here in a couple of days. Anxious to hear it!

Super video, I enjoyed it a lot and I can tell that I agree with you in almost all of your observations.

Two times through and was in a similar spot (unsure of how I felt); but loved the mix on Taxman and thought She Said She Said was also great (maybe it’s Giles take on the guitar heavy tracks that are easiest to digest early on).

😀Thanks for the great review and yes I like to support the local record shops in my community too✨

Got your dates mixed up a bit.. the In Mono vinyl boxset came out in 2014 & the Stereo vinyl boxset came out in 2012, IINM. 🙂 Bob! 🐈 Anyway, despite having a minty 2-box EMI stereo UK pressing & the 2014 mono, I'm still grabbing this deluxe boxset. It's too bad they didn't include a download card.. would love to play it on the go (sans streaming). I'm gonna wait a bit until the price drops though.. Hopefully I catch a sweet black Friday or cyber Monday deal! 🤞

Wow Too Hot we live the same dilemme about obsession like The Beatles, Kiss, Quiet Riot and many more. Thanks to my wife's understanding and support.

Thank you very much for your review. I had exactly the same reaction as you: at first I was so irritated by the bass rumbling that I could hardly concentrate on anything else. In general, it's too bass-heavy for me. There are tracks where it doesn't bother me so much, and at some point on side B you get used to it a little bit... Well, we'll just have to learn to live with this new listening experience. But I'm still grateful that this remix exists, and I find it really very exciting! Great what you discovered on the different remixes of 'She Said, She Said' - since I only know the LP (until now), this is totally new to me! What a surprise! Unfortunately, my LPs were so dish-warped that I am exchanging the box today. That really upset me😳: I don't feel like playing the lottery every time - do I have dished copies or not? You seem to have been lucky! 😊 In other words: I only listened to the Stereo-Remix, not to the "Session" LPs because they were so warped that I didn't want to put my needle at risk! Also the Mono and Single had to wait. 😭

6:00 Must be feeding time: This is the most Bob has been on the prowl in any video this year. At one point Bob walks out of frame and at the same minutes:seconds point in time, Michael45 audiophile's recent vid is disrupted by barking outside. How did Bob get that far afield in Michael45's Dusseldorf backgarden? Cats go where cats wanna go.

I custom cut a few sleeves to be closer to the right height to fit in the box, and it's great. Did the same for Let It Be, and I imagine I'll do the same for whatever the next set is.

Interesting. I have been listening for 3 days over and over again. This blows away the 1966 stereo or mono IMHO. How could anyone not like this? So much more clarity. The drums, the guitars the voices all better. Do you think it’s just different because you are used to the original so long that this is different and it is weird? I actually think it’s amazing. It’s cool stuff. I also noticed that guitar in the left channel on She Said She Said. I didn’t mind either way but a good catch.

@justinparkman3585

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Some just won't admit it's better than the original even if it is they are stuck in the 60,s I always found the original mono flat sounding and not great .

@revelry1969

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@@justinparkman3585 yes mono stinks in general. It’s nostalgia. Stereo almost always beats mono. Yeah the early stereo stuff was hard panned etc because they didn’t know how to do real stereo and most record players were crappy little ones…. Anything pre 1967 you have really understand how they mastered. They mastered to meet the needs of the playback systems most people had. This is why the bass and the high end was cut off. These remixes bring back the bass and other clarity that was lost to mushing everything together into mono or faux stereo or whatever. The Beatles would have mixed it this way if they had the technology. This stuff was recorded on 4 track. I am so Impressed how this sounds. Those who say they don’t like it are just stuck in nostalgia. The veil has been taken off of this wonderful music.

@justinparkman3585

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@@revelry1969 true just listening to the cd in the van and I can tell its better will have to pick up the vinyl as that's my main listen to beatles stuff. yes would be nice if Giles remixes the the rest of their stuff and get rid of that awful stereo two track panning on the first two lps and put the voices in the centre.

Great review. I had a very similar opinion about the mixes

The remix and mono addition are spectacular, but I’m kind of disappointed by the lack of new session material. Most of it is either stuff we’ve heard before on Anthology or are instrumental backing tracks. This has me excited for the Rubber Soul box set hopefully coming next year!

@juan.orduz.musico

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Probably 'cause they didn't have a lot of new material to show. I mean, Paperback Writer was basically done in 1&1/2 takes. And maybe other songs' takes weren't really engaging or long enough. Who knows.

@jamesdean9183

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@@juan.orduz.musico who knows🤷‍♂️ I hope they have a lot more going into Rubber Soul and back

Yellow Submarine has another feature that makes it totally different: Ringo and the guitars start simultaneously (something exclusive to the mono version of the song)

To me She Said She Said is my favourite remixed track, I’ve only listened on Spotify so can’t compare. Johns vocals are incredible and you can hear the Hammond organ a lot clearer, yes the cymbals aren’t so prominent, maybe to highlight the guitar sound more!

Brian could you check for me both versions of she said she said. Cuz I can't do streaming right now and was wondering if you could check that compared to your vinyl because I've got the CD box set and I'm very disappointed in that track. I mean the snare drum sounds really good but they completely buried the symbols. I just compared it to the 2009 remaster and the crash cymbals are right on it but on this 2022 mix they turned it way down. I don't get it. Maybe that other version that you're talking about of she said she said hopefully the symbols are louder but who knows.

love Bob!

I totally agree with you on the Spotify version of "She said, she said". Haven't heard the vinyl or the cd yet, but I always sensed there was something wrong with the guitar in the left speaker as you mention. The new mixes present more clarity and more punch than the originals, thats true, but they also enhance the small mistakes and glitches, which, in my opinion, aren't always that welcome. I'll stick with the remastered ones from 2009!! And when it comes to John's missing voice on the last verse of "Yellow submarine" and Paul's sudden move from center to right channel at the beginning of "Eleanor Rigby", they already corrected that on the Yellow submarine songtrack, back in 1999.

love it!!! 🪲

Great review, Brian. I haven't listened to my box set yet, but I'm anxious to hear the new stereo mix. And I'll being doing the "A -B" test on the mono mix as well. Is it closer to the original than the 2014? Can't wait to find out!

Great review, I got the 5 CD version which has the same book. I just generally prefer to have the outtake sessions in CD format, and it was quite a bit cheaper than the vinyl set (still a bit overpriced though). I might pick up the standalone vinyl of the remix too in the future. Good box overall though - the session highlights are really fantastic

I think Paul is maybe having a say with the loud bass sound on the whole album …I thought this with Abbey Road also and the fade outs at the end of the songs seem wrong to me…It sounds like they are cut off too soon…

I got the cd box set because i don't have a working turntable. The cd mono sounds like it has slight distortion. I won't be listening to it again. I bought it for the book anyway & i don't have any mono Beatles albums so i was looking forward to hearing the mono. I love the new mixes. I have not bought vinyl since the introduction of the cd format. I'm on social security & just don't have a lot of money. I got the cd box for $102 tax included w/ free shipping.

My CD copy has exactly the problem you describe on She Said She Said. A pity, because if the guitars weren't messed up, it'd be my go-to cut of the song.

Apparently the streaming mix and the vinyl mix of ‘She Said’ are one and the same.

... i wonder ... where could you find outter sleeves that once in ... the Vinyl still fit in the box ... i would love to put sleeves on mine too, but the ones i use are slightly bigger than the LP and in the end the Lp with it doesnt fit on the boxset !!! once again a great vid !!!! and review !!! thanks Greetings from Portugal

Interesting review, you seem to love 12 of the 14 tracks but say its your least favorite Beatles reissue, I disagree its buy far my favorite.Yes its different from the original but isn't that what we want?I bought the vinyl set to get the mono lp. If I owned the mono box set. I would have gotten the stand alone Lp and the cd with one disc of bonus tracks. I don't feel there are 2 albums worth of quality bonus tracks, feels to me that they were scraping the bottom of the tape boxes to complete the set. I play the abbey road outtakes when I listen to abbey road, dont feel I will play these that often. I enjoy your prospective.

The new mix of Tomorrow Never Knows is a wet noodle. My go-to Tomorrow Never Knows mix is the banned RM11 from the original mono pressing.

I have all three versions. I don’t like the streaming version of “She Said, She Said”, the CD version is amazing, and the vinyl version sounds ok. I’ll have to listen to it again on vinyl to see if I hear what you hear.

I prefer the vinyl in these deluxe sets , but when it comes to out-takes , I really dont like the effort to re-listening to and cherry-picking various tracks in a vinyl format , ,I much prefer the benefit of cds ability to easilly jump around or replay specific tracks from the out-takes. hope that makes sense

I prefer the mono. The stereo has its moments, but I find it a bit too clinical. I'm Only Sleeping loses its dreamy feel. Tomorrow Never Knows sounds too clean (including the vocals) , and She Said She Said is somehow lacking cohesion. Mono has always been spot on.

The mix of She Said She Said on my single 2022 LP seems to match the streaming version wrt panning. Odd

That's so bizarre! The fact that we have 2 (if not more) remixes of 'She Said, She Said'. I've only listen to the streaming version so far, but I'll get soon my CD and Vinyl copies to see if they're different.

So Paul is on bass on the rehearsal tape for 'She Said, She Said' but that doesn't mean he was on the final version necessarily. I've heard him say he was not on the released track at all.

@BrianBringelson

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True, I’ve also read that. But I do think he’s playing bass on the final track based on this new box set. I think he walked out right before they did overdubs because he doesn’t sing on it at all. It’s just John and George which is highly unusual. In fact I can’t think of another Beatles song that just John and George without Paul. Even “You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me” has Paul joining in on the chorus.

@gettinhungrig2

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@@BrianBringelson Hi there. 'How Come No-one Loves Me' - no, that's the name of the song - from Live At BBC...just John and George.

On my stereo remix-CD, 'Doctor Robert" has a slight delay at 1:51 between 'Doc-' and '-tor Robert'. A mistake by Giles Martin?

I've still yet to buy as I'm on the fence between the vinyl box and the CD box (all my other SDE's have been CD as I've had so many QC issues with vinyl in the past few years - especially Beatles vinyl) but appreciate your review. Also, as a '74 mk2 Commando owner, I love your t-shirt 👍

Giles makes the Beatles as slick as Steely Dan.

considering what I paid .BTW I bought the 5cd set. first the box. the cover photo isn't centered the black border is narrower on some sides .hate it slides out from.the left right rather than an album would on the right..many tracks were already released on antholgy...too much yellow submarines for me...backing vocals on taxman gives your money gve me your money..I got mine from Amazon in.2 days. I paid $108...pte order no shipping.i have prime. .I want to tell you just George &.his guitar just great..that's enough.i coukd write a book..oh the book is better than Abbey Road etc .writing on.color pages hard to read this book.its easier to read also it's made in the Czech Republic the bottom.of the record label it says made in the EU..some copies the mono copy is actually stereo and the stereo is mono .mis labeled so say some of the reviews on line

That’s weird for the remix of She Said She Said on vinyl ! That’s why I didn’t notice the 2nd guitar when I listened to it. But if the 2nd guitar is on the right channel on the vinyl, what is on the left channel ? I can’t listen to it now

@victorschwartzmann7681

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I listened again to my copy of the remix and the vinyl version of the She Said She Said remix is the exact same as the streaming/CD version (2nd guitar on the left channel). Are you 100% sure the mix is different ?

@BrianBringelson

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@@victorschwartzmann7681 I agree with you. My theory was based entirely off of my first listening experience to the streaming version (two listens) and then the vinyl listening. I didn't A/B them until this morning. And you are right, same mix for sure. But I will say that the vinyl version has different mastering (obviously) and I think it presents the remix in a much better way.

No mention of how the guitars in the sessions for Got to Get You Into My Life sound like Paperback Writer? Did you already know about that?

@BrianBringelson

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Great point. Yes very interesting how similar they are. Also Got To Get You Into My Life has the same vibe as Getting Better from Sgt Pepper. Wonder if Paul re-used some of those ideas without knowing.

It's either you like the remix or you go for mono , nothing else !

30 bucks for the single LP vs $200 for the 4 lp box set. Math is wacky here. So is that 80 bucks for the book and a cardboard sleeve? I do really want this someday but I’m maybe more willing to spend 150-160 for it. I got the single lp for now and I like it a lot. I own the ‘14 mono so I’m set for that.

What turntable do u use? Im looking for a vintage one to fix and upgrade

@BrianBringelson

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Duel 1218 - late 60’s model

@darthwarren4599

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Thanks for the reply ill keep my eye out for one locally they cost a bit much for shipping

Which should I pick up? The 2022 Giles stereo mix or the 2014 stereo.

@BrianBringelson

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Hmm that’s a tough one. Both are not really my favorite pressings and the new Giles remix is pretty hit or miss. So I guess I’d say the 2014 stereo.

@fenderguy82

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I’m just starting out so I’m just trying to get a decent sounding copy. I’ve seen your other Revolver video. There’s a clean eas version is also an option. I did see what you said about the distortion.

@BrianBringelson

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@@fenderguy82 if it’s your first time buying Revolver, I’d go for a mid 70’s UK pressing from the blue box. Preferably with HTM in the deadwax. They’re not too hard to find, and usually you can get one for under $50. And it’s well worth it.

This is a Frankenstein mix that never should’ve been let out of the lab

I have to send mine back. The mono record is unlistenable. Lots of distortion and sibilance.

@BrianBringelson

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Dang, sorry to hear that. I had a friend that had a similar problem with one of his LPs from the sessions. I lucked out and all of my records play great. Hope you get a good one after the return.

You’re not crazy about She Said She Said. That guitar that’s brought forward is awful

This guy has no clue at all

@algo_rhytm_trdr

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Let’s be nice. Why don’t you elaborate and give some constructive criticism instead of being rude

@BrianBringelson

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maybe I don't have a clue, but I do have an opinion